Shivani Menon is an ardent reader and cinephile, who spends most of her time amidst books and the remaining time binging on classic movies. She describes herself with a quote by Sartre, "I exist, that is all and I find it nauseating."
A Leaf in the Storm, a short story by Lalithambika Antharjanam, is a layered narrative that brings together the themes of violence, gender, and partition.
The Second Wave of feminism is usually demarcated from the 1960s to the late 1980s. It was a reaction to women returning to their roles as housewives and mothers after the Second World War.