Women In Literature
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I’ve read 103 books since January last year, 51 of which were by women. What do these books say?
A literary question for International Women’s Day: How do woman writers write the world?
Sayari Debnath
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Manusmriti gives respectable position to Indian women, says Delhi HC judge Prathiba M Singh
‘It is downright scary that the rights of women in India lie at the mercy of judges like Pratibha Singh,’ activist Kavita Krishnan said.
Scroll Staff
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After 700 years, women from Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ are finally getting their due through Wikipedia
Among the 600 characters appearing in the poem, women are the least likely to appear in the historical record.
Laura Ingallinella, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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‘Goodreads’ readers #ReadWomen. Why English departments should do the same
It is more than time that publishers, book reviewers and university professors give women writers the respect they deserve.
Karen Bourrier, The Conversation
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The first woman on the moon reached there in the 17th century – through a smash hit play
From Aphra Behn to Carol Ann Duffy, women have travelled to space, onboard imagination, for hundreds of years.
Sara Read and Catie Gill, The Conversation
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Annie Ernaux: At 78, one of France’s great writers is finally wowing English language readers
Annie Ernaux’s ‘The Years’, translated into English by Alison Strayer, has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019.
Elise Hugueny-Léger, The Conversation
Video
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Imperfect and absurd, the modern literary heroine is a woman of our times
‘The 21st-century heroine may be scarred, imperfect or absurd. True love may be on the cards, but so might illicit sex.’
Sally O'Reilly, The Conversation
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Margaret Atwood’s ‘Alias Grace’ shows us how society used to view female criminals
Now on Netflix, the original novel mines the rich veins of a real-life incident of double murder.
Catherine Cox, The Conversation & Hilary Marland, The Conversation
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Welcome to the femoir: bestselling books that celebrate female success
These women writers already have hugely successful careers before they begin to write their femoirs.
Anne-Marie Evans, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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What women writers talk about when they talk to one another in the absence of men
The Women Writers’ Fest in Delhi saw fearless and candid expressions of desire, intent and a refusal to flinch under the male gaze.
Neha Bhatt
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Why the ‘Fifty Shades’ books have a lot in common with a story from Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’
EL James's BDSM fantasies and Chaucer's 14th-century story ‘Wife of Bath’s Tale’ raise the same age-old questions.
Marta Cobb, The Conversation
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Why I write about the ‘minor’ women characters from the epics
Novelist Kavita Kané explains her interest in the Satyavatis and Urmilas over the Draupadis and Sitas.
Kavita Kané
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time