Alka Raghuvanshi was suffering from pneumonia for the last three months and was undergoing treatment in Delhi.

‘Red Bird,’ as her nom de plume Zitkala-Sa translates to in indigenous language, lived from 1876 to 1938. Her years in between were all trailblazing fireworks. Here’s a look at the legendary activist’s life.

Writer and director, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana shares her thoughts on the concept of motherhood and how it is being understood in India.

Kamla Chaudhry was a politician and a short story writer who was also a part of the Indian Constituent Assembly. There are many reasons why you should know this inspiring woman.

Kaur uses technology to present her poetry to the audience. She has used her phone and her sketches to convey her poetry. However, there are many reviewers who say that Kaur’s poetry lacks poetic form and depth.

Born on 12 October in 1864, she joined Bethune school in 1883. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Sanskrit language in 1886 from Bethune College of the University of Calcutta and also started teaching in the same college.

There are certain set of challenges that a writer faces in an attempt to stand out with words. Also, there lies a high possibility of falling into some very common traps. Shethepeople.tv, through its “Women writers” Facebook group, compiled some common traps for aspiring writers. Let us have a look at what they have to […]

Writer Tahira Kashyap has reportedly been diagnosed with cancer, on Saturday. She revealed that she was diagnosed with “stage 0” breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy procedure. She took to Instagram and said: “I was detected with DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) in my right breast with high-grade malignant cells. Simply put stage 0 cancer/pre-cancerous stage, with […]

Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri, better known as Jhumpa Lahiri, turns 51 today. The talented Indian-American author has been selected as the winner of the 29th PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short story. Lahiri won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, which was launched in 1999. The Namesake, her first novel, was adapted into a film, […]

So you love writing? Now every person in the business of creativity wants to improve their skills and stay steady on their craft so they can grow and become better at their work. Writers are one of them. But there can be days when you don’t feel like writing or not in the mood or […]