India is the world’s largest democracy, but Indian women are still unequal to men in many respects like freedom and pay. Unique customs like arranged marriages are still popular today. However, more urban Indian women are working, marrying late, choosing to stay childfree. How have India’s women poets written about their culture? We will read contemporary Indian women poets ranging from Tishani Doshi to Arundhati Subramaniam and Rukmini Bhaya Nair. Their poems are about female infanticide, rape, ecofeminism, etc. We will also write, using techniques employed by the poets we read. Participants will share and discuss what resonated with them from the readings.
Nupur Maskara received the Orange Flower Poetry Award in 2020. Nupur’s work has been anthologized in The Kali Project and published in Wry Times, Last Leaves, The Gateway Review, Rigorous, The Loch Raven Review, Zoetic Press and Mantis (forthcoming). She has authored two poetry books– Insta Gita: With Arjuna’s Perspective in Poetry and Insta Women: Dramatic Monologues by Drama Queens. She majored in Literature from St.Stephen’s College, Delhi. Nupur is a freelance content writer in India. Currently she is working on a historical novel. Learn more about Nupur on her website. https://www.nutatut.com/
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