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Five Novellas by Women Writers

 
Mrinal Pande (Author) Nabaneeta Dev Sen (Author) Vaidehi (Author) B.M. Zuhara (Author) Saniya (Author)
Synopsis Bringing together five novellas written by five Indian women writers in five languages, this volume explores the complex and multi-layered world of women's writing in India. Written by Nabaneeta Dev sen in Bengali, Mrinal Pande in Hindi, vaidehi in kannada, B.M,. Zuhara in Malayalam, and by Saniya in Marathi, these novellas reflect the universal themes of loneliness, loss of love, childhood, and melancholy and aging. Presented for the first time in translation, They reveal with candour and spirit the experience of being a woman in contemporary Indian society. Navaneeta dev Sen's Defying Winter is a series of cross-cutting narratives of women living in an old age home. While Mrinal Pande's A Women's Farewell Song explores the mind of an aging matriarch, Vaidehi's Temple-Fair evokes bittersweet memories of life in simpler times. Moonlight by B.M. Zuhara reveals the mindscape of a woman whose unremarkable married life stands in stark contrast to her glorious childhood. Finally, Saniya's Thereafter is an unsentimental look at a woman who finds the strength to live life on her own terms after her husband abandons her. Translated by Tutun Mukherjee, Mrinal pande Nayana Kashyap, Vanajam Ravindran, and Maya Pandit, this volume also includes an insightful introduction by feminist historian Uma Chakravarti. Five Novellas by Women Writers will be of value not only to students and teachers of modern Indian literature, gender studies, comparative literature, and cultural studies, but also to general readers interested in regional Indian literature in translation.
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About the authors

Mrinal Pande

Mrinal Pande has been the editor of Vama and Saptahik Hindustan, Executive Editor of Hindustan Dainik, and Senior Editorial Advisor to NDTV. She is also the founder president of the Indian Women's Press Corps. She has written extensively in Hindi and English, including novels, short stories and essays. Currently, she anchors the Hindi news for Doordarshan and writes a regular column for the Hindu and for Punjab Kesari.

Nabaneeta Dev Sen

Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Padma Shree, is one of the most well-known contemporary writers in India with more than seventy publications.

Vaidehi

Vaidehi (Pet name of Janaki), recipient of several State-level literacy awards, is the most successful woman writer in Kannada.

B.M. Zuhara

B.M. Zuhara has several works of fiction and awards to her credit, and is the first Muslim woman writer in Malayalam.

Saniya

Saniya has ten volumes of short stories and three novels to her credit, and is the recipient of two State-level prizes for literature.

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Title Five Novellas by Women Writers
Format Hardcover
Date published: 21.10.2008
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 9780195697025
length xxii+312p., Glossary; 23cm.