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We Are The City: Women From Hyderabad Talk Gender And Nuances
“If you are big hearted, if you speak humanity, then you are a Hyderabadi. You are inclusive,” – Elahe Hiptoola
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Women Reclaiming Urban Spaces: A Discussion On Building Safe Cities
The crux of the whole discussion was to establish the fact that a city that is safe for women is safe for everyone.
I Wanted To Show That Sita Is Deep & Strong: Chitra B Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s latest book The Forest of Enchantments offers Sita’s version of The Ramayana. In this profound retelling, she places Sita at the centre of the story. In a Twitter chat by SheThePeople.TV, Chitra B. Divakaruni answered several questions, put up by the Twitterati and readers, about her book The Forest of Enchantments, her female characters, writing mythology, her […]
Mallika Dua Tells Us Why Funny Women Can Change The World
One of the last sessions of the #WomenWritersFest in Ahmedabad had actor, comedian and writer Mallika Dua on board, and it sure was an interesting and fun session. The actor, who is famously known for her on-point comic timing, and has recently starred in the hit web series The Trip, spoke about the idea of […]
Believe In Your Story And Write For The Love Of Writing: Savi Sharma
This panel during the #WomenWritersFest Ahmedabad was everything an aspiring writer would wish for. We had Author Savi Sharma in a conversation with Kiran Manral about her books, her writing process and, most importantly, how she became a bestselling author over a short span of time. What made her write a book? Sharma, who was a […]
Shutapa Paul On The Challenges Of Writing Mamata Banerjee’s Biography
What does it take to write a political biography, especially when it’s on a person as influential as Mamata Banerjee? This panel of #WomenWritersFest Kolkata discussed just that – The Challenges of the Political Biography. On the panel, we had author Shutapa Paul, author of Didi: The Untold Mamata Banerjee, in a conversation with author Swati Sengupta. Shutapa Paul […]
#WomenWritersFest: What Does It Take To Write About The Self?
#WomenWritersFest Kolkata hosted an intriguing session about writing from a deeply personal space. The second panel “The art and craft of writing about the self” discussed reasons and thoughts about why we write the books we write and what does it take to put yourself out there. The panel moderator author Baisali Chatterjee Dutt sparked […]
Swastika Mukherjee Speaks About The Art & Craft Of The Nayika
The second edition of the Women Writers’ Festival, Kolkata started with a fiery chat with noted actor Swastika Mukherjee. For those who do not follow Bengali cinema, Mukherjee won a lot of praise for her cameo in the critically acclaimed noir Hindi film Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015). In a refreshingly honest conversation with SheThePeople.TV’s Ideas Editor […]
Pune WomenWritersFest Was A Mixed Bag Of Wholesome Interactions
Like the tangy, spicy Puneri misal, with its sharp flavours, its mixture of assorted ingredients cooked to perfection and its penchant to not just gratify your taste buds but leave you with to a lingering, delectable aftertaste, the SheThePeople.TV’s #WomenWritersFest, held at Kala Kollective was a scrumptious, mixed bag of wholesome interactions – intense, funny, […]
#WomenWritersFest: Writing Through The Gender Lens
At the Women Writers’ Fest, the session on ‘Writing Through The Gender Lens’ offered some great insights into distinctive writing, for books, media, journalism and theatre. RJ Smita moderated the session. Journalist Lalitha Suhasini, actor-filmmaker Vibhawari Deshpande and writer Sowmya Rajendran formed the panel, sharing perspectives from their respective field of work. The need to […]
