Storylines - Conversations with Women Writers

Author: Ammu JosephEminent Contributors/Editor(s): Ammu Joseph / Vasanth Kannabiran / Ritu Menon etc.Publisher: Kali/Women UnlimitedYear: 2003Language: EnglishPages: 312ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A DescriptionThe interviews in this volume are the outcome of a series of workshops held with women writers during 1999-2001, on the question of gender-based censorship and related issues. Nearly 200 writers from ten Indian languages met to talk about the circumstances in which they write – and in which they are read and written about. The represented a true cross-section of society in terms of location, age, caste, community or religion, and genre; as the discussions progressed they unfolded a rich tapestry of experience and insight across languages and regions; gender and genre; caste and community.The 17 writers in this anthology are among the best-known and best loved, writing in India today. As each one speaks of her own work with rare candour and transparent sincerity, she also subtly il