In Other Words: New Writing By Indian Women

by Urvashi Butalia

This innovative collection brings together fourteen of the most adventuresome contemporary Indian women writers. Rich in subject and style, these remarkable stories are animated by the experiences and concerns of the post-independence generation of Indian women. Written with style and verve, the stories include a sardonic and witty debunking of mysticism, a consideration of the encounter between the colonizers language and the mother-tongue, an animated vignette of growing up urban in the 1980s, and an authors revisiting of the past through the lives of her ancestresses. Compelling and entertaining as literature, the stories also paint a clear and intimate portrait of women's lives in India today.

196 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1994

About the author

Urvashi Butalia is an Indian feminist and historian. She is the Director and Co-founder of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house.
Butalia was born in Ambala India in 1952. She earned a B.A. in literature from Miranda House, Delhi University in 1971, a Masters in literature from Delhi University in 1973, and a Masters in South Asian Studies from the University of London in 1977.
She worked as an editor for Zed Publishing and later went on to set up her own publishing house. Her writing has appeared in several newspapers including The Guardian, The Statesman, The Times of India and several magazines including Outlook, the New Internationalist and India Today. Butalia is a consultant for Oxfam India and she holds the position of Reader at the College of Vocational Studies at the University of Delhi.

Recently, she was also conferred a Padmashree by for her contribution to the nation.
Urvashi Butalia started Zubaan, a renowned publishing house in 2003. Zubaan is an imprint of Kali for Women.

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urvashi_...

Reviews

[Judy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought it would be interesting to read this collection of short stories by Indian women - and it was. The quality of the writing was excellent but I only finished half of the stories. I'm not a big fan of short stories for starters, and I found the ones I read all to be depressing and some of them so obscure that I didn't know what I had read when I was done. As I said though, well written, and others might enjoy them.