Overview

Bringing together the writings of women from various walks of life - authors, artists, academics and ordinary people - this volume presents their experiences of being mothers and daughters. The complex emotions women go through, as a mother or a daughter, are portrayed in a variety of ways. The contributors provide humane, intimate and compelling real life narratives. The collection includes true stories on adoptive motherhood, step-mothering and single-motherhood within a South Asian context.

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Author:   Rinki Bhattacharya
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.250kg
ISBN:  

9780761935100

ISBN 10:   076193510
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   07 November 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Motherhood Revisited - Jasodhara Bagchi PART ONE: OUR MOTHERS My Mother - Bharati Ray My Mother, My Daughter - Maitreyi Chatterji When Alamelu Shrugged - C S Lakshmi An Outsider at Home - Neela Bhagwat Her Infinite Variety - Roshan G Shahani The Cross a Woman Carries - Urmila Pawar My Mother′s Gardens - Tuntun Mukherjee Stepmother at Seventeen - Maithili Rao PART TWO: OURSELVES Motherhood and Me - Dhiruben Patel A Mother, Myself - Kamala Das A Delicate Bondage - Pratibha Ranade Motherhood - Nabaneeta Dev Sen Not a Joke! Learning to Be a Mother - Shashi Deshpande No Baby, No Cry! - Deepa Gahlot PART THREE: OUR CHILDREN More a Friend - Jyotsna Kamal Letter to My Children - Mallika Sarabhai Paint and Nursery Rhymes - Rekha Rodwittiya The Colour of Hibiscus - Nita Ramaiya The Mother Who Wasn′t - Anwesha Arya

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Author Information

Rinki Bhattacharya is Chairperson of the Bimal Roy Memorial Committee. She is also a well-known journalist and documentary film-maker based in Mumbai. Her documentary, Char Diwari, on domestic violence has received international acclaim. She made a five-minute audio-visual capsule, Janani—based on the same theme as this book. Ms Bhattacharya has also worked as a volunteer at Nari Kendra in Mumbai and started, in 1987, a crisis hotline called Help. Her publications include Bengal Spices (2005), Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in India (2004), Indelible Imprints—Daughters Write on Fathers (1999), Uncertain Liaisions: Sex, Strife & Togetherness in Urban India (1996), Bimal Roy—A Man of Silence (1994), Cuisine Creations from Bengal (1993), monograph on the film-maker Bimal Roy, monograph on film-star Ashok Kumar, genres of Indian Cinema—Les star Du Indian Cinema.

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