A portrait of Gulbadan Begum, author of the Humayun-nama, and the only woman historian of any medieval Islamic dynasty
Writing Herstory
“Writing about your personal life is therapeutic” – Kalki Koechlin
Kalki Koechlin draws from her own experience of bringing her daughter Sappho into this world, to present a humorous, enlightening and deeply personal account of embracing motherhood
Mishal Husain – “It’s a celebration of a lost world”
The author of ‘Broken Threads; My Family from Empire to Independence’ mulls over history, identity and friendship through the lives of her grandparents, who were born in pre-Partition India
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on the characters of Independence and why flawed women need to be written about more
Author, poet, activist and professor Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni weaves a poignant tale of sisterly bonds and the birth of a nation in her latest novel, Independence
‘The Last Queen’: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel resurrects the history of Jindan Kaur of Punjab
Fiction is the medium of a saga of a woman that history has not given enough importance to.
Making Of A Climate Champion
Bijal Vachharajani's award-winning book is about children who want to change the world...
Discover Mughal Women’s Roles In History
Ladies of the royal zenana were "relentlessly independent, well travelled and audacious", says Ira Mukhoty about the queens she writes about in her latest tome…
Staying In Character
What’s it like for authors to grow with protagonists that they write about over multiple books? Acclaimed writer Kalpana Swaminathan talks about the joys of living with her favourite leading lady, Lalli the detective, from her series of crime mysteries
The Thrill Is (Not) Gone
The niche industry of fast-paced Hindi crime fiction was slowly on its way out, but publisher Minakshi Thakur remained convinced that these novels could find a wider audience. Rebranding the pulp fiction ‘pocket books’ of prolific mystery writer Surender Mohan Pathak, she turned him into a best-selling author in the mainstream market. We learn about the complexities of this dying genre...
In Their Own Write
What is a book if it doesn’t make you ponder and contemplate after a read? In conversation with authors Richa Kaul Padte and Shobha Rao on their thought provoking books Cyber Sexy and Girls Burn Brighter respectively, we learn about unspoken-of worlds and emancipating tales
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