The 18 writers in this anthology are among the best known and best loved, writing in India today. As each one speaks of her own work with rare candour and transparent sincerity, she also subtly illuminates the particular context in which she writes. This counterpointing of the personal and political, the private and public, and the literary and social makes for accounts that are, at once, most unusual, yet deeply moving.
Featured here are: Shashi Deshpande, Sara Joseph, Jeelani Bano, Imtiaz Dharker, Alka Saraogi, Bani Basi, Gauri Deshpande, Vaidehi, Neelesh Raghuwanshi, Manisha Joshi, Shahjahana, Githa Hiranyan, Rajani Parulekar, B.M. Zuhara, Varsha Adalja, Sugatha Kumari, Maitreyi Pushpa and Jupaka Subhadra.