more-inOne of our readers, N. Pavithran, wanted me to look into the new project launched by The New York Times. To mark International Women’s Day, the NYT on March 8 began “Overlooked”, a series that chronicles the stories of women whose contributions went unrecorded during their time. A reflection on this silence gave birth to “Overlooked”. Another interesting book on silence is The Other Half of the Coconut: Women Writing Self Respect History, edited by K. Srilata. I invite readers to come up with an Indian list of the “overlooked” to retrieve our space for plurality.

Source: The Hindu March 11, 2018 18:45 UTC