Yearly Archives: 2013

Beyond pesky in-laws and other nuptial stereotypes (Review in The Sunday Guardian)

(Reproduced from the original.) There's a bit in Nandini Krishnan's book Hitched, a series of tell-all essays on the arranged marriage circuit that sums up India's attitude to marriage perfectly. In a chapter where brides reveal what to expect at

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Women’s literature through many lenses at Stella Maris seminar

(Originally published in The Hindu Business Line, reproduced from http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/on-campus/womens-literature-through-many-lenses-at-stella-maris-seminar/article5422034.ece)     As public discourse and media debate continue to engender discussions on the skewed gender dynamic in India, the Department of English at Stella Maris College organised a national seminar

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Hitching an Arranged Ride: Review

Novelist Amandeep Sandhu’s, whose latest book Roll of Honour has been short listed for The Hindu Prize 2013, reviews Hitched in The New Indian Express.   With her interviews-based non-fiction Hitched, Nandini Krishnan steps into what is perhaps India’s foremost sunshine industry: the arranged marriages.

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Time Out Delhi reviews Hitched

(Original post appeared here: http://www.timeoutdelhi.net/books/reviews/book-review-hitched-modern-woman-and-arranged-marriage) Book Review: Hitched: The Modern Woman and Arranged Marriage     An earnest study to understand the modern, well-educated women’s attitude towards arranged marriage           What would you do if your family

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Shruthi Padmanabhan’s review of Hitched

(Reproduced from here: http://shhpadywriting.blogspot.in/2013/11/in-which-book-is-reviewed.html) In which a book is reviewed   [[Uh, what? Two more followers? That's all kinds of awesome! Yay! And, welcome. And now, onto business 😀 ]]   I'm in a book reviewing spree.   Why?   I have

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Interview with Femina

(Published in Femina, November 13, 2013 issue)   Tell us a little about yourself, your work and educational background. I grew up in Madras, as it was then called. I studied English Literature, and then worked part-time as an English

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Navigating the marriage minefield: Interview with The Ladies Finger

(A shorter version of this appeared in The Ladies Finger. This interview was done by Shruthi Padmanabhan, whose awesome blog can be found here.) Take us through the process of how you found the women to be featured in this

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‘Chemistry is bunkum’: my self-interview for Ink magazine

(A shorter version of this appeared in Ink magazine.) So, can we get started with this farce? Weird, I thought you’d be some sort of projected animus. Isn’t that how self-interviews work? Well, I can cut my hair short and

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Stories from the shaadi mandi – interview with The Hindu

(A shorter version of this appeared here: http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/stories-from-the-shaadi-mandi/article5186002.ece)   How many women did you speak with and how did you pick the stories that ended up in the book? I must have spoken to around 30 women and 10 men in

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Interview with Asian Age: ‘A fresh perspective on marriage’

(This is the full-text of an email interview, which was used for this article in The Asian Age) How would you describe your book in a few words? Hitched is a non-fiction book on young, urban, educated women from across

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