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
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How the East India Company tried to use paintings to lionise Robert Clive – and failed
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Fitness watch: How muscle memory helps you get back into shape after a break
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Odisha train accident: Railways got two warnings in 6 months on faulty signalling, poor track repair
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Why United States’ opposition to Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina has put India in a tricky situation
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Is it better to lose weight slowly or quickly? Here’s what researchers say
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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
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Odisha train crash: From residents to NCC cadets, blood donors line up to help victims
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‘This is a safe, celebratory space for you’: Taylor Swift’s Pride month message during US concert
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Watch: Aerial view of restoration work underway at site of Odisha train accident
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Eco India: Why is India struggling to get rid of its thermocol waste
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Watch: Satirist Urvish Kothari proposes awards for diverse responses to the wrestlers’ protest
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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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Tigmanshu Dhulia on Irrfan: ‘His observation of life was very surgical, very meticulous’
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Start the week with a film: ‘Charlie’s Country’ is a powerful portrait of defiance
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‘Scoop’ review: A flat view of a highly irregular case of police overreach
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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‘School of Lies’ review: An overloaded saga of secrets and trauma
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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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Wrestling: Ravi Kumar Dahiya pulls out of Bishkek Ranking series with knee injury
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ISSF Junior World Cup: Sainyam wins gold in women’s 10m air pistol event in Suhl
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Sports world daily: Karim Benzema set to leave Real Madrid; Barcelona win women’s Champions League
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Fitness watch: How muscle memory helps you get back into shape after a break
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Hockey, FIH Pro League, India vs GB as it happened: India win shootout bonus after thrilling draw