South Asian women writers

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• 2025
• short story

Short Story: A Pataka Love Story by Artika Bakshi

12 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Artika Bakshi shares a warm and tender story about finding love and understanding the true meaning of marriage in today's...

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• 2025
• Interview

“Stories convey collective memories from a time that may otherwise be lost forever.” – Dr. Kanika Gupta (Author, Art Historian, Trained Dancer, and Filmmaker)

1 year ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author and art historian Dr. Kanika Gupta where we talk about her work, the...

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• 2024
• Interview

“… It is important to note that not much is written on this period in Indian film and media history, so I was also overwhelmed with materials. – Ishita Tiwary (Author- Video Culture in India: The Analog Era)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Ishita Tiwary, author of Video Culture in India: The Analog Era (OUP Oxford, 2024)...

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• 2024
• short story

Short Story: The Havisham Effect by Jiel Narvekar

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Jiel Narvekar weaves a captivating tale of love and loss, taking us back and forth in time with characters that...

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• 2024
• short story

Short Story: Castle in the Sky by Tanushree Maity

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

In this short story, Tanushree Maity captures the dreams and desires of a common man with a poignant narrative with...

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• 2024
• Book Review

Book Review: Love the Dark Days by Ira Mathur

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Namrata reviews Ira Mathur's Love the Dark Days (Published by Speaking Tiger, 2024) admiring the journey of self-discovery and the...

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• 2024
• Interview

“My purpose was to try and show complexity of essentially a good person and of good people and that will include the not so good aspects.” Malavika Rajkotia (Author, Unpartitioned Time)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Malavika Rajkotia where she talks about her latest book, Unpartitioned Times (Speaking Tiger,...

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• 2024
• Interview

“I have tried to be faithful to the core thought, tone and nuances of each original Bengali poem that I have re-presented.”- Sohini Sen (Author- A Drop of Golden Sun: Representing Tagore’s Gitanjali)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Writer and photographer Sohini Sen is in conversation with Lalitha Sarma R where she shares insights on translating Tagore from content...

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• 2024
• Interview

“The characters in my novel may be immigrants but they are neither needy nor weak or appeasing.” Reshma Ruia (Author, Still Lives)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with award-winning author and poet Reshma Ruia where we talk about her latest book Still...

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• 2024
• Interview

“I found my purpose of writing about India when I was abroad.” -Sukriti Y.J. (Author- Gold Digger- Treasure of Son Bhandar)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Sukriti Y.J. about her latest book Gold Digger- Treasure of Son Bhandar (Amazon,...