Books
Our books section includes reviews of books by women writers in India, and/or with notable female characters. We also interview upcoming and well-known women writers in India on their work, and on life when writing in India.
Book Review: Black River
Nilanjana Roy Paints A Brutal, Realistic Picture Of Migrant India In Black River

The tagline on the US hardcover edition of Nilanjana Roy's Black River reads "It takes a village to kill a child" - this is a hard to read police procedural shedding light on brutal realities.

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Meet Dr Balesh Jindal, The Reluctant Doctor Who Worked For 40 Yrs In An Indian Village
The Reluctant Doctor

The Reluctant Doctor: Stilettos to Stethoscope - True Stories from inside a Clinic is a medical memoir by Dr Balesh Jindal who grew up privileged but worked as. GP in a village in India.

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A Remarkable Feminist Translation By Meena Kandasamy, Of Thiruvalluvar Classic Tirukkural: The Book Of Desire
Tirukkural

Kandasamy liberates the Tirukkural from its patriarchal translations, and firmly establishes the lovers as people who revel in their sexual and sensual attraction towards each other.

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Salini Vineeth’s Lost Edges Addresses Mental Health Issues Through A Nuanced Narrative
Lost Edges

I loved how Salini Vineeth's Lost Edges wonderfully and effectively champions seeking help and counseling both for personal and interpersonal issues.

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When Women Find Their Tribe And Decide To Take Back Their Power!
the bandit queens

For women, it is important that they find their tribe. And the women in this book do find their tribe and they are the stronger for it.

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Why Savarna Readers Must Read Yogesh Maitreya’s Memoir ‘Water In A Broken Pot’

"Death for Dalits is metaphorical. An 'Untouchable' never existed as a person worthy of respect from society or recognised as a mind. He was simply invisible, except when his labour was extracted, exploited and used for free…"

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