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'''Kota Neelima''' is an Indian author, researcher and political commentator, specialising in rural distress, gender and her work focuses on condition of women farmers, farmer suicides and peripheries of democratic societies.
'''Kota Neelima''' is an Indian author, researcher and political commentator.


==Overview==
==Overview==
Neelima writes in [[Economic and Political Weekly]], [[The Huffington Post]] India,<ref>{{cite news|title=Author profile at Huffington Post India|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/bloggers/kota-neelima/|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=13 February 2017}}</ref> [[The Quint]], [[The Wire]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Author profile at DailyO|url=http://www.dailyo.in/user/3330/kotaneelima=DailyO|date=12 September 2015}}</ref> DNA,<ref>{{cite news|title=Author profile at DNA|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/authors/kota-neelima|date=7 March 2018}}</ref> and Hindustan Times. She speaks at academic institutions on agricultural crisis and gender, like Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Delhi, Azim Premji University, Jadhavpur University, Graphic Era Hill University (Dehradun), Sri Ram College of Commerce (Delhi), JECRC University (Jaipur), Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHDA), Pune.
Neelima has written for [[Economic and Political Weekly]], [[The Huffington Post]] India,<ref>{{cite news|title=Author profile at Huffington Post India|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/bloggers/kota-neelima/|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=13 February 2017}}</ref> [[The Quint]], [[The Wire]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Author profile at DailyO|url=http://www.dailyo.in/user/3330/kotaneelima=DailyO|date=12 September 2015}}</ref> DNA,<ref>{{cite news|title=Author profile at DNA|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/authors/kota-neelima|date=7 March 2018}}</ref> and Hindustan Times. She also speaks at academic institutions on agricultural crisis and gender. She also participates at literary festivals like [[Jaipur Literary Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.wordpress.com/category/day-2/|title=Jaipur Literature Festival, 2013|website=jaipurliteraturefestival.wordpress.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, [[Dehradun Literature Festival]], Odisha Literary Festival,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/sep/29/eastern-indias-biggest-literary-show-from-today-1878624.html|title=Eastern India’s biggest literary show from today|date=2018-09-29|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-01-18|language=en-IN}}</ref> Times LitFest,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/timeslitfest/delhi/speakers |title=Times LitFest Speakers|date=2018-09-29|work=The Times of India|access-date=2019-08-03|language=en-IN}}</ref> and Delhi Literary Festival. National Award-winning filmmaker [[Vetrimaaran]] has optioned one of her books, ''Shoes of The Dead'', to be adapted into a movie.<ref>{{cite news|title=Neelima Kota is confident that Vetrimaaran will do justice to her book|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shoe-of-the-dead-neelima-kota-is-confident-that-vetrimaaran-will-do-justice-to-her-book/1/624222.html|newspaper=India Today|date=19 March 2016}}</ref> She faced threats from the Karni Sena<ref>{{cite news|title=Apologise or we won't allow to participate in Jaipur Lit Fest, Karni Sena Threatens Author Kota Neelima |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/01/24/apologise-or-we-wont-allow-you-to-participate-in-jaipur-lit-a-fest-karni-sena-threatens-author-kota-neelima_a_23341854/|newspaper=Huffpost|date=24 January 2018}}</ref> in Rajasthan for writing an article critical of their role in women empowerment in view of their protest against the movie, Padmavat. Her research organization, Institute of Perception Studies (IPS), maps rural distress and solutions, with special focus on gender and farmer suicides. She was awarded in the Exceptional Women of Excellence category at the Women Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 .<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wef.org.in/wef-2019-program-details/|title=World Economic Forum|date=2019-04-11|work=WEF|access-date=2019-04-11|language=en-IN}}</ref>

