In an interview with Spark, literary agent-author Kanishka Gupta discusses the status of women’s writing in India, the new boundaries women writers are setting and the cliches that remain in the publishing space, and what he hopes for the future.
We asked people to name their favourite female character in any book they’ve read, and why. Here’s what we got!
Women have been bleeding their hearts out on paper for long, but our narrative, as women, has recently evolved as our voices have become our own. Mara Ziyad explores her thoughts around what writing means to women and men, and of women as readers and women as writers.
A tormented writer, who pens stories to keep herself together, receives a series of messages that send her over the edge. Is this a well-wisher or a stalker? Megha narrates a story of two precarious people who almost connect, but not quite.
A woman writing is a way of occupying and creating history, says Vani Viswanathan.
A river of words, words of women from the world over. Tarangini represents the writing voice of women. A poem by Anupama Krishnakumar.
Extracts from a diary maintained almost a hundred years ago by Savitri Amma, a young woman belonging to an orthodox Tamil-Brahmin family, throw light on her skilful wielding of the English language and her passionate love for writing and literature. Sudha Ratnam shares her findings from her grandaunt’s diary.
Hello, reader! This month we have an issue that explores commitments in all its flavours and hues. Read on for fiction, non-fiction and poetry on the topic and leave us your comments!
Saranya writes a poem on the most committed being that she knows of – the crow who visits her home every morning. He is always there, eats on time, and leaves right after, only to visit
again the following day.