Book Review | Smriti Ravindra’s ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’ by Abdullah Khan
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Book Review | Smriti Ravindra’s ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’ by Abdullah Khan

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Published : Oct 24, 2023 10:52 IST - 3 MINS READ Early in Smriti Ravindra’s debut novel, there is a scene where one of the key characters gets off the train at a platform on the Indo-Nepal border to buy a snack of puffed rice and piyaji. The Woman Who Climbed Trees By Smriti Ravindra HarperCollins India Pages: 432 Price: Rs.599 The book took me back to my teenage years, making me want to read on. Meena’s journey mirrors the experiences of countless South Asian women encountering similar challenges in male-dominated societies. The book also delves into Nepal’s history and politics, touching sensitively upon issues like ethnicity, oppression, democracy, and the Madhesi-Pahadi conflict.

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Interview | Smriti Ravindra on her debut novel ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’
1 year, 6 months ago

Interview | Smriti Ravindra on her debut novel ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’

The Hindu  

The Woman Who Climbed Trees takes readers into the heart of a social world in which women exist mainly to fulfill men’s physical needs and elders are always right, one which eternally dangles the threat of shame over women and periodically inflicts violence on them. Yet, and this is among the many feats that the Mumbai-based author pulls off, the …

A celebration of women writers from the Indian subcontinent
1 year, 9 months ago

A celebration of women writers from the Indian subcontinent

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Several women authors of the Indian subcontinent have made a mark with their bold and incisive writing. From the legendary Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, the first woman Muslim writer from colonial Bengal, who wrote about the oppression of women and their liberation at a time when it was unthinkable to the crusader-writer Mahasweta Devi, inspired by the ordinary Adivasi, Dalit …

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