Chup: Breaking the Silence About India's Women

DETAILS : 

• Author : Deepa Narayan
  
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Juggernaut Books
  
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 28 February 2019
  
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
  
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8193876725
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8193876725
  
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 400 g

ABOUT THE BOOK

Chup: Breaking the Silence About India's Women is a groundbreaking work of narrative non-fiction by social scientist Deepa Narayan. Based on over 600 interviews with educated, urban, middle- and upper-class women (and men) across India, the book exposes the invisible "scripts" that train women to be silent, small, and self-doubting. Narayan argues that even though these women have degrees and careers, they remain trapped by deep-seated cultural habits—what she calls the "anatomy of silence"—that govern their bodies, minds, and voices.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Deepa Narayan is an international advisor on poverty, gender, and development with over 25 years of experience at the World Bank and the UN.

The Expert: She is known for her ability to combine rigorous data with human storytelling.

The Focus: Her work shifted from global poverty to the "poverty of the soul" that affects women regardless of their bank balance, leading to this five-year-long study into the Indian psyche.