Women have always faced sexism everywhere. The publishing industry is not an exception. The sexism still exists. To escape the prejudice, women writers wrote under male psuedonyms. Some still do.
A book/movie that made an offer you couldn’t refuse
The Godfather. Is the movie better than the book?
Was there a Man in the High Castle? (No spoilers)
A short rant on Man in the High Castle, whist comparing the book with the Netflix series.
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Were you ever sad after finishing a book? I was. No thanks to Douglas Adams.
Why Veronika decides to die
About the search for safe spaces.
Of period poverty and cats
Talking about period poverty and cat art work
Women of Prey (Shikari Auratein), Saadat Hasan Manto and Saba Mahmood Bashir
The stories in Women of Prey were first published in 1955 (coincidentally the year he died at the age of forty-two) in a collection with a titillating title, Shikari Auratein. Sharply witty, these stories border on the lines of pulp fiction. Moving round the cities of Lahore and Bombay, the stories show a raunchier and darkly funny side of Manto.
Of female bodies, war crimes, and impunity
While Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora is a critical study on impunity, The Mothers of Manipur is a chronicle of twelve women who staged a historic protest against the armed forces in Manipur on 15 July, 2004.
All about Love, bell hooks
A little bit of wisdom on love and relationships from bell hooks
Are audiobooks lit?
Fresh new experience of listening to an audiobook.
All stories come from somewhere: Sarvat Hasin
An interview with Sarvat Hasin, author of This Wide Night and You Can’t Go Home Again.
Amar Bari, Tomar Bari, Naxalbari: Sumit Kumar
A review of cartoonist Sumit Kumar’s graphic novel Amar Bari Tomar Bari Naxalbari. Published by Horizon Books, 2015.
