This is a list of women writers who were born in

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or whose writings are closely associated with that nation.

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* Varsha Adalja (born 1940),

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

novelist, playwright *

Smita Agarwal Smita Agarwal (born 1958) is an Indian poet and a professor of English literature at the University of Allahabad, India. Biography Smita Agarwal's poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies. In 1999 she was a writer in residence at the Un ...

(born 1958), poet, educator *

Vinita Agrawal Vinita Agrawal is an Indian poet, editor and curator. She is the author of four books of poetry and the editor of an anthology on climate change. She was short listed for 2018 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for her poetry collection ''The ...

(born 1965), poet, editor *

Meena Alexander Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018) was an Indian American poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander later lived and worked in New York City, where she was a Distinguished P ...

(1951–2018), poet, memoirist, essayist, novelist, critic, educator *

Samina Ali Samina Ali is an American author and activist born in India. Her debut novel, '' Madras on Rainy Days'', won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction. Career She has served ...

, contemporary Indian-American novelist, feminist, author of '' Madras on Rainy Days'' *

Balamani Amma Nalapat Balamani Amma (19 July 1909 – 29 September 2004) was an Indian poet who wrote in Malayalam. ''Amma'' (Mother), ''Muthassi'' (Grandmother), and ''Mazhuvinte Katha'' (The story of the Axe) are some of her well-known works. She ...

(1909–2004), poet, published many collections of poetry in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

K. Saraswathi Amma K. Saraswathi Amma (14 April 1919 – 26 December 1975) was a Malayalam feminist writer whose short stories have been anthologised in translation in several American texts. According to critic Jancy James, "In the entire history of women's writ ...

(1919–1975), short story writer, novelist, feminist * Lalithambika Antharjanam (1909–1987), Malayalam short story writer, poet, children's writer, novelist, author of '' Agnisakshi'' * Temsula Ao (born 1945), short story writer, poet, educator * Ashitha, since c.1986: Malayalam short story writer, poet

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Jasodhara Bagchi Jasodhara Bagchi (born 1937 in Kolkata – 9 January 2015) was a leading Indian feminist professor, author, critic and activist. She was the founder and director of the School of Women's Studies at Jadavpur University. Her books include ''Loved ...

(1937–2015), leading feminist critic, essayist, activist *

Sushmita Banerjee Sushmita Banerjee, also known as Sushmita Bandhopadhyay and Sayeda Kamala (1963/1964 – 4/5 September 2013), was a writer and activist from India. Her works include the memoir ''Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou'' (''A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife''; 1997 ...

(c.1963–2013), memoirist *

Rashmi Bansal Rashmi Bansal is an Indian non-fiction writer and entrepreneur. As of 2019, she is the author of nine books on entrepreneurship. Her first book, '' Stay Hungry Stay Foolish'', traced the progress of 25 MBA entrepreneurs and sold over 500,000 cop ...

(born 1985), non-fiction best-seller writer on entrepreneurship *

Bani Basu Bani Basu (born 11 March 1939 bn, বাণী বসু) is a prolific Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor. Life She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College, Scottish Chu ...

(born 1939), Bengali novelist, essayist, critic, poet *

Barkha Dutt Barkha Dutt is an Indian television journalist and author. She has been a reporter and news anchor at NDTV and Tiranga TV. She currently runs her own digital news channel called 'MoJo Story'. She is also an opinion columnist with ''The Hindus ...

(born 1971), TV

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Malati Bedekar Malati Vishram Bedekar (Devanagari: मालती विश्राम बेडेकर) (18 March 1905 – 7 May 2001) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. She was the first prominent feminist writer in Marathi literature. S ...

(1905–2001), Marathi feminist writer, short story writer, screenwriter *

Sheila Bhatia Sheila Bhatia (1916-2008) was an Indian poet, playwright, theatre personality and the founder of the ''Delhi Art Theatre'', a forum based in Delhi for the promotion of Indian art forms. She is credited with originating Punjabi opera, an Indian fo ...

(1916–2008), poet, playwright, theatre director *

Sujata Bhatt Sujata Bhatt (born 6 May 1956) is an Indian poet. Life and career Sujata Bhatt was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and brought up in Pune until 1968, when she immigrated to United States with her family. She has an MFA from the University of Iowa, ...

(born 1956), Gujarati poet, also writing in

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Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya is an Indian poet, translator and literary critic writing in Bengali and English. She won First Prize at the ''All India Poetry Competition'' in 1991 organized by The Poetry Society (India) in collaboration with the Br ...

, since the 1990s: poet in

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and English *

Anuradha Bhattacharyya Anuradha Bhattacharyya (born 6 December 1975) is an Indian writer of poetry and fiction in English. Her novel ''One Word'' was awarded Best Book of the Year 2016 by the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi. She is Associate Professor of English in Post ...

(born 1975), poet and novelist in English * Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950–2015), Bengali novelist, short story writer *

Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi (1932/1933 – 1 June 2004) was an Indian poet, lyricist and folklorist associated with Assamese literature. She was president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1991 held at Dudhnoi in Goalpara district. She received several a ...

(1933–2003), Assamese poet, lyricist, children's writer * Urvashi Butalia (born 1952), feminist, publisher, non-fiction writer

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Neelam Saxena Chandra Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 27 June 1969) is an Indian poet and author. She has written novels, short stories, children's stories, and poetry in English and Hindi. Biography Chandra has authored four novels, a novella, five collections of shor ...

(born 1969), poet, children's writer, novelist *

Chandramathi Chandrika Balan (born 17 January 1954) is an Indian writer who has published books in English and Malayalam, under the pen name Chandramathi, ചന്ദ്രമതി in Malayalam. She is a writer of fiction, a translator, and critic in Engl ...

