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This list of books written by Hindi women authors demonstrates how women have, over the years, been carving out their own space in literature to explore diverse issues and experiences that are exclusive to them.
These Indian feminist fiction books include the works of Mahasweta Devi, Krishna Sobti and others, and explore what it means to be a woman in India.
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
- Heat & Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- If It Is Sweet by Mridula Koshy
- Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Fire on The Mountain by Anita Desai
- Rich Like Us by Nayantara Sahgal
- That Long Silence by Shashi Deshpande
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
“Everything is there.” (in India) An Indian American by birth, Jhumpa Lahiri is the most famous voice and spokesperson for NRI women. She tells their story like no other – their identity crisis, quirks, angst, melancholy, ambitions and flickering spirit of hope through charming characters and familiar common experiences. Her debut book, Interpreter...
“You are like slaves running after the West, embarrassing yourself. It’s because of people like you we never get anywhere.” Awarded the Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Awards for fiction (2006), this no-nonsense novel stays far away from fluffing up the reality with fantastical hope. Desai portrays the struggles of the poor and mi...
“He had been her choice when she was eight, was still her choice when she was thirty-four, and would be equally important to her for the rest of her life.” This quote sums up the love of Meherrunnisa and Prince Salim that defied all logic and tradition. Winner of the Washington State Book Award in 2003, this book is a must-read for its enchanting r...
“I think perhaps God never meant that human beings should live in such a place.” Winner of the Booker Prize (1975), Jhablava takes a nonchalant approach and employs metaphors to convey the feelings experienced by foreigners when they visit India. ‘Heat’ symbolises the tension that exists among relationships owing to its rigid traditional societal f...
“It’s a long wait for Charu. When she comes, she is trailing a string of buoyant hearts.” Winner of the 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize, this stylish find of a book is a collection of 19 short stories. It leaves its readers bowled over by its spontaneity and freakishness, e.g. a talking monkey. Her protagonists hail from the society’s underbelly...
“Now his fingers were stroking my cheeks, my throat, moving downward. I closed my eyes and tried not to jerk away because after all it was my wifely duty.” Winner of the American Book Award, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award and the PEN Josephine Miles Award for fiction, Arranged Marriage fuses poetry with prose in this stellar collection of short ...
“Look, Nani, I have set the forest on fire. Look, Nani – look – the forest is on fire.” Awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1978, the book’s female protagonist, Nanda Kaul, seemingly has it all in life. Except she never found any meaning in forced relationships and mechanical roles! In her old age, she escapes to the solitude mountains of Kasauli ...
“I had grown to adulthood nourished on monumental lies.” Winner of the the Sinclair Prize for fiction (1985) and the Sahitya Akademi Award (1986), this multidimensional novel is about the different ways women use power to wield influence on those around them. Sahgal effortlessly blends in themes of politics, history, fiction and feminism and discus...
“On the contrary, not to change is unnatural, against nature.” In this Sahitya Akademi Award (1990) winning book, Jaya, the lead character, suffers at the hands of her controlling husband who doesn’t understand a woman’s need for her own identity and an equal place at home and in society. When Jaya’s powers of tolerance come to an end, she is force...
“And the air was full of thoughts and things to say. But at times like these, only the small things are ever said.” The first Indian citizen to win the Booker Prize (1997), Roy dares to go where no one has ever gone before. She contrasts the ‘big things’ such as society, marriage with the ‘small things’ such as incest, pedophilia, unmet sexual desi...
Feb 14, 2023 · वर्तमान समय में महिला अपनी बेहतरी की ओर बढ़ रही है परंतु हमेशा से स्त्री की स्थिति इतनी निम्नतर नहीं थी। वैदिक काल से लेकर वर्तमान काल को देखें तो स्त्री ने सम्माननीय जीवन पहले भी जिया है। एक सशक्त जीवन की गवाह वह पहले भी रह चुकी है।.
Aug 2, 2019 · महिला सशक्तिकरण का अर्थ है – समाज में महिलाओं के आर्थिक विकास के साथ-साथ सामाजिक और आर्थिक विकास के तरीकों का पता लगाना। यह सामाजिक और आर्थिक रूप से महिलाओं को स्वतंत्र बनाने की एक प्रक्रिया है; उन्हें अपने कैरियर, नौकरी चुनने, स्वयं और परिवार के लिए निर्णय लेने, कमाने, बढ़ने और जीवन के सभी पहलुओं में पुरुषों के बराबर होने की स्वतंत्रता देने की ...
Jan 16, 2020 · महिला सशक्तिकरण पर निबंध (400 शब्द) लैंगिक असमानता भारत में मुख्य सामाजिक मुद्दा है जिसमें महिलाएं पुरुष प्रधान देश में वापस आ रही हैं। महिला सशक्तिकरण को इस देश में दोनों लिंगों के मूल्य को बराबर करने के लिए एक उच्च गति लेने की आवश्यकता है। हर तरह से महिलाओं का उत्थान राष्ट्र की सर्वोच्च प्राथमिकता होनी चाहिए।.
Nov 27, 2023 · महिला सशक्तिकरण का अर्थ. महिला सशक्तिकरण का आसान मतलब है कि महिलाओ को शक्तिशाली बनाना।. Women Empowerment एक ऐसी प्रक्रिया है जिसमें महिलाओं को सामाजिक, आर्थिक, और राजनैतिक रूप से समान अधिकार व अवसर देना है। इसका उद्देश्य महिलाओं को लैंगिक असमानता, अत्याचार और अन्याय से मुक्त करना है।.
