It was a riot of words, laughter and a little bit of male bashing as writers Rakhshanda Jalil, Mridula Garg and Swapna Liddle came together for the session — Delhi and women writers down the years: How writing changed — moderated by Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr at Times Litfest 2023.
Mridula Garg, a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, feels the term ‘women writer’ gained popularity in the 90s, when “feminism started raising its head in a volatile manner”, with all writers who happened to be women being categorised in the same slot.
