Literature
Ritu Menon (edited by)
A Stone Thrown in a Pond: Essays & Poems on the Enigma of Leaving
Every day, we leave something behind—and every day, we return to something we thought we had let go. A love. A loss. A memory. A trauma. A friendship. A relationship. A city or a home. A life, even. This book is a deeply personal collection of essays and poems by 15 critically acclaimed writers, each exploring the many registers of leaving, as well as the paradox that we never truly leave anything behind. Contributors: Geeta Patel • Jerry Pinto • Sabyn Javeri • Stephen Alter • Aamer Hussein • Arundhathi Subramaniam • Adania Shibli • Ranjit Hoskote • Bulbul Sharma • Anita Anand • Chaitanya Kalbag • Kshama Kaul • Gagan Gill • Manjula Narayan • Ritu Menon
Ritu Menon co-founded Kali for Women, India’s first feminist press, in 1984, and is the founder director of Women Unlimited, an associate of KfW. India on Their Minds: 8 Women, 8 Ideas of India is her most recent publication.