Table of Contents
Foreword Tarfia Faizullah i
Introduction Piyali Bhattacharya v
The Cost of Grief Tanzila Ahmed 1
My Mother, the Rebel Jabeen Akhtar 11
The Fantasy of Normative Motherhood Roksana Badruddoja 19
The Photograph of My Parents Neelanjana Banerjee 27
The Politics of Being Political Piyali Bhattacharya 33
Fair Game Madiha Bhatti 41
Daughter of Mine Meghna Chandra 45
Flipping the Script finding the Love of My Life While Writing the Book of My Heart Sona Charaipotra 51
Good Girls Become Doctors Sayantani DasGupta 55
Subterfuge On How to Be Obedient While Rebelling Tara Dorabji 59
Good Girls Pray to God Triveni Gandhi 65
Someday Never Comes Rajpreet Heir 73
Affording the Perfect Family Leila Khan 81
Acting the Part Rachna Khatau 89
Becoming a Reluctant Breadwinner Swati Kharana 95
Modern Mythologies Surya Kundu 101
Without Shame Ayesha Mattu 109
The Day I Found Out I Was a Witch Fawzia Mirza 117
"The Only Dates Are the Ones You Eat" and Other Laws of an Immigrant Girlhood Nayomi Munaweera 123
Patti Smith in the Dark Jyothi Natarajan 131
What It Looks Like to Grow Ankita Rao 141
Breathe Phiroozeh Petigara 149
Amma Hema Sarang-Sieminski 159
Draupadi Walks Alone at Night SJ Sindu 171
Cut Natasha Singh 175
Operation Make My Family Normal Mathangi Subramanian 181
Contributor Biographies 189