(born 1954), novelist writing in Malayalam and English *

Rimi B. Chatterjee Rimi Barnali Chatterjee is an Indian author and professor of English at Jadavpur University. Career Chatterjee is an author, translator, and professor of English at Jadavpur University. She completed her Ph.D at Oxford University in 1997. She b ...

(born 1969), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, translator * Jayasri Chattopadhyay (born 1945), Sanskrit poet, educator *

Anuja Chauhan Anuja Chauhan ( hi, अनुजा चौहान) is an Indian author, advertiser and screenwriter. As a writer, she is known for ''The Zoya Factor'' (2008), '' Battle For Bittora'' (2010), ''Those Pricey Thakur Girls'' (2013), ''The House ...

(born 1970), advertiser, novelist, author of ''

The Zoya Factor ''The Zoya Factor'' is a novel written by Anuja Chauhan, published by HarperCollins India in 2008. It is about a Rajput woman named Zoya Singh Solanki who meets the Indian Cricket Team through her job as an executive in an advertising agenc ...

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Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (16 August 1904 – 15 February 1948) was an Indian poet. One of her most popular poems is "Jhansi ki Rani" (about the courageous Queen of Jhansi).'' Biography Subhadra Chauhan was born in Nihalpur village in Prayagraj ...

(1904–1948), Hindi poet * Prem Chowdhry (born 1944), social scientist, feminist, non-fiction writer, essayist *

Rita Chowdhury Rita Chowdhury (born 17 August 1960) is an Indian poet, novelist and Sahitya Akademi Award recipient in the world of Assamese literature. She has been an associate professor in Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam in Political Science Department sin ...

(born 1960), poet, novelist, educator * Raghavan Chudamani (1931–2010), novelist, short story writer, writing in

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and English * Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), Urdu novelist, screenwriter *

Ajit Cour Ajeet Cour (born 1934) is an Indian writer who writes in Punjabi. She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India. Biography Ajeet Cour was born in the family of S ...

(born 1934),

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novelist, short story writer * C. S. Chandrika (born 1967), novelist, short story writer, essayist in Malayalam

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Esha Dadawala Esha Dadawala ( gu, એષા દાદાવાળા) is a Gujarati language poet and journalist from Gujarat, India. Her significant works include ''Vartaro'' (2008), ''Kya Gai Ae Chhokri'' (2011) and ''Janmaro'' (2013). She has won Yuva Gaur ...

(born 1985), Gujarati poet, journalist * Sukanya Datta (born 1961),

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and science fiction writer *

Abha Dawesar Abha Dawesar (born 1 January 1974) is an Indian-born novelist writing in English. Her novels include '' Babyji'', ''Family Values'', ''That Summer in Paris'', and ''Miniplanner''. Her 2005 novel '' Babyji'' won the Lambda Literary Award for Le ...

(born 1974), novelist, short story writer, author of '' Babyji'' *

Shobha De Shobha De ('' née'' Rajadhyaksha, formerly Kilachand; born 7 January 1948) is an Indian novelist and columnist. She is best known for her depiction of socialites and sex in her works of fiction, for which she has been referred to as the "Jackie ...

(born 1947), journalist, novelist * Eunice de Souza (born 1940–2017), English-language poet, critic, novelist * Anita Desai (born 1937), novelist, author of '' In Custody'' *

Kamal Desai Kamal Desai (10 November 1928–17 June 2011) was an Indian novelist writing in Marathi. She was born in Yamkan Mardi in the Belgaum district. She studied in Belgaum, going on to complete a master's degree in Marathi at Bombay University. ...

(1928–c.2011), novelist, writing in Marathi *

Kiran Desai Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel ''The Inheritance of Loss'' won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most ...

(born 1971), novelist, author of '' The Inheritance of Loss'' *

Gauri Deshpande Gauri Deshpande (11 February 1942 – 1 March 2003) was a novelist, short story writer, and poet from Maharashtra, India. She wrote in Marathi and English. Biography Deshpande was born in Pune to Irawati and Dinkar Dhondo Karve, youngest of th ...

'' (1942–2003), novelist, short story writer, poet, wrote in Marathi and English *

Shashi Deshpande Shashi Deshpande (born 1938) is an Indian novelist. She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri Award in 1990 and 2009 respectively. Biography She was born in Dharwad, Karnataka, the second daughter of the Kannada dramati ...

(born 1938), novelist, short story writer, children's writer *

Sunita Deshpande Sunita Deshpande ( Thakur; 3 July 1926 – 7 November 2009) was an Indian writer. She was fondly called "Sunitabai". Career Deshpande began writing late in her life. She published her memoir ''Aahe Manohar Tari'' (आहे मनोहर � ...

(1926–2009), Marathi memoirist, letter writer *

Nabaneeta Dev Sen Nabaneeta Dev Sen ( bn, নবনীতা দেব সেন, Nôbonita Deb Sen; 13 January 1938 – 7 November 2019) was an Indian writer and academic. After studying arts and comparative literature, she moved to the United States, USA where ...

(1938–2019), poet, novelist, educator * Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995), Bengali novelist, poet * Leela Devi (1932–1998), novelist, non-fiction writer, playwright, translator, writing in Malayalam and English * Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016), Bengali-Indian journalist, novelist *

Maitreyi Devi Maitreyi Devi (or Maitreyī Devī; 1 September 1914 – 29 January 1989) was an Indian poet and novelist. She is best known for her Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel, '' Na Hanyate'' (). Biography Devi was born in 1914. She was the daughter o ...

(1914–1989), Bengali poet, novelist *

M. K. Binodini Devi Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi (6 February 1922 - 17 January 2011) was an Indian novelist, short story writer, playwright, lyricist and member of the royal family of Manipur. She published books under the name ''Binodini''. She was best known for h ...

