South Asian Women Writers

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“Writing really happens to you I feel, it’s like being chosen to do something wonderful for mankind.”- Sufia Khatoon (Indian Poet & Author)

7 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Sufia Khatoon, a multi-lingual performance poet, artist, literary translator, and facilitator based in India....

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“I like to think of myself as a writer who happens to be a woman rather than a woman writer.”- Sophia Naz (Poet and author)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with bilingual poet and author Sophia Naz as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature....

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“I’m aware of my privileges because I don’t have to depend on my fiction to put food on the table. “- Damyanti Biswas (Indian author)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian Author Damyanti Biswas as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the whole...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“I found it immensely intriguing and gratifying to create a parallel world with people who are not like me, yet like me.”- Mallika Bhaumik (Indian Author)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian Author Mallika Bhaumik as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“I’m fortunate to have developed as a writer in the internet era.” Selina Sheth (Author/Journalist/Screenwriter: India)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian Author, Journalist & Screenwriter for Print, Film, Television & Digital Media, Selina Sheth as a...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“Writing gave me the release I needed for my vivid imagination.”- Smita Bhattacharya (Indian Author)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian author Smita Bhattacharya as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the whole...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“A woman writer using raw curse words in dialogues has her womanhood questioned.”- Sanghamitra Roychowdhury (Indian Author)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian author Sanghamitra Roychowdhury as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the whole...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“I have always been writing. Perhaps because I grew up in mofussil towns and I had to entertain myself.”- Niaz Zaman (Bangladeshi Writer and translator)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Bangladeshi writer and translator Niaz Zaman as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature....

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“Getting published just happened as a happy accident. “- Preethi Venugopala (Indian Author)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian author Preethi Venugopala as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“Women as writers have cracked the glass ceiling.” Vani Tripathi Tikoo (Indian author and actor)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian author Vani Tripathi Tikoo as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the...