Publisher and historian Co-founder of Kali for Women (1984) Founder of Zubaan Books (2003)
Relatives
Pankaj Butalia
Website
zubaanbooks.com
Urvashi Butalia (born 1952) is an Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist. She is known for her work in the women's movement of India, as well as for authoring books such as The Other Side of Silence: Voices from and the Partition of India and Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir.
Along with Ritu Menon, she co-founded Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house, in 1984. In 2003, she founded Zubaan Books, an imprint of Kali for Women.[1]
In 2011, Butalia and Menon were jointly awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, for their work in Literature and Education.[2]
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UrvashiButalia (born 1952) is an Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist. She is known for her work in the women's movement of India, as well...
Kali for Women was a start-up feminist publisher in India. UrvashiButalia and Ritu Menon set up Kali for Women in 1984, arguably the first Indian publishing...
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women in South Asia. It was founded by UrvashiButalia and is an imprint of Kali for Women. In 1984, UrvashiButalia and Ritu Menon founded Kali for Women...
Naseeruddin Shah. Butalia was born in Ambala, Haryana, in 1950, to Joginder Singh and Subhadra Butalia. Feminist author and publisher UrvashiButalia is his sister...
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were victims of violence as compared to Muslim women, for instance UrvashiButalia, who specializes in Partition violence against women, says that anywhere...
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