(1922–2011), Manipuri memoirist, essayist, short story writer, novelist *

Nalini Bala Devi Nalini Bala Devi (23 March 1898– 24 December 1977) was an Indian writer and poet of Assamese literature, known for nationalistic as well as mystical poetry. Das, p. 197 She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1957 for her c ...

(1898–1977), Assamese poet *

Nirupama Devi Nirupama Devi ( bn, নিরুপমা দেবী) (7 May 1883 – 7 January 1951) was a fiction writer from Berhampore in Murshidabad district. Her literary pseudonym was ''Srimati Devi''. Early life and education Nirupama Devi's father was ...

(1883–1951), novelist * Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), Indian-American poet, novelist, short story writer, author of '' The Mistress of Spices'' *

Varsha Dixit Varsha Dixit is an Indian author. Her works include the novels ''Right Fit Wrong Shoe'', an English-language love story, intended for adolescents but widely read by adults as well, and ''Xcess Baggage'', a vampire sci-fi romance story. Educati ...

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Nirupama Dutt Nirupama Dutt (born 1955) is an Indian poet, journalist and translator. She writes poems in Punjabi, and translates them into English herself. A senior journalist with forty years of experience, she has worked with leading Indian newspapers and ...

(born 1955), Punjabi poet, journalist, translator *

Toru Dutt Toru Dutt ( bn, তরু দত্ত; 4 March 1856 – 30 August 1877) was an Indian Bengali translator and poet from British India, who wrote in English and French. She is among the founding figures of Indo-Anglian literature, alongside Henry ...

(1856–1877), poet, novelist, writing in English and French

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Gangadevi Gangadevi, also known as Gangambika, was a 14th-century princess and Sanskrit-language poet of the Vijayanagara Empire of present-day India. She was wife of Kumara Kampana, the son of the Vijayanagara king Bukka Raya I (c. 1360s-1370s). Gangade ...

(14th century), Telugu princess, poet, author of ''

Madura Vijayam ''Madhurā Vijayam'' (Sanskrit: मधुरा विजयं), meaning "The Victory of Madurai", is a 14th-century C.E Sanskrit poem written by the poet Gangadevi. It is also named ''Vira Kamparaya Charitham'' by the poet. It chronicles the li ...

'' * Mridula Garg (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, writing in Hindi and English *

Sagarika Ghose Sagarika Ghose (born 8 November 1964) is an Indian journalist, columnist and author. She has been a journalist since 1991 and has worked at ''The Times of India'', ''Outlook'' and ''The Indian Express''. She was a prime time anchor for BBC Wor ...

(born 1964), journalist, TV presenter, novelist *

Namita Gokhale Namita Gokhale (born 1956) is an Indian writer, editor, festival director, and publisher. Her debut novel, ''Paro: Dreams of Passion'' was released in 1984, and she has since written fiction and nonfiction, and edited nonfiction collections. She ...

(born 1956), English-language novelist, short story writer * Padma Gole (1913–1998), Marathi poet * Ellen Lakshmi Goreh (1853–1937), poet, Christian missionary, deaconess and nurse * Nirmala Govindarajan, English-language novelist, journalist *

Mamoni Raisom Goswami Indira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Indian writer, poet, professor, scholar and editor. She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1983 ...

(1942–2011), Assamese poet, novelist, short story writer, editor, educator * Santhini Govindan (born 1959), children's writer *

Kodagina Gowramma Gowramma (1912–1939), better known as Kodagina Gowramma, was an Indian writer who wrote in Kannada and lived in Kodagu. She was a feminist and supporter of the Indian Freedom Movement. Life Gowramma was born in 1912 to N.S Ramayya and Nanjam ...

, pen name of B. T. Gopal Krishna (1912–1939), short story writer, feminist *

Teji Grover Teji Grover is a Hindi poet, fiction writer, translator and painter. According to poet and critic Ashok Vajpeyi, "Teji Grover shapes her language away from the prevalent idiom of Hindi poetry. In her poetry language acquires a form which is uniqu ...

(born 1955), poet, novelist, translator, painter *

Neelum Saran Gour Neelum Saran Gour (born 12 October 1955) is an Indian English writer of fiction that depicts North India's small towns and their cultural histories. She is the author of five novels, four collections of short stories and one work of literary non- ...

(born 1955), writer, academic * Ganga Bharani Vasudevan (born 1990), novelist, script writer

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* Baby Halder (born 1973), domestic servant, autobiographer * Githa Hariharan (born 1954), novelist * Chandrakala A. Hate (1903–1990), feminist writer, educator *

Nistula Hebbar Nistula Hebbar is an Indian journalist and author, currently working as the political editor at ''The Hindu''. She previously worked for ''The Times of India'', ''The Economic Times'', and '' The Financial Express'' in New Delhi. Early life Sh ...

(born 1975), journalist, columnist, novelist * Vera Hingorani (1924–2018), gynaecologist, medical writer * Saliha Abid Hussain, 20th-century Urdu-language novelist, children's writer * Krishna Hutheesing (1907–1967), biographer, non-fiction writer

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M. K. Indira Mandagadde Krishnarao Indira ( kn, ಮಂಡಗದ್ದೆ ಕೃಷ್ಣರಾವ್ ಇಂದಿರ; 5 January 1917 – 15 March 1994) was a well-known Indian novelist in the Kannada language. Her works include ''Phaniyamma'', which won ...

(1917–1994), Kannada novelist

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* Manorama Jafa (born 1932), prolific children's writer *

Rashid Jahan Rashid Jahan (25 August 1905 – 29 July 1952) was an Indian writer and medical doctor known for her Urdu literature and trenchant social commentaries. She wrote short stories and plays and contributed to ''Angarey'' (1932), a collection of ...

(1905–1952), Urdi short story writer, playwright *

Jana Begum Jana Begum was a Mughal Indian noblewoman and scholar, noted for being one of the first women to write a commentary (Arabic: tafsir) on the Qur'an in the 17th century. She was the daughter of Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, a scholar and general un ...

