Despite being lambasted by critics and facing charges of obscenity in her works, Ismat Chughtai kept writing fearlessly on tabooed topics and advocated for women’s rights throughout her life.

Read an excerpt from a short story from the book “Manto and Chughtai”, which brings two of the finest writers in modern India together.

One of the most common expectations from every India woman who is embracing matrimony, is that she must be a culinary genius. Other standard matrimonial expectations such as knitting, weaving, etc may have faded away with changing times, but we still have to tackle this load in our kitchens every day, with spice racks and […]

If you thought Feminism was a recent idea, well, here is a list of writers from a few decades ago, whose writing was as feminist as it can get.

Today, we give you five prominent women authors who proved to be game-changers in women’s writing in India.