Rising 30 Women Who Changed India (Pb) - Paperback

by Kiran Manral (Author)

With stories of 30 amazing contemporary Indian women, this book looks

at what shaped them, the challenges they faced, the influences they had, the

choices they made and how they negotiated around or broke the boundaries

that sought to confine them, either through society or circumstance. From

diverse backgrounds, different generations, they have risen through sheer

grit, determination, bolstered with passion, and are, today, names to look

up to, to hold out as examples to the next generation of young women and

girls, giving them courage to reach out to their dreams. From politics to

sport, from the creative and performing arts to cinema and television, from

business leaders to scientists, legal luminaries and more, this book features

the stories of these much celebrated, fabulous women: Sushma Swaraj, Sheila

Dikshit, Fathima Beevi, Mahasweta Devi, Amrita Sher-Gil, Amrita Pritam,

Sonal Mansingh, Lata Mangeshkar, Anita Desai, M.S. Subbulakshmi, Harita

Kaur Deol, Madhuri Dixit, Bachendri Pal, Rekha, Chhavi Rajawat, Karnam

Malleswari, Shailaja Teacher, Hima Das, Naina Lal Kidwai, Shakuntala

Devi, P.T. Usha, P.V. Sindhu, Ekta Kapoor, Kiran Bedi, Mary Kom, Menaka

Guruswamy, Tessy Thomas, Aparna Sen, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Gayatri

Devi, among others.

Author Biography

Kiran Manral is a writer, author and novelist based in Mumbai. Her fiction titles include The Reluctant Detective, Once Upon a Crush, All Aboard!, Saving Maya, Missing: Presumed Dead, The Face at the Window, The Kitty Party Murder and More Things in Heaven and Earth. In the non-fiction category, her works include Karmic Kids, True Love Stories, A Boy's Guide to Growing Up, 13 Steps to Bloody Good Parenting, Raising Kids with Hope and Wonder in Times of a Pandemic and Climate Change. In previous avatars, she has been a journalist, researcher, festival curator and entrepreneur. She has received