Three books will be discussed: As If Women Matter: The Essential Gloria Steinem Reader, Edited by Ruchira Gupta (New Delhi: Rupa, 2016); River of Flesh and Other Stories: The Prostituted Woman in Indian Short Fiction, Edited by Ruchira Gupta (New Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2016); and Prem Nagar: Town of Love by Anne Ch. Ostby; translated by Marie Ostby (New Delhi: Supernova, 2013)

 

Panelists: Prof. Vidhu Verma, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru university; Prof. Baran Farooqi, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Dr. Kusha Tiwari, Department of English, Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi 

 

Chair: Prof. Indu Agnihotri, Director, Centre for Women’s Development Studies