Kota Neelima also participates at many leading literary festivals like [[Jaipur Literary Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.wordpress.com/category/day-2/|title=Jaipur Literature Festival, 2013|website=jaipurliteraturefestival.wordpress.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, [[Dehradun Literature Festival]], Odisha Literary Festival,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/sep/29/eastern-indias-biggest-literary-show-from-today-1878624.html|title=Eastern India’s biggest literary show from today|date=2018-09-29|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-01-18|language=en-IN}}</ref> Times LitFest,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/timeslitfest/delhi/speakers |title=Times LitFest Speakers|date=2018-09-29|work=The Times of India|access-date=2019-08-03|language=en-IN}}</ref> and Delhi Literary Festival. National Award-winning filmmaker [[Vetrimaaran]] has optioned one of her books, ''Shoes of The Dead'', to be adapted into a movie.<ref>{{cite news|title=Neelima Kota is confident that Vetrimaaran will do justice to her book|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shoe-of-the-dead-neelima-kota-is-confident-that-vetrimaaran-will-do-justice-to-her-book/1/624222.html|newspaper=India Today|date=19 March 2016}}</ref> Recently, she faced threats from the Karni Sena<ref>{{cite news|title=Apologise or we won't allow to participate in Jaipur Lit Fest, Karni Sena Threatens Author Kota Neelima |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/01/24/apologise-or-we-wont-allow-you-to-participate-in-jaipur-lit-a-fest-karni-sena-threatens-author-kota-neelima_a_23341854/|newspaper=Huffpost|date=24 January 2018}}</ref> in Rajasthan for writing an article critical of their role in women empowerment in the state in view of their protest against the movie, Padmavat. Her research organization, Institute of Perception Studies (IPS), maps rural distress and solutions, with special focus on gender and farmer suicides and also the founder of Rate The Debate, a campaign about media reforms.

Another of her initiative StudioAdda conducts periodic outreach events like art and photography shows, and discussions on social, economic and political conditions of India. She was awarded in the Exceptional Women of Excellence category at the Women Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 .<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wef.org.in/wef-2019-program-details/|title=World Economic Forum|date=2019-04-11|work=WEF|access-date=2019-04-11|language=en-IN}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Neelima was born to the journalist and author, K. V. S. Rama Sarma, and Uma Sarma in [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Senior journalist passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/Senior-journalist-passes-away/article15364356.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 December 2008}}</ref> She has a Ph.D in Political Science from [[University of Delhi]], and a Master of Arts in International Relations from the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], Delhi. Neelima has also been a Senior Research Fellow, South Asia Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), [[Johns Hopkins University]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] DC.
Neelima was born to K. V. S. Rama Sarma, and Uma Sarma in [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Senior journalist passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/Senior-journalist-passes-away/article15364356.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 December 2008}}</ref> She has a Ph.D in Political Science from [[University of Delhi]], and a Master of Arts in International Relations from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], Delhi. She has also been a Senior Research Fellow, South Asia Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), [[Johns Hopkins University]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] DC.


As a journalist, Neelima covered politics for [[The Indian Express]] in Delhi and was the Political Editor of [[The Sunday Guardian]]. Her academic articles are on distress, farmer suicides and reforms on electoral system in India, like 'Right to Recall'.<ref>{{cite news|title=Right to Recall reform experience in Madhya Pradesh|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/13/commentary/%E2%80%98right-recall%E2%80%99-reform-experience-madhya-pradesh.html|magazine=Economic and Political Weekly|date=1 April 2017}}</ref>
As a journalist, Neelima covered politics for [[The Indian Express]] in Delhi and was Political Editor of [[The Sunday Guardian]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Right to Recall reform experience in Madhya Pradesh|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/13/commentary/%E2%80%98right-recall%E2%80%99-reform-experience-madhya-pradesh.html|magazine=Economic and Political Weekly|date=1 April 2017}}</ref>


==Author==
==Author==
Neelima has written books on the poor and women in India in both genres of fiction and non-fiction. Her non-fiction work about farmer suicides identify new areas of distress, especially among the rural poor. Her new book ''Widows of Vidarbha, Making of Shadows'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 2018) is about the life of widows who are left behind by suicides of farmers due to agriculture distress<ref>{{cite news|title=Unseen victims of farm distress|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/books/kota-neelima-book-review-widows-of-vidarbha-making-of-shadows/article23349489.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 March 2018}}</ref> in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. The book reveals the six invisibilities imposed on the women,<ref>{{cite news|title=India's invisible widows: Its time for a separate kind of feminism in rural India|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/india-s-invisible-widows-it-s-time-for-a-separate-kind-of-feminism-in-rural-india/story-bxf68b9E6RhClcGxFkWcyL.html|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=27 January 2018}}</ref> and how they are forced to relegate their rights and freedoms to the men.
Neelima has written fiction and non-fiction on the poor and women in India. Her book ''Widows of Vidarbha, Making of Shadows'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 2018) is about widows who are left behind by suicides of farmers due to agriculture distress<ref>{{cite news|title=Unseen victims of farm distress|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/books/kota-neelima-book-review-widows-of-vidarbha-making-of-shadows/article23349489.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 March 2018}}</ref> in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's invisible widows: Its time for a separate kind of feminism in rural India|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/india-s-invisible-widows-it-s-time-for-a-separate-kind-of-feminism-in-rural-india/story-bxf68b9E6RhClcGxFkWcyL.html|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=27 January 2018}}</ref> Neelima has utilised fiction to contrast the lives of poor farmers with those of the powerful.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gritty realities|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/gritty-realities/article4985467.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 August 2013}}</ref> ''Shoes of the Dead'' (Rupa Publications, 2013) is the comparison of the inheritances of two young men, a political heir and a poor farmer in India, and who wins the game for power. The examines how the poor farmers' determination to get justice for the farmer suicide of his brother, threatens to derail the political career of an ambition politician.