(17th century), early female writer of a commentary on the Qur'an * Pupul Jayakar (1915–1997), biographer, non-fiction writer on handicrafts *

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (; 7 May 19273 April 2013) was a British author and screenwriter. She is best known for her collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant. In 1951, Jhabvala ma ...

(1927–2013), acclaimed German-born British novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, grew up in India * Sarah Joseph (born 1946), Malayalam novelist, short story writer, author of ''

Aalahayude Penmakkal ''Aalahayude Penmakkal'' ( en, Daughters of God the father) is a Malayalam novel written by Sarah Joseph and published in 1999. The novel is the first in the trilogy which includes 'Mattathi' and ' Othappu'. This novel gave widespread recogniti ...

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Isha Basant Joshi Isha Basant Joshi (born Isha Basant Mukand; 31 December 1908, date of death unknown) was an Indian Administrative Service officer and author. She published books under the name of Esha Joshi. She was the first Indian to be accepted into the "Bas ...

(born 1908, date of death unknown), poet, short story writer *

Anees Jung Anees Jung (born 1944) is an Indian author, journalist and columnist for newspapers in India and abroad, whose most known work, ''Unveiling India'' (1987) was a chronicle of the lives of women in India, noted especially for the depiction of Musli ...

(born 1944), journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer *

Kirthi Jayakumar Kirthi Jayakumar (born 15 December 1987) is a peace educator, a Security Council Resolution 1325, women, peace, and security and feminist foreign policy practitioner, lawyer and List of Indian writers, writer. She is a Commonwealth Scholarship ...

(born 1987), author, non-fiction writer, women's rights activist, feminist * Jyoti Arora (born 1977) Blogger, novelist

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Neha Kakkar Neha Kakkar Singh (; née Kakkar; born 6 June 1988), is an Indian playback singer. She is the younger sister of playback singer Sonu Kakkar. She began performing at a very early age at religious events. In 2005, she participated in the second s ...

(born 1988), singer *

Madhur Kapila Madhur Kapila (15 April 1942 – 19 December 2021) was an Indian novelist, journalist, art critic and a reviewer of Hindi literature. Some of her published works included ''Bhatke Raahi'' (Hindi: भटके राही; ), ''Satwan Swar'' (H ...

(1942–2021), writer, journalist, art critic *

Meena Kandasamy Ilavenil Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Meena published two collections of poetry, ''Touch'' (2006) and ''Ms. Militancy'' (2010). From 2001-2002, she edi ...

(born 1984), poet, biographer, novelist, feminist *

Amita Kanekar Amita Kanekar is a Goa-based writer and architectural historian, whose well-received debut novel ''A Spoke in the Wheel'' was published by HarperCollins Publishers and later again by Navayana. Kanekar's second book was a guidebook to Portugues ...

(born 1965), novelist, educator *

Kanhopatra Kanhopatra (or Kanhupatra) was a 15th-century Marathi saint-poet, venerated by the Varkari sect of Hinduism. Little is known about Kanhopatra. According to most traditional accounts, Kanhopatra was a courtesan and dancing-girl. These accounts ...

(15th century), Marathi saint-poet * Kota Neelima, writer, journalist, artist * Lakshmi Kannan (born 1947), Tamil poet and novelist, translates her works into English *

Bhanu Kapil Bhanu Kapil is a poet, and author of books, including ''The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers'' (2001), ''Incubation: A Space for Monsters'' (2006), and ''Ban en Banlieue'' (2015). Career Kapil's first book, ''The Vertical Interrogation of ...

(born 1968), British-Indian novelist *

Manju Kapur Manju Kapur is an Indian novelist. Her first novel, ''Difficult Daughters'', won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Europe and South Asia. Personal life She is married to Gun Nidhi Dalmia; they have three children and four ...

, since 1998: novelist *

Swati Kaushal Swati Kaushal is an Indian author and the author of the five bestselling novels, ''Piece of Cake'' (2004), ''A Girl Like Me'' (2008, ''Drop Dead'' (2012), ''Lethal Spice'' (2014), and ''A Few Good Friends'' (2017). In 2013, Kaushal was nominated ...

, since 2005: young adult novelist * Girijabai Kelkar (1886–1890), Marathi-language playwright, feminist writer *

Sumana Kittur D. Suman Kittur is an Indian journalist, film director and lyricist working in Kannada cinema. She began as an independent director with ''Slum Bala'' (2008), before working on films such as ''Kallara Santhe'' (2009), ''Edegarike'' (2012) and '' ...

(active since 2007), journalist, film director, lyricist *

Habba Khatoon Habba Khatoon (born Zoon; 1554 – 1609; sometimes spelled Khatun), also known by the honorary title ''The Nightingale of Kashmir'', was a Kashmiri Muslim poet and ascetic in the 16th century. Her compositions have been sung and recited countl ...

(1554–1609), Kashmiri mystic poet *

Mridula Koshy Mridula Susan Koshy (born 1969) is an Indian writer and free library movement activist. She lives in New Delhi with her three children. Professional life Koshy was born in New Delhi and migrated to the US in the 1984, at the age of 14. She ha ...

(born 1969), short story writer, novelist * Sumati Kshetramade (1913–1997), novelist * Rajam Krishnan (1925–2014), Tamil novelist, playwright, short story writer, feminist * Priya Kumar (born 1974), novelist *

Twinkle Khanna Twinkle Khanna (also known as Tina Jatin Khanna; born on 29 December) is an Indian author, columnist, interior designer, film producer and a former film actress. In 2015, she released her first non-fiction book, "Mrs Funnybones" which was decla ...

