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Synopsis
Hindu-Muslim violence, destruction of religious places, fictional families, atrocities at the hands of Muslim fundamentalists, Partition, etc, are the eye-catching themes of South Asian women writers. The anthology covers major writers of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Taslima reaffirms the woman as a human being who has duties and responsibilities to her family, but also worthy of satisfying her own desires and aspirations. South Asian Women Writers, especially the writers from Pakistan and Bangladesh talked about education of women. They believed that women need to be self-sufficient. And in order to get support from men, they argued that women became better 'home-managers".The book gives interesting details of controversial female writers of South Asia