This page contains brief write ups of some of our regular writers. We will update this page as and when we receive the details about our other writers.

Beyniaz Edulji

A lawyer by profession, my first love is writing. I have written many political commentaries, sports articles (especially on cricket) and features on good life, people, fashion, youth and career. My hobbies are reading, going to sporting events, cooking, traveling and sampling exotic cuisines.

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Chandana Banerjee

Chandana is a journalist and writer with over 14 years of experience in writing for various media like websites, newspapers, magazines, e-books, print ads, e-learning and corporate communications. Before she turned to fulltime freelance writing, she worked as a Corporate Communications Executive with the Tata group; as an Editor and Content Chief with a UK-based web publishing company; and, as an Instructional Designer with an e-learning company. Chandana writes extensively for magazines and websites in India and around the globe, taps out clear and crisp copy for companies, and teaches creative writing to children and adults. She runs her own writing and design studio.

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Chandra Ghosh Jain

"I write for the love of writing. It's the ear of the ear, it's the mind of the mind, it's the speech of the speech, it's the breathe of the breathing, it's the eye of the eye..."

I write because I love to write. My mind is set free, on wings of passion and can fly to unknown lands and time. Searching for answers to hitherto unasked questions. Somewhere, sometime there is a hope that the writings will find an answering chord. Often thoughts come as a swirling sandstorm in a desert. Or as the first raindrops on a parched dry earth. I write to make sense of it all. To capture the beauty of the wild and the unknown terrain of my mind. I write for all those who wish to read and share my journey in an imagined land.

Chandra was born in Calcutta and spent her formative years in Delhi. She graduated in Economics (Honours) from Miranda House, Delhi University. She received her post graduation in Economics from Jawahar Lal Nehru University New Delhi. For a brief while she taught Economics in Delhi University as a lecturer. She did her research on the ‘Changing Agrarian relations and it’s impact on development’ from Rajasthan University. Marriage brought her to Rajasthan a desert state, where time appeared to stand still. The veil separating the past from the present was thin. One could sense the fact that the history, which shaped the destiny of the place, hadn’t been lost. The violent and blinding sandstorms which blows through the hot summer months, revealed new shapes and contours, telling a different tale each time.

Time seemed to stand still all one had to do was brush away the sands to recall a tale of surprising intensity. She is presently staying in Jaipur. She is currently working on a collection of short stories, ‘Quixotic Quest and other Tales’ and her novel ‘Dancing on the Edge of Despair’

Her tale ‘Sita’s letter to her unborn daughter’ has been published by Penguin in an anthology ‘In search of Sita’ edited by Malashri Lal and Namita Gokhale.

“Memsaheb and the Thief’ a collection of short stories has been published by Bumblebee Publishers. Many of her short stories have been e-published as well.

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Eva Bell

Eva Bell is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists,

She is a freelance writer, and her articles, short stories and children’s stories have been published in magazines, newspapers, on the Net, and in several anthologies.

She is the author of : Novels – “Silver Amulet” and “When Shadows Flee”

Biography- “Grace Abounding.”

Children’s Books: “Lost on the beach,” “Sniffer Dog and other stories.”

E-books: Cactus Hill and Survival Strategies in an Angry World.

Website: www.evabell.net

Blog: http://muddyloafers.blogspot.com

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Gouri Guha

"Among the many activities in my life writing has a very important place.I have been writing for many years and in this endeavour I have got the advantage of getting my work published not only in India but abroad also. I have also had a stint in writing for newspapers. Apart from my writing I spend time for social work, which is another area I would like to work for as long as I can. You can find in me a good cook and a homemaker who takes care of her home to the best of the ability. I also spend sometime writing Blogs.

This is me, a homely simple person, trying to put in my best efforts in whatever I do."

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Indrani Talukdar 

I am a writer/editor/journalist who has worked extensively in both India and Australia. My metier happens to be the fine arts and I was editing the arts' page in the Financial Express (New Delhi) and later at Newstime (Hyderabad; in 1991-94 and 1996-97 respectively. I was also the art critic for Pioneer in the 90s.

