Her Piece of Sky: Contemporary Hindi Stories

Deepa Agarwal

Zubaan,

237 pages, R295

Bringing together the work of established women writers such as Mridula Garg, Rajee Seth and Chandrakanta, as well as younger writers like Manisha Kulshreshtha, Vandana Rag and the experimental Pratyaksha, this anthology seeks to present a rounded view of contemporary women’s writing in Hindi, which has over time, according to the editor, “moved beyond the commonly perceived limits of feminine experience”.