The Rock That Was Not and Other Stories: Short Stories - Paperback

Githanjali: - "GITHANJALI is the pen name of Dr Bharathi, MS, who by profession is a Doctor, Sexologist and Psychotherapist. Based in Hyderabad and a member of the Revolutionary Writers Association, Telangana State, Githanjali started writing in Telugu around the age of 13 and won the Sri Sri Memorial Award for poetry. Since 1990, she has been writing with a clear Marxist perspective. Her novel, Aame Adavini Jayinchindi (She Conquered the Forest), was published in 1998 and won the Appajosyula-Vishnubhotla Award. Since then, she has stopped taking awards from private and government literary organizations. Her second novel, concerning caste and gender - Pada Mudralu (Foot Impressions) - is still unpublished. Her first collection of stories in Telugu is Bachedaani (The Uterus) depicting individual and collective problems of women, including reproductive rights, sexual and health issues, sexual and domestic violence. Her second book, Pehechaan (Identity), which has been translated into Hindi, is a collection of 16 stories concerning issues of Muslim women, such as child marriage and trafficking, teenage pregnancies and polygamy. Her third anthology, Palamuru Valasa Bathuku Chithralu (Stories of Migrant Lives from Palamuru), has stories of sufferings and struggles of people who migrated from Palamuru to Kashmir. Her forthcoming novels focus on rape, manual scavenging and Hindu fascism."Rani, K. Suneetha: - Dr K. SUNEETHA RANI is Professor at the Centre for Women's Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Her areas of interest include Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, New Literatures in English, Comparative Studies and Translation Studies. She has extensively published research articles in English and translations in English and Telugu. Her latest books are Influence of English on Indian Women Writers: Voices from the Regional Languages (edited) published by Sage-Stree and Identities and Assertions: Dalit Women's Narratives published by Primus Books.