(born 1973), author, columnist

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* Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), British-born American-Indian short story writer, novelist, author of ''

The Lowland ''The Lowland'' is the second novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri, published by Alfred A. Knopf and Random House in 2013. The book received praise from critics and was commercially successful. On October 13, 2013, ''The Lowland'' reached #5 o ...

'' * Lalleshwari (1320–1392), Kashmiri mystic poet *

Bem Le Hunte Bem Le Hunte (born 1964) is a British-Indian-Australian author whose internationally published novels, ''The Seduction of Silence'' (2001) and ''There, Where the Pepper Grows'' (2006) have gained her numerous positive reviews and a wide, apprec ...

(born 1964), British-Indian novelist, now in Australia *

Lalitha Lenin Lalitha Lenin ( ml, ലളിത ലെനിന്‍‍; born 17 July 1946, in Thrithalloor, Thrissur, Kerala) is an Indian poet in Malayalam. K. K. Lalitha Bai (her official name) was also the Head of the Department of Library and Informati ...

(born 1946), acclaimed Malayalam poet, educator *

Ritu Lalit Ritu Lalit (born 1964) is an Indian novelist, short story writer, and blogger based in Faridabad, Faridabad, India, noted for writing fiction and mostly of the fantasy and thriller genre. She is author of five novels, ''A Bowlful of Butterflies ...

(born 1964), Indian novelist * Monica Lakhmana-Indian history writer, author of ‘Women in Pre and Post Independent India 75 Victories Visionaries Voices.’

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* Akka Mahadevi (12th century), poet writing in Old

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

* Megha Majumdar, novelist, '' A Burning'' * Tilottama Majumdar (born 1966), Bengali novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist *

Anju Makhija Anju Makhija is an Indian poet, playwright, translator and columnist. She has won several national and international awards for her poetry in English. Biography Anju Makhija was born in Pune and spent several years in Canada. She has a master's ...

, since 1990, poet, playwright, translator *

Amita Malik Amita Malik ( bn, অমিতা মালিক; hi, अमिता मलिक; 1921 – 20 February 2009) was an Indian media critic. She was described by Time magazine, ''Time'' magazine as India's "most prominent film and television c ...

(1921–2009), film and television critic, radio journalist *

Kiran Manral Kiran Manral (born 1971) is an Indian author. Based in Mumbai, she published her first novel ''The Reluctant Detective'' in 2011. ''Karmic Kids'' (2015) her first non-fiction work, is an introduction to parenting based on her own experience of ra ...

(born 1971), novelist, blogger, non-fiction writer * Kamala Markandaya, pen name of Kamala Purnaiya Taylor (1924–2004), best selling novelist, journalist * C K Meena (born 1957), novelist, journalist, educator * Meera (15th century), Hindu mystic poet * K. R. Meera (born 1970), journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer *

Rama Mehta Rama Mehta (1923–1978) was an Indian sociologist and writer who is remembered above all for her novel ''Inside the Haveli'' (1977). The book won the Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which th ...

(1923–1978), sociologist, novelist, non-fiction writer *

Indu Menon Indu Menon (b. 13 June 1980 ) is an Indian novelist and short story writer. In 2014, he received the Central Sahitya Award for Young Writers. In 2015, India Today selected her as one of India's Upcoming Writers. In 2005, India Today selected h ...

(born 1980), Malayalam novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, sociologist *

Jaishree Misra Jaishree Misra is an Indian author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and who ...

(born 1961), best-selling novelist * Baisali Mohanty (born 1994), author, columnist, non-fiction writer * Molla (1440–1530), poet, translated the ''

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...

'' into Telugu *

Muddupalani Muddupalani () was a Telugu speaking poet and '' devadasi'' attached to the court of Pratap Singh (1739–63), the Maratha king of Tanjore. Some commentators date her life to 1739-90, and her place of birth as Nagavasram in Thanjavur district ...

(18th century), Telugu poet *

Chitra Mudgal Chitra Mudgal (born 10 December 1943) is an Indian Writer and one of the leading literary figures of modern Hindi literature. She is the first Indian woman to receive the coveted Vyas Samman for her novel ''Avaan''. In 2019 she was awarded ...

(born 1944), Hindi novelist *

Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of a number of novels and short story ...

(1940–2017), Indian-American novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, author of ''

Jasmine Jasmine ( taxonomic name: ''Jasminum''; , ) is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family (Oleaceae). It contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Eurasia, Africa, and Oceania. Jasmines are widely cultiva ...

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Khadija Mumtaz Khadeeja Mumthas (born 1955) is a Malayalam author from Kerala state, India. She is a medical doctor by profession and is probably best known in the Kerala literary circles for her second novel '' Barsa'' which won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Aw ...

(born 1955), medical doctor, novelist, author of ''

Barsa (novel) ''Barsa'' is a 2007 Malayalam novel written by Khadija Mumtaz. The story deals with the haunting and agonising questions of Sabida, a devout and educated Muslim lady, a doctor, who spent six years in a hospital in Saudi Arabia. It won critical ...

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Sudha Murthy Sudha Murty (' Kulkarni; born 19 August 1951) is an Indian educator, author and philanthropist who is chairperson of the Infosys F ...

(born 1950), Kannada novelist, short story writer, children's writer, sociologist, businesswomen *

Seema Mustafa Seema Mustafa (born 20 April 1955) is an Indian print and television journalist. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Citizen, a digital newspaper she founded. She is the elected president of the Editors Guild of India, since 16 October 202 ...

, since 1990s, journalist, biographer, newspaper editor * Meher Pestonji, (born 1946), freelance journalist, author

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* Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949), child prodigy, Indian independence activist, poet *

Anita Nair Anita Nair (born 26 January 1966) is an Indian novelist who writes her books in English. She is best known for her novels '' A Better Man'', ''Mistress'', and '' Lessons in Forgetting''. She has also written poetry, essays, short stories, crime ...

