# ᱩᱨᱵᱚᱥᱤ ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ

**ᱩᱨᱵᱚᱥᱤ ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ** (᱑᱙᱕᱒ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ) ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱤᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱟᱹᱭᱫᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱚᱱᱚᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ, ᱪᱷᱟᱯᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱦᱤᱞᱟᱹᱣᱱᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱛᱤᱨ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱫᱟ ᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱰ ᱳᱯᱷ ᱥᱟᱭᱞᱮᱱᱥ: ᱵᱷᱚᱭᱮᱥᱮᱥ ᱯᱷᱨᱚᱢ ᱮᱱᱰ ᱫᱟ ᱯᱟᱨᱴᱤᱥᱚᱱ ᱳᱯᱷ ᱤᱱᱰᱤᱭᱟ (The Other Side of Silence: Voices from and the Partition of India) ᱟᱨ ᱥᱯᱤᱠᱤᱝ ᱯᱤᱥ: ᱣᱤᱢᱮᱱᱥ ᱵᱷᱚᱭᱮᱥᱮᱥ ᱯᱷᱨᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱥᱢᱤᱨ (Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir) ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱯᱚᱛᱚᱵ ᱚᱞ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱦᱚᱸᱭ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱨᱤᱛᱩ ᱢᱮᱱᱚᱱ (Ritu Menon) ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱑᱙᱘᱔ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱟᱞᱤ ᱯᱷᱚᱨ ᱣᱤᱢᱮᱱ (Kali for Women) ᱮ ᱵᱮᱨᱮᱫ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱭᱞᱩ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱟᱹᱭᱫᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱪᱷᱟᱯᱟ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱒᱐᱐᱓ ᱨᱮ, ᱩᱱᱤ ᱡᱩᱵᱟᱱ ᱵᱩᱠᱥ (Zubaan Books) ᱮ ᱵᱮᱨᱮᱫ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱟᱞᱤ ᱯᱷᱚᱨ ᱣᱤᱢᱮᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱤᱢᱯᱨᱤᱱᱴ (imprint) ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

᱒᱐᱑᱑ ᱨᱮ, ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱮᱱᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱯᱚᱫᱽᱢᱚ ᱥᱨᱤ (Padma Shri) ᱠᱚ ᱮᱢᱟᱫ ᱠᱤᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱱᱟᱜ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱨᱤᱠ ᱥᱤᱨᱯᱷᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱠᱤᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ᱾

## ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ

ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱢᱵᱟᱞᱟ, ᱯᱟᱧᱡᱟᱵᱽ (Ambala, Punjab) ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱩᱛᱱᱟᱹᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱮᱛᱷᱤᱥᱴ (atheist) ᱯᱟᱧᱡᱟᱵᱤ ᱦᱮᱨᱤᱴᱮᱡᱽ ᱜᱷᱟᱨᱚᱸᱡᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱵᱷᱟᱫᱽᱨᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱳᱜᱤᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱥᱤᱝ ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱯᱩᱱᱭᱟᱹ ᱜᱤᱫᱽᱨᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱸᱫᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱮᱥᱟᱨ ᱮ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱟᱡ ᱟᱭᱳ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱣᱩᱱᱥᱮᱞᱤᱝ ᱥᱮᱱᱴᱟᱨ (counselling centre) ᱮ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱣ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ᱾ ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ (ᱢᱟᱨᱮ) ᱵᱚᱭᱦᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱭᱟ, ᱵᱮᱞᱟ (Bela), ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱵᱚᱭᱟ, ᱯᱟᱱᱠᱟᱡ (Pankaj) ᱟᱨ ᱨᱟᱦᱩᱞ (Rahul)᱾ ᱯᱟᱱᱠᱟᱡ ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱮᱯᱷᱴ-ᱣᱤᱝ ᱰᱚᱠᱩᱢᱮᱱᱴᱟᱨᱤ ᱯᱷᱤᱞᱢ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣᱤᱡ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱭ ᱵᱨᱤᱱᱫᱟᱵᱚᱱ (Vrindavan) ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱨᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱤᱡ ᱦᱟᱞᱚᱛ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱫ ᱰᱚᱠᱩᱢᱮᱱᱴᱟᱨᱤ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱑᱙᱗᱑ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱨᱟᱱᱰᱟ ᱦᱟᱣᱩᱥ (Miranda House), ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱤ.ᱮ. (BA) ᱮ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ, ᱑᱙᱗᱓ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱟᱥᱴᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱜᱽᱨᱤ (Master's degree) ᱮ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱑᱙᱗᱗ ᱨᱮ ᱞᱚᱱᱰᱚᱱ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ ᱥᱴᱟᱰᱤᱡᱽ (South Asian Studies) ᱨᱮ ᱢᱟᱥᱴᱟᱨᱥ ᱮ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ, ᱤᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱷᱨᱮᱸᱪ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱤ, ᱯᱟᱧᱡᱟᱵᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ ᱦᱚᱸᱭ ᱨᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾

## ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ

ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱠᱥᱯᱷᱚᱨᱰ
ᱤᱭᱩᱱᱤᱵᱷᱟᱨᱥᱤᱴᱤ ᱯᱨᱮᱥ (Oxford University Press) ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱮ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ᱾ ᱑᱙᱘᱒ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱠᱤᱪᱷᱩ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱞᱚᱱᱰᱚᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱮᱰ ᱵᱩᱠᱥ (Zed Books) ᱨᱮ ᱮᱰᱤᱴᱚᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱣ ᱮᱱᱟ᱾ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱮ ᱨᱩᱣᱟᱹᱲ ᱮᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱤᱛᱩ ᱢᱮᱱᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱑᱙᱘᱔ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱟᱞᱤ ᱯᱷᱚᱨ ᱣᱤᱢᱮᱱ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱟᱹᱭᱫᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱪᱷᱟᱯᱟ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱮ ᱵᱮᱨᱮᱫ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ᱾

ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱥᱳᱠᱟ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱨᱮ ᱭᱚᱝ ᱤᱱᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱯᱷᱮᱞᱳᱥᱤᱯ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ, ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱡᱽ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱳᱨᱥ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱡ ᱮ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫᱚᱜᱼᱟ᱾

ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱟᱜ ᱢᱩᱬ ᱨᱩᱪᱤ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱟᱨᱴᱤᱥᱚᱱ (Partition) ᱟᱨ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱟᱹᱭᱫᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱞᱮᱯᱷᱴ-ᱣᱤᱝ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱢᱚᱪᱟ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ ᱠᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱮᱱᱰᱟᱨ (gender), ᱠᱚᱢᱭᱩᱱᱟᱞᱤᱡᱤᱢ (communalism), ᱯᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱢᱮᱱᱴᱟᱞᱤᱡᱤᱢ (fundamentalism) ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ᱾ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱚᱞ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱜᱟᱱ ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱠᱟᱜᱚᱡ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱮᱜᱟᱡᱤᱱ ᱠᱚᱨᱮ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱮᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱫᱟ ᱜᱟᱨᱰᱤᱭᱟᱱ (The Guardian), ᱫᱟ ᱱᱤᱭᱩ ᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱱᱮᱥᱱᱟᱞᱤᱥᱴ (the New Internationalist), ᱫᱟ ᱥᱴᱮᱴᱥᱢᱮᱱ (The Statesman), ᱫᱟ ᱴᱟᱭᱤᱢᱥ ᱳᱯᱷ ᱤᱱᱰᱤᱭᱟ (The Times of India), ᱟᱣᱩᱴᱞᱩᱠ (Outlook) ᱟᱨ ᱤᱱᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱴᱩᱰᱮ (India Today)᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱞᱮᱯᱷᱴ-ᱣᱤᱝ ᱛᱮᱦᱚᱞᱠᱟ (Tehelka) ᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱯᱨᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱚᱵᱽᱞᱤᱥᱟᱨ (Indian Printer and Publisher) ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤ ᱚᱠᱛᱮ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱳᱞᱚᱢᱤᱥᱴ (columnist) ᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱨᱤᱱᱴ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱷᱟᱯᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱤᱱᱰᱚᱥᱴᱨᱤ (industry) ᱥᱟᱶ ᱵᱮᱯᱟᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱯᱟᱨ (B2B) ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱵᱩᱴᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱠᱥᱯᱷᱟᱢ ᱤᱱᱰᱤᱭᱟ (Oxfam India) ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱚᱱᱥᱟᱞᱴᱮᱱᱴ (consultant) ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱚᱞᱮᱡᱽ ᱳᱯᱷ ᱵᱷᱳᱠᱮᱥᱚᱱᱟᱞ ᱥᱴᱟᱰᱤᱡᱽ (College of Vocational Studies) ᱨᱮ ᱨᱤᱰᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱚᱫᱽ ᱮ ᱦᱟᱢᱮᱴ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ᱾

## ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱷᱭᱟᱹᱛ

## ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱲ

* Zubaan Books website
* Biography as a member of the 2006 Lettre Ulysses Award jury
* Interview by Anupama Arora and Sandrine Sanos, *Journal of Feminist Scholarship* 6 (Spring 2014)