Indian Female Authors
“…a woman who writes has power. And a woman with power is feared.”
Gloria Anzaldúa
Sharing the most beautiful book collection I own and the most amazing author I’ve read thanks to #Bookstagram
Many many thanks to all the bookstagramers who’ve recommended and spoken righteously about the books, Thank You all the authors and publishers who’ve passed on the books.
I confess although I’ve been reading from the time I’ve learned to recognize words I was never a fan of Indian authors who write in English especially female because their whereabouts and existence were unknown to me. Not completely but I hardly knew anyone apart from those who made it to our textbooks.
Indian publishers need to print more of brown women’s voices. Also a lot of works of yesteryear author’s need to be translated into English to reach a bigger community of readers.
The books on display:
1) Pratinidhi Kahaniyan Of Ishmat Chugtai
2) The Clothing Of A Book by Jhumpa Lahiri
3) Pinjar by Amrita Pritam
4) Mothering A Muslim by Nazia Erum
5) Shake The Bottle by Ashapurna Debi
6) I Have A Dream by Rashmi Bansal
7) Mohini by Anuja Chandramouli
8) Three Impossible Wishes by Anmol Malik
9) House Of Doctors by Tripti Sharan
10) Adulting by Neharika Gupta
11) Paper Moon by Rehana Munir
12) Once Upon A Curfew by Shrishti Chaudhary
13) Those Days In Delhi by Yashodhara Lal
14) The Poison Of Love by K. R. Meera
15) Small Days And Nights by Tishani Doshi
16) Pandemic by Sonia Shah
17) The Sunlight Plane by Damini Kane
18) Gangster On The Run by Puja Changoiwala
19) Eat Up, Clean Up by Manjari Chandra
20) Kanpur Khoofiya PVT LTD by Richa Mukherjee
21) Will You Be My Anarkali by Fauzia Shaikh
22) The Mother Of All Parties by Padmini Sankar
23) Don’t Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight by Rujuta Diwerkar
24) 10 Things Your Skinny Friends Don’t Tell You by Keerthi Yella
25) Milk And Honey by Rupi Kaur
26) The Rape Trial by Bidisha Ghosal
There’s lot of e-books too I’ve read which I’ve loved but couldn’t involve in the picture.
27) The Palace Of Illusion by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
28) Ladies Coupe by Anita Nair
29) Here, There, Everywhere by Sudha Murthy
30) The Girl Made Of Gold by Gitanjali Kolanad
There are books from all the genres classic, contemporary, fiction, non-fiction, dark fantasy, mythology, historical, self-help books etc
I know there are many great female authors out there, I haven’t read all of them or included them here. But I’ve tried my best.
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