(born 1966), English-language poet, novelist, author of '' Ladies Coupé'' *

Nalini Priyadarshni Nalini Priyadarshni is an Indian poet and writer. Literary journals *Poetry Breakfast – Journal of poems Poetry Breakfast – Journal of poems, 2016 *Silver Birch Press I Am Waiting Series Silver Birch Press I Am Waiting Series, 31 Decem ...

(born 1974), poet, writer, critic * Suniti Namjoshi (born 1941), poet, short story writer, children's writer *

Meera Nanda Meera Nanda (born 1954) is an Indian writer and historian of science, who has authored several works critiquing the influence of Hindutva, postcolonialism and postmodernism on science, and the flourishing of pseudoscience and vedic science. Sh ...

(born 1954), Indian-American historian, religious writer *

Anupama Niranjana Anupama Niranjana ( kn, ಅನುಪಮಾ ನಿರಂಜನ) (1934–1991) was a doctor in India and writer of modern Kannada fiction and non-fiction. She advocated the woman's point of view and was one among such writers in Kannada, w ...

(1934–1991), medical doctor, Kannada novelist, short story writer

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Manjula Padmanabhan Manjula Padmanabhan (born 23 June 1953) is an Indian playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author. Her works explore science, technology, gender, and international inequalities. Life Padmanabhan was born in Delhi in ...

(born 1953), playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, children's writer *

Mrinal Pande Mrinal Pande (born 26 February 1946) is an Indian television personality, journalist and author, and until 2009 chief editor of Hindi daily ''Hindustan''. Early life and education Pande was born in Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, 26 February 1946. ...

(born 1946), television presenter, journalist, novelist, non-fiction writer, newspaper editor *

Meghna Pant Meghna Pant is an Indian author, journalist and speaker. She has won a variety of awards for her contribution to literature, gender issues and journalism. In 2012, she won the Muse India National Literary Awards Young Writer Award for her debut ...

(born 1980), award-winning novelist, non-fiction writer, journalist, feminist, columnist, speaker * Dhiruben Patel (born 1926), Gujarati novelist, short story writer, playwright, translator * Savitribai Phule (1831–1897), poet, social reformer *

Gita Piramal Gita Piramal (born 1954) is an Indian writer and business historian. Education Gita Piramal was educated in the United Kingdom. Higher education was through India's Bombay University. She holds a PhD in business history (1988), Masters in Hi ...

(born c. 1954), magazine editor, businesswoman, non-fiction writer *

Gudibande Poornima Gudibande Poornima (Dr. S.P Poornima) is a Kannada poet, writer and novelist from the State of Karnataka, India. Born in Shravanabelagola, Hassan District, Karnataka, Poornima holds a master's degree in Kannada literature from Bangalore University ...

(born 1951), poet, novelist, non-fiction writer *

Manjiri Prabhu Manjiri Prabhu (born 30 September 1964) is an Indian author, TV producer and filmmaker. She has been hailed as the 'Desi Agatha Christie' (Indian Agatha Christie) by the media and is acknowledged as being the first woman writer of mystery fictio ...

(born 1964), novelist, filmmaker *

Manasi Pradhan Manasi Pradhan (born 4 October 1962) is an Indian women's rights activist and author. She is the founder of Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India. In 2014, she was conferred with Rani ...

(born 1962), novelist, women's rights activist *

Amrita Pritam Amrita Pritam (; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Her body of wo ...

(1919–2005), poet, novelist, essayist, first prominent Punjabi woman poet * Neelkamal Puri (born 1956), Punjabi novelist, short story writer, columnist, educator * Deanne Pandey (born 1968), fitness and lifestyle writer

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Rajalakshmi Thakkathu Amayankottu Rajalakshmi (June 2, 1930 – January 18, 1965), better identified as Rajalakshmi, was an Indian novelist, short story writer and poet of Malayalam literature. She was the author of three novels, two poetry anthologies a ...

(1930–1965), Malayalam poet, novelist * Rajashree, author of the chick lit best seller '' Trust Me'' (2006) *

Anuradha Ramanan Anuradha Ramanan (29 June 1947 – 16 May 2010) was a Tamil writer, artist and a social activist. Biography Anuradha was born in 1947 in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Her grandfather R. Balasubramaniam was an actor who inspired Anuradha to become a wr ...

(1947–2010), prolific novelist, short story writer *

Ramanichandran Ramanichandran ( ta, ரமணிசந்திரன்) is a Tamil romance novelist. Early life and family Ganesan and Kamalam gave birth to her on July 10, 1938, in the South Tamil Nadu village of Kayamozhi, close to Thiruchendur. Career S ...

, contemporary best selling Tamil novelist *

Ravinder Randhawa Ravinder Randhawa (born 1952) is a British Asian novelist and short story writer. She founded the Asian Women Writers' Collective, an organisation for British Asian women writers. Life Randhawa was born in India in 1952, but moved to England wi ...

(born 1952), British-Indian novelist, short story writer *

Bhargavi Rao Bhargavi Prabhanjan Rao (14 August 1944 – 23 May 2008), a Sahitya Akademi awardee, was an eminent translator in Telugu Literature. She was actively involved in translating various works of author and playwright Girish Karnad. Her most famous wo ...

(1944–2008), specialist in Telugu literature, translator, anthologist * Malathi Rao (born 1930), novelist, short story writer * Usha Rao-Monari (born 1959), economist and non-fiction writer *

Santha Rama Rau Santha Rama Rau (24 January 1923 – 21 April 2009) was an Indian-born American writer. Early life and background While Santha's father was a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin from Canara whose mother-tongue was Konkani, her mother was a Ka ...

(1923–2009), Indian-American novelist, playwright *

Nuchhungi Renthlei Nuchhungi Renthlei (1 January 1914 – 1 January 2002) was an Indian poet, singer and school teacher, known for her poems written in Mizo language. She was the founder of ''Girls' Auxiliary'', an organization for women's rights, which she founde ...