Neelima has written fiction and non-fiction on the poor and women in India. Her book ''Widows of Vidarbha, Making of Shadows'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 2018) is about widows who are left behind by suicides of farmers due to agriculture distress☃☃ in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.☃☃ Neelima has utilised fiction to contrast the lives of poor farmers with those of the powerful.☃☃ ''Death of a Moneylender'' (Penguin, 2009/Reprint 2016) is the story of a young, urban journalist whose reluctance to cover rural India is a comment on the priorities of mainstream media today. This book was culum, to the Upper School students of the Collegiate School, Richmon''.''d, USA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegiate-va.org/Page/Programs/Responsible-Citizenship/Global-Engagement/Global-Engagement|title=Global Engagement {{!}} Collegiate School|website=www.collegiate-va.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-23}}</ref> Her fourth book, ''The Honest Season'' ([[Penguin Books|Penguin]], 2016) is a critique of the state of democracy in India.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Honest Season review: An engrossing political thriller that moves at a good pace|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/an-engrossing-political-thriller/story-tiV1KB8nCapvydpAbvA3RN.html|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=21 May 2016}}</ref> Her non-fiction also includes two books on spirituality. One of them, ''Tirupati: A Guide to Life'' (Penguin, 2012) has been translated into [[Hindi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]].
Neelima has utilised the genre of fiction to contract the lives of poor farmers with the lives of the powerful who live in the cities of India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gritty realities|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/gritty-realities/article4985467.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 August 2013}}</ref> ''Shoes of the Dead'' (Rupa Publications, 2013) is the comparison of the inheritances of two young men, a political heir and a poor farmer in India, and who wins the game for power. The book's examines how the poor farmers' determination to get justice for the farmer suicide of his brother, threatens to derail the political career of an ambition politician.

''Death of a Moneylender'' (Penguin, 2009/Reprint 2016) is the story of a young, urban journalist whose reluctance to cover rural India is a comment on the priorities of mainstream media today. This book was taught, as part curriculum, to the Upper School students of the Collegiate School, Richmond, USA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegiate-va.org/Page/Programs/Responsible-Citizenship/Global-Engagement/Global-Engagement|title=Global Engagement {{!}} Collegiate School|website=www.collegiate-va.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-23}}</ref> to learn about rural Indian life and agriculture in a changing world of globalisation.

Her fourth book, ''The Honest Season'' ([[Penguin Books|Penguin]], 2016) is a critique of the state of democracy in India. The story centres around six conversations that take place inside a mythical Parliament, and establishes why the Indian democracy can thrive even after ignoring the basic needs of the vast majority of the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Honest Season review: An engrossing political thriller that moves at a good pace|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/an-engrossing-political-thriller/story-tiV1KB8nCapvydpAbvA3RN.html|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=21 May 2016}}</ref>

Her non-fiction works also include two books on spirituality. One of them, ''Tirupati: A Guide to Life'' (Penguin, 2012) has been translated to [[Hindi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] languages.


==Publications==
==Publications==
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==Painter==
==Painter==
Neelima is also a painter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Art and reconciliation|url=https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2018/04/22/art-reconciliation-kota-neelima.html|date=22 April 2018}}</ref> Her works are impressionist-abstract and the medium in oil on canvas. She follows an elaborate artistic process of making the works, which begins with extensive research of ancient Indian texts, which forms the theme of her works. This is followed by charcoal drawings on paper before, finally, converting the images into oil paintings. Her works are informed by the rich tradition of skepticism in the Indian philosophical thought, and seek to re-imagine [[Upanishads|Upanishadic]] questions to themes of causation, creation and [[karma]]. The symbols used in the paintings are trees, sky, the moon and birds, which undergo multi-faceted and complex redefinition.
Neelima is also a painter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Art and reconciliation|url=https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2018/04/22/art-reconciliation-kota-neelima.html|date=22 April 2018}}</ref> Her works are imist-abstract and the medium in oil on canvas. She follows an elaborate artistic process of making the works, which begins with extensive research of ancient Indian texts, which forms the theme of her works. This is followed by charcoal drawings on paper before, finally, converting the images into oil paintings. Her works are informed by the rich tradition of skepticism in the Indian philosophical thought, and seek to re-imagine [[Upanishads|Upanishadic]] questions to themes of causation, creation and [[karma]]. The symbols used in the paintings are trees, sky, the moon and birds, which undergo multi-faceted and complex redefinition.

