GITHA HARIHARAN BOOKS

Githa Hariharan is an acclaimed Indian writer known for her powerful engagement with gender, politics, history, and mythology. Born in Coimbatore and educated in India and the United States, she writes primarily in English and has been a significant voice in contemporary Indian literature since the 1990s. Her debut novel The Thousand Faces of Night won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and established her reputation for reworking myth and tradition from a feminist perspective. Hariharan’s body of work includes novels, short story collections, essays, and children’s fiction, often marked by lyrical prose and sharp social insight. She frequently explores themes of women’s agency, dissent, memory, and resistance within familial and political structures. Beyond fiction, she is a prominent public intellectual and activist, known for her legal challenge to censorship laws in India and her outspoken views on secularism and freedom of expression. Her writing continues to shape critical conversations in Indian literary and cultural discourse