Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | 891.43371 BHA (Browse shelf) | Available | 032917 |
891.4337 GUL Half a Rupee: Stories | 891.4337 REN Freed from disgrace : Kalankmukti | 891.4337 SOB Sobti-Vaid Samvad : lekhan aur lekhak | 891.43371 BHA Wise woman and other stories : the best of Mannu Bhandari | 891.43371 MAH Another Universe : a biographical novel | 891.43371 PAN Legal fiction : a novel | 891.43371 VAI Diary of a maidservant = Ek naukrani ki diary |
Translated from Hindi.
Mannu bhandari’s genius lies not in elevating women to heroines or superior beings; rather, she forces us to acknowledge that flawed, confused, and self-centered women are as worthy of agency and respect. She wrote among literary giants who were mostly men, but carved a singular space for herself with her unflinching gaze at the hypocrisy of a society that claims to venerate women yet balks at giving them the keys to their shackles. These 18 stories are representative of her wonderful insights into the inner life of women – her characters span the spectrum from rural to urban, illiterate to educated, homemakers to career professionals. Through all the stories runs a vein of gentle mockery – The inimitable Mannu bhandari style.
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