Of Mothers and Others — Jaishree Misra

Motherhood. To some it is a calling. To others a burden. To all it is something we understand from birth, and are now shown anew in a multi-layered, thought-provoking collection.



Of Mothers and Others offers a new and alternative view to the cozy images of motherhood that are promoted and advertised across cultures. Motherhood for the writers in this collection is by no means a simple state but involves searching questions about identity, writing, one's place in society -- the very nature of the self.



Questions of adoption, childlessness, surrogacy, bereavement and abuse figure alongside poems and stories that explore the tender, the funny, the uplifting aspects of this most vital relationship, between children and their mothers at any age.



Contributors include:

Manju Kapur, Shinie Antony, Jai Arjun Singh, Jahnavi Barua, Meena Alexander, Mridula Koshy, Kishwar Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Bulbul Sharma, Tishani Doshi, Shalini Sinha, Jahnavi Barua, Smriti Lamech, Nisha Susan, Humra Quraishi, Sarojini N, Vrinda Marwah, Sarita Mandanna, Anita Roy, and others…