(1914–2002), poet, singer, school teacher, women's rights activist * Anusree Roy (born 1982), Indo-Canadian playwright, actress *

Anuradha Roy Anuradha may refer to: Film * ''Anuradha'' (1940 film), a 1940 Bollywood film * ''Anuradha'' (1960 film), a 1960 Hindi-language film * ''Anuradha'' (1967 film), a 1967 Indian Kannada film * ''Anuradha'' (2014 film), a 2014 Bollywood drama fil ...

(born 1967), novelist * Arundhati Roy (born 1961), novelist, author of '' The God of Small Things'' * Nilanjana S. Roy (born c. 1971), journalist, children's writer *

Kamini Roy Kamini Roy (12 October 1864 – 27 September 1933) was a Bengali poet, social worker and feminist in British India. She was the first woman honours graduate in British India.Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, ''Sansad ...

(1864–1933), leading Bengali poet, essayist, feminist * Sumana Roy, Indian poet, novelist, short story writer * Rita Kothari, Author, Professor, Translation Studies and Partition http://www.iitgn.ac.in/faculty/humanities/rita.htm

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* Padma Sachdev (1940–2021), Dogri poet, novelist, also writing in Hindi *

Nayantara Sahgal Nayantara Sahgal (born 10 May 1927) is an Indian writer who writes in English. She is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. She was awarded the 1986 S ...

(born 1927), novelist, memoirist, letter writer, author of ''

Rich Like Us ''Rich Like Us'' is a historical and political fiction novel by Nayantara Sahgal. Set in New Delhi during the chaotic time between 1932 and the mid-1970s, it follows the lives of two female protagonists, Rose and Sonali, and their fight to live ...

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Sarojini Sahoo Sarojini Sahoo (born 4 January 1956) is an Indian feminist writer, a columnist in ''The New Indian Express'' and an associate editor of Chennai-based English magazine ''Indian AGE.'' She has been enlisted among '' 25 Exceptional Women of India ...

(born 1956), feminist writer, novelist, short-story writer, author of '' Sensible Sensuality'' * Nandini Sahu (born 1973), English-language poet, folklorist, academic *

Indira Sant Indira Sant ( mr, इंदिरा संत; 4 January 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. Life Indira studied at Rajaram College Krupabai Satthianadhan Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862–1894) was an Indian writer who wrote in English. Early life Krupabai was born to Haripunt and Radhabai Khisty, Hindu converts to Christianity, in Ahmednagar, then in the Bombay Presidency, on 14 February 186 ...

(1862–1894), early English-language Indian novelist * Mala Sen (1947–2011), writer and human rights activist, author of ''India's Bandit Queen'' *

Mallika Sengupta Mallika Sengupta ( bn, মল্লিকা সেনগুপ্ত; 1960–2011) was a Bengali poet, feminist, and reader of Sociology from Kolkata, known for her "unapologetically political poetry". Biography Mallika Sengupta was the hea ...

(1960–2011), Bengali poet, novelist, feminist, sociologist *

Poile Sengupta Poile Sengupta (nee Ambika Gopalakrishnan) (born 1948) is a notable Indian writer in English. She is especially well-known as a playwright and writer for children. Her formal first name is Ambika but she writes, and is known, as Poile. Sengupta ...

(born 1948), English-language playwright, children's writer, poet * Teesta Setalvad (born 1962), journalist, civil rights activist * Madhuri R. Shah (fl. 1970-80s), educationist, non-fiction writer * Shantichitra (born 1978), novelist, short story writer, educator * Sarjana Sharma (born 1959), journalist, broadcaster * Shanta Shelke (1922–2002), Marathi poet, novelist, short story writer, educator *

Preeti Shenoy Preeti Shenoy is an Indian author and blogger. Early life and education During her school years, Shenoy studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya. Shenoy is also a self-taught artist. Writing career After writing as a blogger, Shenoy published her fi ...

(born 1971), novelist, non-fiction writer *

Melanie Silgardo Melanie Silgardo (born 1956) is an Indian poet and editor of Goan origin who currently lives in London. Biography Raised by Goan Catholics parents in Bombay, Maharashtra she studied under Eunice de Souza and became one of India's major Engli ...

(born 1956), poet * Sunny Singh (born 1969), journalist, novelist, short story writer * Sunny Singh (1931–1999), Bengali poet, novelist, feminist * Kabita Sinha (1931–1999), Bengali poet, novelist, feminist *

Mridula Sinha Mridula Sinha (27 November 1942 – 18 November 2020) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Governor of Goa from August 2014 to October 2019. She was the first woman Governor of Goa. Mridula Sinha was also a former president of BJP ...

(1942–2020), state governor of Goa, Hindi novelist, short story writer * Shumona Sinha (born 1973), Indian born French writer, novelist, feminist *

Sivasankari Sivasankari (born 14 October 1942) is an Indian author and activist who writes in Tamil. She is one of the four Tamil writers asked by the United States Library of Congress to record their voice as part of the South Asian article on Sivashanka ...

(born 1942), Tamil novelist *

Krishna Sobti Krishna Sobti (18 February 1925 – 25 January 2019) was an Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novel ''Zindaginama'' and in 1996, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the ...

(1925–2019), Hindi novelist, essayist * Atima Srivastava (born 1961), short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, film director *

Arundhathi Subramaniam Arundhathi Subramaniam is an Indian poet and author, who has written about culture and spirituality. Life and career Subramaniam is a poet and writer based in Mumbai. She is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose. She has received ...

, since c.2003: poet, journalist, biographer *

Vidya Subramaniam Vidya Subramaniam ( ta, வித்யா சுப்ரமணியம், born 1957) is a Tamil author. She has been writing novels and short stories for close to three decades. Born and brought up in Mylapore, she has to her credit 100 book ...

