How three 18th century ‘deviant mothers’ defied social norms in their novel writing

Aditi Upmanyu, The Conversation

· Mar 31, 2024 · 05:30 pm

From Padmavati Devi Phukanani to Indira Goswami, women have revolutionised Assamese literature

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

· Nov 29, 2023 · 01:30 pm

Interview: ‘Not seeing dyslexic, lesbian women thriving in India made it hard to see myself survive’

Sharif Rangnekar

· Aug 14, 2023 · 11:30 am

‘I turned my impatience into something useful’: Ruth Ozeki, winner of 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction

Sayari Debnath

· Jan 29, 2023 · 12:30 pm

‘Thrice marginalised’: Writer Nazia Akhtar on Urdu women writers of Hyderabad

Mallik Thatipalli

· Nov 26, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Bibi’s Room’ is a crucial step towards acknowledging Urdu women writers of 20th century Hyderabad

Saloni Sharma

· Oct 22, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Goodreads’ readers #ReadWomen. Why English departments should do the same

Karen Bourrier, The Conversation

· Aug 09, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Why has Chimamanda Adichie’s essay on social media culture sparked a controversy?

Akanksha Mishra

· Jun 19, 2021 · 08:30 am

‘Of her time, yet timeless’: Why Mannu Bhandari’s stories must be read now and always

Namita Gokhale

· Jun 16, 2021 · 08:30 am

Things are stacked against women’s writing. Can a new prize for women writers really change things?

Shashi Deshpande

· Feb 21, 2021 · 08:30 am

Eight must-read novels: The enduring contributions of African American women writers

Nancy Kang, The Conversation

· Feb 15, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Watch: 2019 Women's Prize winner Tayari Jones on why it took her six years to complete her novel

Scroll Staff

· Jun 07, 2019 · 02:45 pm

‘Waiting’: A short story collection shows us the inner lives of women but doesn’t ask new questions

Jenny Bhatt

· Apr 14, 2019 · 12:30 pm

‘My need to speak openly won out’: Why this author wrote a book on being a ‘besharam’ Indian woman

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Apr 14, 2019 · 07:30 am

Did Ernest Hemingway’s famous writing style come from the work of a censored female author?

Cynthia Wachtell, The Conversation

· Apr 04, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Novelist Shashi Deshpande on the difficulties of being a woman who writes (or, a ‘woman writer’)

Shashi Deshpande

· Nov 16, 2018 · 08:30 am

Before #MeToo, there was #BeCareful – and that applied to women who wanted to write books

K Srilata

· Oct 21, 2018 · 08:30 am

There is no Literature Nobel this year. Instead, read the words of the (only) 14 women who won it

Scroll Staff

· Oct 04, 2018 · 08:30 am

Meena Kandasamy and Kamila Shamsie on the shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Scroll Staff

· Apr 23, 2018 · 06:29 pm

What women writers talk about when they talk to one another in the absence of men

Neha Bhatt

· Mar 24, 2018 · 08:30 am