Lakshmi Bayi
Why the battle for an inclusive Ayyappa worship makes no sense
Margo Jefferson’s memoir about growing up as an elite African-American woman moves between femininity and feminism without getting polemical on either
Novelist, poet and essayist, Siri Hustvedt is an intimidating figure in her books as well as in her exploration of ideas
The third of her seven-volume memoir is out in English and Taslima Nasrin still remains a rebel with no regrets
The year saw a shift from the theory of equality for men and women towards a practice of equality