Tag Archives: Rekha Kalindi
Rekha Kalindi – Hindustani Times Interview
The Hindustani Times has published an illuminating interview with rights activist Rekha Kalindi who co-authored the book The Strength to Say No: One Girl’s Fight Against Forced Marriage with French journalist Mouhssine Ennaimi. As was customary, Rekha Kalindi’s family decided … Continue reading
#StrengthToSayNo Campaign Takes Hold in India
Rekha Kalindi’s book about her refusal to become a child bride, risk her health and sacrifice her education has become a rallying point in India. As part of publicity for the book there, our colleagues at Penguin India started a … Continue reading
Rekha Kalindi – Women Planet Review
There’s an enthusiastic review of Rekha Kalindi’s book The Strength to Say No: One Girl’s Fight Against Forced Marriage over on the website Women Planet. Appropriately enough for a review of a book on the rights of women and girls, … Continue reading
Women Writers In Translation Month 2015
Peter Owen has always championed quality writing from around the world and has published works in translation by many women writers throughout the last 64 years of the company’s existence. We owe much of our success to the skill of … Continue reading
Recent Publications #1 – August 2015
Hot off the press is Frederic Raphael’s latest novel Private Views. Raphael, who will be 84 on 14th August, is widely known as an award-winning writer for the screen. His credits include adapting Arthur Schnitzler’s novel Dream Story for Stanley Kubrick’s … Continue reading
Rekha Kalindi: The Strength To Say No
Newly translated from the French by Sarah Lawson, The Strength To Say No: One Girl’s Fight Against Forced Marriage is an inspiring account by Rekha Kalindi of her refusal to accede to parental and cultural demands that, as a child, … Continue reading
