The Silence That Speaks: Short Stories by Indian Muslim Women

This ground-breaking anthology brings together 38 short stories culled from over a century of writing by Muslim women from colonial and postcolonial
India. Selected from different Indian languages, it includes fascinating stories by celebrated and emerging authors. It also excavates stories from early women's journals such as Tehzeeb-e-Niswan, Saogat, and Indian Ladies' Magazine.
Written in different styles, modes, and forms, the stories deconstruct cultural essentialism often involved in ima...