Books published by Zubaan

Whether it is in-vitro fertilization, sperm injection, or surrogacy, assisted reproductive technology (ART) has revolutionized our understanding of pregnancy, birth, infertility, and women's bodies. This book examines the ART industry by bringing a feminist health lens to bear on the experiences of women in different countries.

Tackles a set of intricate questions about the workings of impunity in India. Bringing together senior academics, civil society leaders, and fresh voices from across the subcontinent, this book offers analysis - contextual, structural, and gendered - to break new conceptual ground on the underbelly of "India Shining."

Using the classic short story form with its surprise endings to great effectiveness, Pawar brings to life strong and clever women from all classes of society, women who are brave in the face of caste oppression, strong in opposing their in-laws, defiant when at the receiving end of insults, determined when guarding their interests or those of their sisters. Urmila Pawar identifies herself as a Dalit woman writer, a Buddhist and a feministand all three identities reveal themselves powerfully in her stories. The protagonists are not always Dalit, nor is the mood always one of anger, and in this Pawar defeats the stereotypes that attach themselves to Dalit writing. Her harsh, sometimes vulgar and hard-hitting language subverts another stereotype that of the soft-spoken woman writer."

Post-independence, a generation of Indian women entered career fields such as architecture and design that had previously been closed to them. In this book, the essays address these developments and ask if these women produce art and architecture that specifically reflect a feminine perspective.

Published in 1899, Muhammad Hadi Ruswa's famous novel "Umrao Jaan Ada" created a sensation when it came out. But few know that a month after the author wrote "Umrao Jaan Ada", he penned a sly novella entitled "Junun-e-Intezar". This title features both the Urdu original and an English translation of this novella.

Ayii Tendulkar, a young journalist from a small town in Maharashtra, traveled to Germany to pursue a doctorate in statistics. In Berlin, Ayii became a well-known journalist, and he met and fell in love with the renowned filmmaker Thea von Harbou, the writer of the classic films "Metropolis" and "M" and former wife of legendary director Fritz Lang.

Offers a collection of stories about unusual, radical, and troubling themes. This title features ten tales, which include a coming-of-age story, a marriage proposal, a thwarted murder, and a story about the Government of India's Bureau of Reincarnation.

Born in Mumbai in 1941, the author is an important figure in contemporary Indian literature in English. This book brings together her writings, starting with "Feminist Fables", and including excerpts from "St Suniti and the Dragon", "The Mothers of Maya Dip", and her series of Aditi books for children, such as "Aditi and the Thames Dragon".

The contemporary women's movement in India, which began in the late 1970s, fought valiantly against dark times marked by violence and misogyny. This title offers a pictorial history of the multifaceted Indian women's movement, conveyed through its most immediate visual representation: posters, drawings, pamphlets, reports, brochures, and stickers.

A collection of essays that illuminates the film portrayal of violence, masculinity, and power in a postcolonial context, showing how the cinema challenges, normalizes, or contests these major issues. It is international in scope, covering films from Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

The monsoon rains wash over the city of Kolkata while four women sit and read and talk in the kitchen of Kailash, the old mansion of the Chattopadhyays where Uma comes to live after her marriage in the summer of 1962. It is a place of mystery to Uma.

Kohima, 2007. A young man has just been gunned down in cold blood - the latest casualty in the conflict that has brutalized the people of Nagaland, in the neglected northeastern corner of India. This title traces the story of one man's life from 1937 to 2007.

India is changing. And at the heart of this change are its women. The change is widespread and varied, individual and collective, reflecting the full spectrum of women's lives, whether in politics or in economics, in business, or within their daily domestic work. This book maps some of the changes that are visible and invisible in India today.

From an early focus on rape, dowry, and sati - self-immolation - feminist struggles against violence to women in India have now moved to a wider terrain. This book looks specifically at whether the legal system has led to justice for women who have been the victims of violence.