Neelima's latest work (2018), ''Metaphors of the Moon'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Metaphors of the nature to the fore|url=http://www.asianage.com/life/art/310518/metaphors-of-nature-to-the-fore.html|newspaper=Asianage|date=31 May 2018}}</ref> charts the trajectories of the mind as it travels from absence to presence in an eternal cycle. The mind is the metaphor for the Moon. It represents the cyclic process of thought; its creation, immersion and regeneration, and also is a metaphor for absence and presence.


Her works have been featured at the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] and the [[India Habitat Centre]] in Delhi, and in art shows in [[Mumbai]], [[Bangalore]], [[Kolkata]], among other cities in India.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Manifest Absence|url=https://www.nehrucentre.org.uk/events/exhibition-4/|newspaper=Nehru Centre|date=10 September 2018}}</ref> Her works have also been featured at several international exhibitions, including [[Nehru Centre, London|The Nehru Centre, London]], Museum, and [[China]] Art Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Bishkek|url=https://indembbishkek.gov.in/news_view.php?nid=65|date=18-23 October 2016}}</ref> Her works are part of the permanent collection in Museum of Scared Art, [[Belgium]].
Neelima is also a painter.☃☃ Her latest work, ''Metaphors of the Moon'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Metaphors of the nature to the fore|url=http://www.asianage.com/life/art/310518/metaphors-of-nature-to-the-fore.html|newspaper=Asianage|date=31 May 2018}}</ref> charts the trajectories of the mind as it travels from absence to presence in an eternal cycle. Her work has been featured at the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] and the [[India Habitat Centre]] in Delhi, and in art shows in [[Mumbai]], [[Bangalore]], and [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Manifest Absence|url=https://www.nehrucentre.org.uk/events/exhibition-4/|newspaper=Nehru Centre|date=10 September 2018}}</ref> Her work has also been featured at international exhibitions, including [[Nehru Centre, London|The Nehru Centre, London]], Museum, and [[China]] Art Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Bishkek|url=https://indembbishkek.gov.in/news_view.php?nid=65|date=18-23 October 2016}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 15:19, 24 August 2021

Kota Neelima
LanguageEnglish
NationalityIndian
Education
GenreCommentary, Non-fiction, Fiction
Notable worksWidows of Vidarbha, Making of Shadows, Shoes Of The Dead

Kota Neelima is an Indian author, researcher and political commentator.

Overview

Neelima has written for Economic and Political Weekly, The Huffington Post India,[1] The Quint, The Wire,[2] DNA,[3] and Hindustan Times. She also speaks at academic institutions on agricultural crisis and gender. She also participates at literary festivals like Jaipur Literary Festival,[4] Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Dehradun Literature Festival, Odisha Literary Festival,[5] Times LitFest,[6] and Delhi Literary Festival. National Award-winning filmmaker Vetrimaaran has optioned one of her books, Shoes of The Dead, to be adapted into a movie.[7] She faced threats from the Karni Sena[8] in Rajasthan for writing an article critical of their role in women empowerment in view of their protest against the movie, Padmavat. Her research organization, Institute of Perception Studies (IPS), maps rural distress and solutions, with special focus on gender and farmer suicides. She was awarded in the Exceptional Women of Excellence category at the Women Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 .[9]

Early life

Neelima was born to K. V. S. Rama Sarma, and Uma Sarma in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.[10] She has a Ph.D in Political Science from University of Delhi, and a Master of Arts in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She has also been a Senior Research Fellow, South Asia Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC.

As a journalist, Neelima covered politics for The Indian Express in Delhi and was Political Editor of The Sunday Guardian.[11]

Author

Neelima has written fiction and non-fiction on the poor and women in India. Her book Widows of Vidarbha, Making of Shadows (Oxford University Press, 2018) is about widows who are left behind by suicides of farmers due to agriculture distress[12] in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.[13] Neelima has utilised fiction to contrast the lives of poor farmers with those of the powerful.[14] Shoes of the Dead (Rupa Publications, 2013) is the comparison of the inheritances of two young men, a political heir and a poor farmer in India, and who wins the game for power. The examines how the poor farmers' determination to get justice for the farmer suicide of his brother, threatens to derail the political career of an ambition politician.

