The Literature Of Reality

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Saturday, 20th Nov
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm IST

Pioneered in the 1960s, the practice of using the techniques of fiction to write about real events and people became a flourishing genre called literary non-fiction. Each subject, however, presents unique challenges. A fine practitioner of this genre discusses the deep reporting, storytelling strategies and ethical dilemmas that went into forging a compelling narrative about women and society based on an investigation into the grisly death of two women whose bodies were found hanging in an Uttar Pradesh village.

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Sonia Faleiro

Sonia Faleiro is a noted writer of narrative non-fiction. Her latest book in this genre The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing was published in 2021. She also writes for leading international newspapers, journals, and literary magazines.

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Sumana Ramanan

Sumana Ramanan is an independent journalist whose work has appeared in leading publications. She has been an editor with Economic & Political Weekly, Hindustan Times and Scroll.in. Before that, she was a correspondent for several years, and has reported from Germany and Israel-Palestine. She is an avid student of Hindustani vocal music. She is working on her first book, a work of narrative non-fiction.

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Books In The Session

The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing

Sonia Faleiro

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Beautiful Thing

Sonia Faleiro

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