4 Indian novelists on female protagonists and young-adult literature

Does the younger generation look up to strong female protagonists in books? Will boys pick up books that feature girls in the lead? Who decides one kind of literature is for women and another for men? eShe editor Aekta Kapoor invites four novelists to share their views on these subjects and more. Speakers: Dr Arva Bhavnagarwala, Mumbai-based paediatrician, fiction writer, mother to two boys, author of ‘A Little Bit of Love’ (2023) Dr Preetha Vasan, associate professor of English literature at a premier women’s college in Bengaluru, award-winning poet and writer; author of mythological fantasy novella for young adults ‘The Chronicles of the Crimson One’ (2022) Salini Vineeth, Bengaluru-based fiction and freelance writer, author of five books, the latest being ‘Lost Edges’ (2023) Dr Shalini Mullick, Delhi-based pathologist, award-winning writer, and author of ‘Stars from the Borderless Sea’ (2022) Follow us for more conversations with amazing women. Link to buy eShe's collection of short stories 'Everything Changed After That: 25 Women, 25 Stories' - my.eshe.in/book