Neelima has written fiction and non-fiction on the poor and women in India. Her book Widows of Vidarbha, Making of Shadows (Oxford University Press, 2018) is about widows who are left behind by suicides of farmers due to agriculture distress☃☃ in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.☃☃ Neelima has utilised fiction to contrast the lives of poor farmers with those of the powerful.☃☃ Death of a Moneylender (Penguin, 2009/Reprint 2016) is the story of a young, urban journalist whose reluctance to cover rural India is a comment on the priorities of mainstream media today. This book was culum, to the Upper School students of the Collegiate School, Richmon.d, USA[15] Her fourth book, The Honest Season (Penguin, 2016) is a critique of the state of democracy in India.[16] Her non-fiction also includes two books on spirituality. One of them, Tirupati: A Guide to Life (Penguin, 2012) has been translated into Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.

Publications

Books

  • Widows of Vidarbha Making of Shadows, Oxford University Press, (2018) Non-Fiction
  • The Honest Season, Penguin (2015) Fiction
  • Shoes of the Dead, Rupa Publications (2013) Fiction
  • Riverstones, Penguin (Reprint/2016) Fiction
  • Death of a Moneylender, Penguin (Reprint/2016) Fiction

Spirituality

  • Tirupati: A Guide to Life, Penguin (2012) Non-Fiction
  • Tirumala: Sacred Foods of God, Roli Publications (2017) Non-Fiction

Chapter in edited books

  • Tirupati: The God for a Modern Age in "Travelling In, Travelling Out: A Book of Unexpected Journeys" Edited by Namita Gokhale (2014)

Articles

  • Widows of Farmer Suicide Victims in Vidarbha, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.53, Issue No. 26-27, 30 June 2018, pp. 24–31.
  • 'Right to Recall' Reform Experience in Madhya Pradesh, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.LII, No. 13, 1 April 2017, pp. 24–26.

Painter

Neelima is also a painter.[17] Her works are imist-abstract and the medium in oil on canvas. She follows an elaborate artistic process of making the works, which begins with extensive research of ancient Indian texts, which forms the theme of her works. This is followed by charcoal drawings on paper before, finally, converting the images into oil paintings. Her works are informed by the rich tradition of skepticism in the Indian philosophical thought, and seek to re-imagine Upanishadic questions to themes of causation, creation and karma. The symbols used in the paintings are trees, sky, the moon and birds, which undergo multi-faceted and complex redefinition.

Neelima is also a painter.☃☃ Her latest work, Metaphors of the Moon,[18] charts the trajectories of the mind as it travels from absence to presence in an eternal cycle. Her work has been featured at the Lalit Kala Akademi and the India Habitat Centre in Delhi, and in art shows in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Kolkata.[19] Her work has also been featured at international exhibitions, including The Nehru Centre, London, Museum, and China Art Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Author profile at Huffington Post India". The Huffington Post. 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Author profile at DailyO". 12 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Author profile at DNA". 7 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Jaipur Literature Festival, 2013". jaipurliteraturefestival.wordpress.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Eastern India's biggest literary show from today". The New Indian Express. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Times LitFest Speakers". The Times of India. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Neelima Kota is confident that Vetrimaaran will do justice to her book". India Today. 19 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Apologise or we won't allow to participate in Jaipur Lit Fest, Karni Sena Threatens Author Kota Neelima". Huffpost. 24 January 2018.
  9. ^ "World Economic Forum". WEF. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Senior journalist passes away". The Hindu. 20 December 2008.
  11. ^ "Right to Recall reform experience in Madhya Pradesh". Economic and Political Weekly. 1 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Unseen victims of farm distress". The Hindu. 25 March 2018.
  13. ^ "India's invisible widows: Its time for a separate kind of feminism in rural India". Hindustan Times. 27 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Gritty realities". The Hindu. 3 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Global Engagement | Collegiate School". www.collegiate-va.org. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  16. ^ "The Honest Season review: An engrossing political thriller that moves at a good pace". Hindustan Times. 21 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Art and reconciliation". 22 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Metaphors of the nature to the fore". Asianage. 31 May 2018.
  19. ^ "The Manifest Absence". Nehru Centre. 10 September 2018.
  20. ^ "Indian Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Bishkek". 18–23 October 2016.

External links

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