The book engages with a critical discussion on feminist consciousness in India, perhaps in South Asia, as to the attributes of feminist challenge and success, and the facilitators of the process.

“Da da, Ashapurna Devi’r barita konta?” (Which way to Ashapurna Devi’s home?) I asked a passer-by. I was in Kolkata’s Baghajatin area and the man seemed to be in his early twenties. “What?” he took ...

Ashapurna Devi, a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengal was born on 8th January 1909. For her contribution as a novelist and short story writer, the Sahitya Akademi conferred its highest honour ...

Writer Ashapurna Devi was born on this day. She is one of the most powerful Bengali novelists and short story writers, whose prolific writing captured vividly, the narrow, constricted lives of middle ...

The Wife and the Beloved by Ashapurna Devi is a compilation of short stories by the author, compiled between the years 1936-1986. Her stories are fresh with a feminine perspective. But, owing to her ...

The title of this collection of fifteen short stories refers to a line in Rajlakshmi Devi’s Meye: “Open windows to three sides of life — fear sits at the other.” Each of the five “Bengali Women ...