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This is a new, updated version of Mardiya's article previously published on Ananke under the title of Performative Feminism. Feminism as a movement has undergone a series of evolutions in terms of how activism is carried out. In its early stages, during the 19th and 20th centuries, it...
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You’re an artist, as well as a writer. How did these two professions complement each other for you? Do tell us about your journey in both. My art and my writing share a similar creative process. I start with the seed of an idea, I define which medium I...
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You are a writer and an illustrator— two wonderfully complementary professions. Do tell us about your journey, the challenges, and what has kept you going. I’ve been a bookworm since I was a child, very much the ‘bringing a book to a wedding and sitting in the corner finishing...
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Do tell us about your writing journey. What drew you to this profession? I was the kind of child who always had her nose buried in a book, but the moment when words really came alive for me was when I started reading the Narnia series in the third...
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Dubai, UAE: Ananke, new media and development platform focusing on inclusion and empowerment, welcomes Dubai Diaries as media partner for its flagship event Women In Literature Festival. The two-day, online event plans to celebrate literary voices from across the Global South and beyond who are all set to share...
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Human Highness, a luxury sustainable women’s brand, has joined forces with artist and creative icon Thomas Iser to launch its first Human Highness X Thomas Iser NFT collection. The collection, #universalhumanity, was inspired by the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and aims at raising awareness on some global topics like...
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This news story has been updated with Chetna Keer's remarks. Dubai, UAE: One of India’s most innovative publishing entities, Readomania, joins hands with Ananke to participate at Ananke’s Women In Literature Festival on March 31st and April 1st, 2022 to celebrate literature, publishing and the creative process. The...
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Dubai, UAE: The second edition of Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival will be held digitally on March 31st and April 1st, 2022. The two-day, online event plans to celebrate literary voices from across the Global South and beyond who are all set to share their views about fictionalizing women’s...
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You have been writing for several years — since 2012 — if I’m not mistaken, even before your debut book ‘Midnight Doorways’. How has the journey been? Like most writers, I have been closet-writing since I was a child. My first publication was a Letter to the Editor of...