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Hindi memoir: An excerpt from ‘Ve Nayaab Aurtein’, by Mridula Garg

The bilingual writer writes about growing up in the company of formidable women.

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· Aug 27, 2024 · 06:30 pm
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We also need to ask if all non-European, cultural paradigms were similarly marginalised by European critical establishment.

Mridula Garg
· Sep 09, 2023 · 08:30 am
A writer’s memories: When Indira Gandhi’s son rescued and looked after Mridula Garg’s pet dog

‘The Prime Minister’s son and the dog met on the road to Safdarjung, only the dog had no way of knowing who he was.’

Mridula Garg
· Aug 08, 2023 · 11:30 am

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When a husband steals his wife’s literary work

A collection of 2,000 years of writings by Indian women showcases spiritual and secular love, marriage and children, food, work, identity and battles, myth and fables and journeys.

Mridula Garg
· May 08, 2015 · 08:30 am

Mridula Garg

Hindi memoir: An excerpt from ‘Ve Nayaab Aurtein’, by Mridula Garg

The bilingual writer writes about growing up in the company of formidable women.

Mridula Garg
· Aug 27, 2024 · 06:30 pm

Opinion: Can Indian systems of thought be assimilated into the universal canons of literature?

We also need to ask if all non-European, cultural paradigms were similarly marginalised by European critical establishment.

Mridula Garg
· Sep 09, 2023 · 08:30 am

A writer’s memories: When Indira Gandhi’s son rescued and looked after Mridula Garg’s pet dog

‘The Prime Minister’s son and the dog met on the road to Safdarjung, only the dog had no way of knowing who he was.’

Mridula Garg
· Aug 08, 2023 · 11:30 am

Mridula Garg translates ‘Chittacobra,’ her 1979 Hindi novel that was branded ‘obscene’ upon release

Mridula Garg was arrested in 1985 for the novel. The case against it was subsequently withdrawn.

Mridula Garg
· Feb 02, 2023 · 05:30 pm

‘Writers are still vulnerable’: Mridula Garg recalls being arrested for her novel ‘Chittacobra’

After a complaint was filed against author Geetanjali Shree, writer Mridula Garg recounts her ordeal in 1985 after being charged with obscenity.

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· Aug 02, 2022 · 08:30 am

Modi builds a fantasy world but does nothing to make it come true: Writer Mridula Garg

'If one religion decides what everyone eats, why call ourselves a secular state?'

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· Oct 20, 2015 · 12:30 pm

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When a husband steals his wife’s literary work

A collection of 2,000 years of writings by Indian women showcases spiritual and secular love, marriage and children, food, work, identity and battles, myth and fables and journeys.

Mridula Garg
· May 08, 2015 · 08:30 am

Mridula Garg

Hindi memoir: An excerpt from ‘Ve Nayaab Aurtein’, by Mridula Garg

The bilingual writer writes about growing up in the company of formidable women.

Mridula Garg · Aug 27, 2024 · 06:30 pm

Opinion: Can Indian systems of thought be assimilated into the universal canons of literature?

We also need to ask if all non-European, cultural paradigms were similarly marginalised by European critical establishment.

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A writer’s memories: When Indira Gandhi’s son rescued and looked after Mridula Garg’s pet dog

‘The Prime Minister’s son and the dog met on the road to Safdarjung, only the dog had no way of knowing who he was.’

Mridula Garg · Aug 08, 2023 · 11:30 am

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