A Mystery in History: Two Suspense Novels with Fabulous, Flawed Female Protagonists
Reviews of ‘The Bombay Prince’ by Sujata Massey set in pre-Independence India, and ‘Small Pleasures’ by Clare Chambers set in the suburbs of 1950s London.
Reviews of ‘The Bombay Prince’ by Sujata Massey set in pre-Independence India, and ‘Small Pleasures’ by Clare Chambers set in the suburbs of 1950s London.
Writer-director Nidhie Sharma’s memoir ‘Invictus’ recounts an episode from her teens when she, along with five other kids, got lost in a jungle in Arunachal Pradesh.
Leadership coach Nirupama Subramanian is using Indian archetypes that were used to suppress women as a source of energy to empower them instead.
Rijula Das’s new novel brings up many facets of Kolkata’s red-light district, from corruption and gender violence to the effect of demonetisation on the flesh trade.
Novelist Anjali Joseph on her new novel ‘Keeping in Touch’, long-distance love, stereotypes about people from northeast India, and the quiet life of writers.
India’s pioneering women doctors have made it to a new book by Kavitha Rao and even a Google Doodle, but the ground reality remains that there are no hospitals or medical colleges named after women doctors in India.
Former investment banker and founder of one of India’s top digital marketing agencies, Ayesha Chenoy talks about her new role as poet and author.
Amanda Craig’s ninth novel The Golden Rule, longlisted for this year’s Women Prize for Fiction, is both an imaginative thriller and a political commentary.
From children’s books to romances to essays of healing and hope, Dr Shalini Mullick takes us through her reading list that evolved as India’s Covid crisis hit a peak.
Austin-based poet Usha Akella’s new book of feminist poems puts the spotlight on cultural traditions that perpetuate patriarchy and social evils like female foeticide.
In episode 1 of ‘The Brown Box’ podcast for eShe, host Rani Jeyaraj speaks to authors Gayatri Jayaraman and Koral Dasgupta about growing up as Indian girls surrounded by books.
Journalist Urmi Bhattacheryya’s hard-hitting new book looks at the aftermath of sexual assault for five girls and women in India.
Linguistic expert and author Peggy Mohan traces the history of the Subcontinent through its languages, and notes how homogenisation of language reflects centralisation of power.
A diehard fan of award-winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri reviews her new book ‘Whereabouts’, and is somewhat taken aback.
Filmmaker and bestselling author Trisha Das’s novels present a comical, feminist take on the Mahabharata.
Dharini Bhaskar talks about going from a publisher to an author, her acclaimed first novel, and how the pandemic has affected her writing process
Puerto Rican author Sharon M Koenig on her new book, meeting Dada JP Vaswani, and finding God
In her new book, Seattle University professor Dr Sonora Jha looks at notions of gender identity and equality in the modern-day context.
Author Saiswaroopa Iyer on her new novel, ‘Rukmini: Krishna’s Wife’, and towering female archetypes from Indian history and mythology.
Author Richa Tilokani on her new book that simplifies the Bhagavad Gita for lay readers, and why it’s more relevant than ever in modern times.