Tag Archives: feminism

Enola Holmes The New Detective on The Block

Posted on June 22, 2025 by secondsaturn

Nancy Springer: The Uncorseted Feminist Nancy Springer, quite unknown to me, was born on the 5th of July 1948 and spent 76 years of her life living life and writing a great deal about it. She has authored 50 novels, … Continue reading →

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Asha Purna Devi, 8th January 1909 to 13th July 1995

Posted on January 13, 2025 by secondsaturn

On the 8th of January the media and social media celebrated the birth anniversary of Ashapurna Devi, a prolific novelist of Bengali language who never ceases to fascinate her readers by the sheer volume of her work and by the … Continue reading →

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On Women’s Day

Posted on March 10, 2024 by secondsaturn

A young and enthusiastic and empathetic feminist man congratulated women who did not need male support. He, of course put up a post saying that the woman he admired most was the protagonist of a Bengali art film shot by … Continue reading →

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Amitabh’s Feminism

Posted on September 27, 2016 by secondsaturn

Amitabh Bachchan’s letter to his granddaughters is important in more ways than one. Firstly, it is a letter. Letter writing is an art of which the cultural elite know very well across the world; the intellectual pariahs who abound the … Continue reading →

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X and Y

Posted on October 16, 2012 by secondsaturn

X and Y. by Susmita Dasgupta on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 8:52am · . We referred to this gentleman as Y..da. The only thing I recall about him is that in the past thirty years that I have occasionally … Continue reading →

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Fatal Flaws of Feminism

Posted on February 21, 2012 by secondsaturn

When I was born a girl child, being the first born in a family of sparse fertility, my parents decided that never in my life as an adult they will allow my gender to get in my way. Thus while … Continue reading →

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