Contents

Introduction

1.   Ameena Hussein: The Jagged Edge of my Imagination

2.   Amruta Patil: Scribbling Block

3.   Anita Nair: Beyond the Horizon

4.   Anjum Hasan: In Search of Anjum Hasan

5.   Anuradha Marwah: The Activist vs Sunflowers: Writing Fifty

6.   Bapsi Sidhwa: Why and How I Write

7.   Bina Shah: My Father’s Thesis

8.   Jaishree Misra: The Truth About Fiction

9.   Janice Pariat: Journey from the Hills

10. Kavery Nambisan: Knives at Work

11. Lavanya Sankaran: This Writing Thing

12. Maniza Naqvi: Muse

13. Manju Kapur: Six Years

14. Meira Chand: A Jigsaw Identity

15. Mishi Saran: Split in Half Six Ways

16. Moni Mohsin: Writing Home

17. Namita Devidayal: Cupcake Addict

18. Ru Freeman: When in Doubt, Climb the Roof

19. Shashi Deshpande: Looking Back

20. Shinie Antony: A Word about Words

21. Susan Visvanathan: Speaking, Writing: Twin Skills

22. Tania James: To the High School Class of Kentucky Country Day cum Laude Honorary Luncheon May 2008

23. Tishani Doshi: Around the Edges of the Great Swamp: Reasons for Writing

Contributors