In Attia Hosain’s unfinished, untitled 1972 novel, two Indian men have renounced their ‘country’

An excerpt from ‘India On Their Minds: 8 Women, 8 Ideas Of India’, edited by Ritu Menon.

Ritu Menon

· May 08, 2023 · 01:30 pm

Anatomy of a friendship: Kamla Bhasin broke the mould and then she broke the silence

Fierce Scrabble games, travels through South Asia and long discussions marked a publisher’s warm relationship with the pioneering feminist.

Ritu Menon

· Oct 11, 2021 · 06:30 am

How Zohra Segal, 48-year-old mother of two, reinvented herself in London

Edited excerpts from a biography reveal how the actor and dancer bounced back from her husband Kameshwar Segal’s death.

Ritu Menon

· Aug 25, 2021 · 10:30 am

Lockdown musings: Ritu Menon reflects on the past and broods over the future of her publishing life

The founder of Women Unlimited has been writing a journal through the pandemic. Here are some excerpts.

Ritu Menon

· Sep 25, 2020 · 08:30 am

A publishing diary written during the pandemic: Ritu Menon’s literary memories and encounters

An excerpt from the lockdown jottings from a stalwart of feminist publishing in India.

Ritu Menon

· Sep 16, 2020 · 08:30 am

‘I wanted to write about sexuality, deception, loss, but I could not’: Writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen

In this interview with the writer from 2003, she talked about being transgressive and subversive, inserting herself into her stories, and self-censorship.

Ritu Menon

· Nov 24, 2019 · 07:30 am