“Indian women are individually strong but socially vulnerable”: Namita Gokhale
Renowned author and festival director Namita Gokhale was recently awarded the Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2021.
Renowned author and festival director Namita Gokhale was recently awarded the Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2021.
Tech entrepreneur Sukhinder Singh Cassidy talks to eShe TV about her experiences in Silicon Valley, risk-taking from a gender perspective, and her new book ‘Choose Possibility’.
The new book ‘The Inheritance of Words: Writings from Arunachal Pradesh’ brings together diverse writings of women from this northeastern Indian state.
Natasha Scripture’s intriguing memoir ‘Man Fast’ takes us through her romantic trysts and spiritual quest as she travels the globe for work and self-discovery.
Author Pushpa Kurup on the most intriguing women from Indian mythology and the lesser-known stories of love and betrayal from the epics
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.
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.
Acclaimed poet Arundhathi Subramaniam’s new book features four contemporary women who have chosen to transcend social barriers and walk the spiritual path alone.
Washington DC-based author and feminist activist Soraya Chemaly believes women’s anger can be a powerful force for social justice.
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.
Filmmaker and bestselling author Trisha Das’s novels present a comical, feminist take on the Mahabharata.
In response to a reviewer reading a caste angle in a book that is largely unspecific about caste, Dr Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharyya defends her literary freedom.
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.
Political scientist Swarna Rajagopalan gives an insight into the cases that led to the POSH Act, a law to prevent sexual harassment of women at the workplace.