Shashi Deshpande’s fictional narratives opened up closed worlds. Sensitive to the woman’s feelings and her place in society, Shashi Deshpande has posed difficult questions and laid bare ...

Arundhati, the protagonist of Shashi Deshpande’s novel Shadow Play, has seen many cases of what the law calls ‘domestic violence’ in her work as a lawyer and within her own home. The ...

Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novelist Shashi Deshpande-- whose father was the legendary Kannada novelist and playwright Adya Rangacharya -- tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier about what is ...

Veteran Indian writer Shashi Deshpande won the Lifetime Achievement AutHer Award 2023. Here's what she said at the award ceremony which was held in Delhi recently. Deshpande also spoke about the ...

Shashi Deshpande began her career with short stories, but has since gone on to write children's books and many novels. Her subjects are the realities of women's lives and the truths that lie ...

we should have stood up and spoken our minds. i am glad i got to say what i wanted to say,’’ says writer shashi deshpande. just back from the international festival of indian ...

In part 3 of our Let’s Talk About Rape series, writer Shashi Deshpande pens an open letter to Indian men, talking about the Nirbhaya case and how violence against women stems from cruelty and ...

Bangalore-based author and Padma Shri awardee Shashi Deshpande resigned from general council of Sahitya Akademi in protest against its silence over the killing of M MKalburgi. Kalburgi ...

Shashi Deshpande began her career with short stories, but has since gone on to write children's books and many novels. Her subjects are the realities of women's lives and the truths that lie ...