In this delightful book, the reader is invited to overhear a series of playful, sharp philosophical debates between the author and her beloved cat. To Sukia sulky, silky feline who believes she is a goddessher owner is simply her high priestess, there to do her bidding. To Sunitia writer, poet, fabulist and feminist iconSuki is a stroppy cat who talks too much. But as they discuss the merits of vegetarianism, or the meaning of happiness, or war, or morality or any topic under the sun, it soon becomes clear that the bond between human and animal is a deep, complex and loving one. Far more than a personal memoir about a dearly departed pet, Sukiis a philosophical novel, full of tender wisdom. It is a unique exploration of the relationship between human and animal. Readers who have enjoyed J. R. Ackerley sMy Dog Tulip, Nilanjana Roy sThe Wildings, or Paul Auster sTimbuktu, will fall in love with the maddening, lovable, unique character that is Suki as seen through the eyes of Suniti Namjoshi, her companion, fellow-traveller and one of the foremost women writers of her generation."

In 2004, one of the region's notorious paramilitary groups famously arrested and killed a young woman named Thangjam Manorama. This title takes its inspiration from the mass demonstrations that arose after her death and the unprecedented protests against the violence that has wracked the area.

Pandita Ramabai was one of India's earliest feminists. A high-caste Hindu widow, Ramabai converted to Christianity, an act that was seen not only as a betrayal of her religion but of her very nation. This title introduces one of the foremost thinkers of nineteenth-century India. It rescues Ramabai from the marginalization of her contemporaries.

A study of Dalit women's writings and lives, this title offers a counternarrative to mainstream assumptions about the development of feminism in India in the twentieth century. It contributes significantly to the field of biography and can be welcomed by scholars of caste, gender, and politics in India.

Rashundari Debi, who gave birth to eleven children - her first was born when she was eighteen years old, the last when she was forty-one - ruminates on her very individual understanding of bhakti beliefs as well as the new times that were unfolding around her.

Explores the many roles - some perennial, some unexpected - that food can play in women's lives. In this title, one of the stories features a young woman who, neglected by her rakish husband, decides to kill him by overfeeding him.

Offers a collection of stories, essays, and poems by a range of Indian writers. This title challenges cozy assumptions about motherhood to reveal messy but affirming truths about this vital role and the way we experience it.

Mainstream feminist discourse has failed to fully engage with commercial sex work. In a series of essays, this book corrects this lacuna. Moving beyond the traditional feminist focus on slavery and trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and other health issues, it features contributors who engage fully with the political and theoretical implications of sex work.

South Asia's significant water resources are unevenly distributed, with about a fifth of the population lacking adequate access. By revealing the extent to which water access depends on power relations and politics, this book offers fresh perspectives on the relationship between gender equity and water issues in South Asia.

The first woman to practice law in India and Britain, Cornelia Sorabji founded the League for Infant Welfare, Maternity and District Nursing and helped hundreds of Indian women and children during her career as one of the country's most prominent social reformers. This book provides a portrait of her influential life and work.

Throughout South Asia, young men and women are pursuing new educational opportunities and getting married later. This book focuses on three main areas of these adolescents' lives: college and student existence, same-sex and opposite-sex friendships and relationships, and the issues surrounding marriage and the choice of a husband or wife.

Tells the tales of women overcoming violence and repression. This collection takes you into a world where spirits converse with humans and where unsuspecting people are drawn into forces greater than themselves.

A lone hunter, Vilie, sets out to find the river of his dreams, a place from which he will be able to wrest a stone that will give him untold power. His is a dangerous quest - not only must he overcome unquiet spirits, vengeful sorceresses, and demons of the forest, but there are armed men on his trail as well.

Younguncle arrives with his family at the gloomy, mysterious Hotel Pine-Away and soon discovers that their mountain holiday is going to be anything but peaceful. As he chats with monkeys and debates the true nature of reality with an offbeat sect of the Quantum Banana spiritualists, the fate of the picturesque little valley hangs in the balance.