(born 1957), prolific novelist, short story writer * Sugathakumari (1934–2020), Malayalam poet, activist * Kamala Surayya (1934–2009), English-language poet, Malayalam short story writer, columnist, autobiographer * Sunita Jain (1940–2017), English and Hindi fictionist

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Shweta Taneja Shweta Taneja is an Indian author of novels, short fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction and comic books. Her work includes fantasy fiction series ''The Rakta Queen: An Anantya Tantrist Mystery'', ''The Matsya Curse: An Anantya Tantrist Mystery'', ...

(born 1980), novelist, comic writer, journalist *

Sooni Taraporevala Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) is an Indian screenwriter, photographer and filmmaker who is the screenwriter of ''Mississippi Masala'', ''The Namesake (film), The Namesake'' and Oscar-nominated ''Salaam Bombay!'' (1988), all directed by Mira Na ...

(born 1957), screenwriter, photographer *

Romila Thapar Romila Thapar (born 30 November 1931) is an Indian historian. Her principal area of study is ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Quotr: "The pre-eminent interpreter of ancient Indian history today. ... " Thapar is a Professor ...

(born 1930), historian, non-fiction writer * Susie Tharu (born 1943), non-fiction writer, educator, women's rights activist *

Manjit Tiwana Manjit Tiwana (born 1947) is an Indian poet. Her first poem was published in Nagmani when she was only sixteen. Manjit has authored seven collections of poetry, the significant poetical works are: ''Ilham'' (1976), ''Ilzam'' (1980), ''Tarian di ...

(born 1947), Punjabi poet, educator * Madhu Trehan, since mid 1970s, journalist, magazine editor *

Ira Trivedi Ira Trivedi is an Indian author, columnist, and yoga teacher. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, often on issues related to women and gender in India. Her works include ''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century'', ''What W ...

, since 2006, non-fiction writer, novelist, columnist * Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (born 1979), author, filmmaker

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Krishna Udayasankar Krishna Udayasankar is a Singapore-based Indian author, known for her modern retelling of Mahabharata through the novel cycle, ''The Aryavarta Chronicles'' (''Govinda'', ''Kaurava'' and ''Kurukshetra''). She is also the author of ''Immortal'', ' ...

, Singapore-based Indian author *

O. V. Usha O. V. Usha (born 4 November 1948) is a Malayalam poet and novelist. Described by K. M. George as a poet with "deep moral concern and technical dexterity", she has written four volumes of poems and a few short stories while also authoring a novel ...

(born 1948), Malayalam poet, novelist, short story writer

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* Urvashi Vaid (born 1958), Indian-American LGBT activist, non-fiction writer *

Vaidehi Vaidehi may refer to: *Of, from or related to the ancient Indian kingdom of Videha **Vaidehi, another name for the goddess Sita **Queen Vaidehi, mother of king Ajatashatru * ''Vaidehi'' (2006 TV series), also known as ''Vaidehi – Ek Aur Agni Pa ...

(born 1945), acclaimed Kannada short story writer, essayist, novelist, poet, children's writer * Aparna Vaidik (born 1975), historian * P. Valsala (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, social activist *

Mahadevi Varma Mahadevi Varma (26 March 1907 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi-language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars of the ''Chhayavaad, Chhayawa ...

(1907–1987), Hindi poet, women's rights activist *

Kapila Vatsyayan Kapila Vatsyayan (25 December 1928 – 16 September 2020) was a leading scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture, and art history. She served as a member of parliament and bureaucrat in India, and also served as the founding direct ...

(1928–2020), art historian, non-fiction writer *

Reetika Vazirani Reetika Gina Vazirani (9 August 1962 – 16 July 2003) was an Indian/American immigrant poet and educator. Life Vazirani was born in Patiala, India, in 1962 and went to the United States with her family in 1968. After graduating from Wellesl ...

(1962–2003), Indian-American poet, educator *

Kaajal Oza Vaidya Kaajal Oza Vaidya is an author, screenwriter, radio personality and journalist from Ahmedabad, India. She initially worked as a journalist and actress. She has written more than 56 books including novels, short stories and essays. She has writte ...

(born 1966), screenwriter, novelist, journalist *

Vijayalakshmi Vijaya lakshmi is a Hindu Indian feminine given name or surname, which means "goddess of victory". The name may refer to: People First name * Vijayalakshmi Atluri, Indian computer scientist *Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress), Indian actress *Vijaya ...

(born 1960), prolific Malayalam poet *

Sharifa Vijaliwala Sharifa Vijaliwala (born 4 August 1962) is an Indian Gujarati language writer, critic, translator and editor from Surat, Gujarat, India. She is a recipient of a 2018 Sahitya Akademi Award for ''Vibhajanni Vyatha'', a collection of critical ...

, (born 1962), Indian writer and translator *

Pinki Virani Pinki Virani (born January 30, 1959) is an Indian writer, journalist, human-rights activist and writer. She is the author of ''Once was Bombay'', ''Aruna's Story'', ''Bitter Chocolate: Child Sexual Abuse in India'' (which won the National Award ...

(born 1959), journalist, best selling novelist, non-fiction writer *

Susan Visvanathan Susan Visvanathan (born 1957) is an Indian sociologist, social anthropologist and a fiction writer. She is well known for her writings on religious dialogue and sociology of religion. Her first book ''Christians of Kerala: History, Belief and Rit ...

(born 1957), sociologist, non-fiction writer, novelist, essayist * Vrinda Singh, novelist writing on themes related to women

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* Mallika Yunis, since 1980s, novelist

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* Shama Zaidi (born 1938), art critic, screenwriter, filmmaker * Zahida Zaidi (1930–2011), poet, playwright, critic, educator

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