Katha: Short Stories by Indian Women (Short Stories by Women from Around the World)

Women's Stories In India Have Been Handed Down From Generation To Generation, Enriched And Embroidered Along The Way. Political Change And The Arrival Of Print Culture Meant That Storytelling Was Pushed Into The Background. But In More Recent Times, These Voices Have Once Again Come Centre-stage -confident, Varied And Complex. Spanning Half A Century, This Collection Covers Many Languages And Cultures, And Reflects The Vast And Complex Cultures Of The Country And Its Diaspora. It Offers A View Of The Changes That Have Taken Place, Both In Terms Of The Subjects Women Choose To Write About And Their Preferred Way Of Writing About These Subjects. From Established Names Such As Mahashveta Devi To The Newer Generation Of Young Authors, Such As Tishani Doshi, Katha Brings To The Reader A Vivid Array Of Voices.--jacket. Introduction / Urvashi Butalia -- How Kava Deceived Kavi And Defeated Her / Marija Sres -- Rudali / Mahasveta Devi -- Movement, A Folder, Some Tears / Ambai -- Numoli's Story / Arupa Patangia Kalita -- Story Of A Poem / Chandrika B. -- Cast-offs / Wajida Tabassum -- Teaser / Manjula Padmanabhan -- Mayadevi's London Yatra / Bulbul Sharma -- Nightmare / Meenal Dave -- March, Ma And Sahara / Geetanjali Shree -- Wife / Vandana Singh -- Mother / Urmila Pawar -- Large Girl / Mridula Koshy -- Thief / Shakti Bhatt -- Spartacus And The Dancing Man / Tishani Doshi -- Lotus / Aishwarya Subramanyam -- Giantess / Suniti Namjoshi. Edited By Urvashi Butalia. Translated Into English. Whether it is in the kitchen or elsewhere, Indian women's stories have been handed down from generation to generation, enriched and embroidered along the way. But with the coming of political change and print culture many women's voices were silenced. It is only in more recent times that these voices can again be heard, in all their confidence and variety. This collection covers many languages and cultures and reflects the vast and complex cultures of India. Part of a series showcasing contemporary women writers from around the world. Urvashi Butalia is a publisher and writer based in India. She is co-founder of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house, and is now director of Zubaan, an imprint of Kali. She has published many books, including the award-winning The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India . She has co-edited In Other Words: Women's Writing from India, Truth Tales: Stories from India and The Slate of Life . She is also editor of The Inner Line: Women's Stories from India . Women's stories in India have been handed down from generation to generation, enriched and embroidered along the way. Political change and the arrival of print culture meant that storytelling was pushed into the background. But in more recent times, these voices have once again come centre-stage #x96; confident, varied and complex. Spanning half a century, this collection covers many languages and cultures, and reflects the vast and complex cultures of the country and its diaspora. It offers a view of the changes that have taken place, both in terms of the subjects women choose to write about and their preferred way of writing about these subjects. From established names such as Mahashveta Devi to the newer generation of young authors, such as Tishani Doshi, Katha brings to the reader a vivid array of voices Indian women's stories have been handed down from generation to generation, enriched and embroidered along the way. This collection covers various languages and cultures and reflects the complex cultures of India, bringing us a selection of various country's finest female voices.