Chickpeas to Cook and Other Stories
$25.89
- Paperback
164 pages
- Release Date
17 January 2023
Summary
Chickpeas to Cook is the story of the women of the tribe, women from some of the smallest of communities, often no more than a few hundred families in Singapore. How do these women live, think, even breathe? What does the Dawoodi Bohra woman answer, for instance, when she’s asked if her daughter will don the ridah after marriage? When does the Sikh woman decide it’s time to come out of her brother’s shadow and live for herself? What does the Eurasian woman do when her DNA report arrives and i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789815017038 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9815017039 |
| Author: | Nilanjana Sengupta |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House SEA |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House SEA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 164 |
| Release Date: | 17 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 184g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 14mm |
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About The Author
Nilanjana Sengupta
Nilanjana Sengupta is an author based in Singapore. Her publications include, A Gentleman’s Word- The Legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose in Southeast Asia (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2012), The Female Voice of Myanmar- Khin Myo Chit to Aung San Suu Kyi (Cambridge University Press, 2015), My Country- Biography of M Bala Subramanion (World Scientific Press, 2016) and The Votive Pen- Writings on Edwin Thumboo (Penguin Random House, 2020). Sengupta also writes for The Straits Times and for publications of the National Heritage Board, Singapore. Her books have been critically acclaimed, adopted for university courses and translated into multiple languages. She has been associated with the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute as well as NUS in various research capacities.
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