Stories for South Asian supergirls

Book 2019

Through the inspirational stories of 50 famous and under-celebrated women from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, South Asian girls will have a chance to dream about lives for themselves that radically differ from the limited narratives and stereotypes written for them by their culture, wider society and the mainstream media. Bringing together illustrious entertainers (Meera Syal, Jameela Jamil, Mindy Kaling), pioneeri...

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ISBN:

9781911271222
9780241554357 (hardcover)
9780241554357
1911271229

Description:

132 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

"A treasure trove of 50 illustrated biographies of amazing South Asian women"-- Cover
Publisher, pagination, and printing dates may vary

Contents:

Noor Jahan
Anjali Sud
Deeyah Khan
Cornelia Sorabji
Farrah Storr
Monica Ali
Robina Muqimyar
Lhakpa Sherpa
Bannu Pan Dei
M.I.A.
Ruchi Sanghvi
Nadiya Hussain
Sana Javeri Kadri
Hannah Simone
Jhumpa Lahiri
Noor Inayat Khan
Reeta Loi
Jameela Jamil
Kalpana Chawla
Sania Mirza
Aanchal Malhotra
Arundhati Roy
Pritam Kaur Hayre
Lilly Singh
Anoushka Shankar
Shabana Azmi
Maharani Jind Kaur
Meera Syal
Neelam Gill
Amrita Sher-Gil
Mira Nair
Rupi Kaur
Sophia Duleep Singh
Karpal Kaur Sandhu
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Tia Kansara
Jhansi Ki Rani
Mindy Kaling
Ravinder Bhogal
Imtiaz Dharker
Jayaben Desai
Shaina Azad
Norah Jones
Razia Sultan
Gazal Dhaliwal
Indra Nooyi
Sana Amanat
Begum Samru
Rachel Roy
Sunaina Sethi

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2744806

Other Authors:

Chouhan, Anu, illustrator

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