I won the Rotary Exchange Fellowship (to Argentina) and the Greater Dandenong Short Story Writing Competition (in Melbourne, 2003).

I returned from Melbourne in 2005, having spent six years there after completing my MA in Communication Studies (RMIT University, Melbourne) and working as a journalist/writer there.

On my return, I started working independently in Delhi as a freelance writer/editor. I now reside in Dehradun, my hometown, from where I work in the same capacity.

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Irene Dhar Malik

Irene grew up in the mountains of Bhutan, where she did her schooling before moving on to Calcutta for college education, eventually obtaining a Master’s degree in English Literature from Calcutta University. She went on to Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) to study Film Editing. She has edited a number of television series, documentaries and worked on several features as well. Writing has always been a passion and she has dabbled in professional scriptwriting. She now writes mostly at 4indianwoman.com where she published her first novel and where she writes a regular film review column apart from short stories and blogs.

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Jessie Rao

Patience is what moi possess the most. Passionate about life and take life with zeal and zest. Armed with a Masters/ M.Phil in English Literature from Goa University, have taken to teaching and training. Have always been related to the educational field in some way or the other. From training students to now training teachers – still playing the role of a mentor. Am truly a romantic at heart, usually give into this romantic side. Though it’s said “pay heed to the head—but in my case—paying heed to the heart” is very important to me. Love being surrounded with books, flowers and plants. Believe life is full of surprises and one never knows what awaits us –but whatever it is –be ready to embrace life with a positive aura and life gets easy to deal with. Believe in God—know that He is out there watching out and taking care. Positive attitude has helped me to overcome every hurdle that life has handed out to me. Am a patient listener, love listening to what one has to say. Quick at picking up languages --one could call me a multilinguist—can speak about 9 languages. Possess a good sense of humor. Love the family to the core.... This Jess for you!

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Joy Clarkson

I am Joy; single Indian woman, a woman learning to cope with the empty-nest syndrome and a writer in-the-making. I’ve made the transition from being a working mom for over twenty-two years, to Stay-at-home mom to WAHM (work-at-home-mom) quite well. I have thoroughly enjoyed discovering myself. It’s been an enriching experience and I’ve learnt a lot of lessons on the way, and discovered many facets that I didn’t know existed in me. Life is worth the living if one is able to embrace life with all it has to offer….the agonies and the ecstasies. Today, as a soon-to-be grandmother, I stand at the threshold of a new phase in my life with the same kind of excitement and expectancy I experienced as a teenager getting into college; a new bride; a new mother….I’m alive.

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Lesley D. Biswas

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Malavika Roy

I was born and brought up in the holy city of Varanasi. Life took me to places like Hyderabad, Dhanbad and Kolkata, which were in pursuit of education and work. I worked as a financial analyst and analytical report writer in Kolkata. Now, I am happily married and settled in Pune.

My passion for writing developed in the due course of my stint as an analytical report writer in Kolkata. In addition to that, turmoils in my personal life helped me to vent out my thoughts through the effective medium of writing. Now, I write for the love of writing and will always be grateful to this medium for helping me when I was alone.

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Manjula Sengupta

18 Years teaching experience in three schools namely:- Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City; Holy Cross, Bokaro Steel City; Delhi Public School, Bokaro Steel City. Married to an Engineer since 1974 and mother of one son and one daughter. Hobby: Singing, Creative-writing, Stitching, Knitting, Handicrafts.

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Mita Banerjee

I’m a mother, wife, teacher and writer…though not always in that order. As I accompanied my Air Force husband on his many postings, I taught all ages from playgroup pre-schoolers to post-graduate ‘twenty-somethings’ when I was Director of a Mass Communication Institute in Pune. Writing has always been a passion, and I’ve written on every topic under the sun (apart from politics and films), and these have been published in various newspapers, magazines, and also in a few books. My most cherished project however, was a coffee-table book on young women achievers ‘The 21st Century belongs to them’ which was released by then-President Dr Abdul Kalam in Delhi, and by Dr Kiran Bedi in Pune.

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Neha Gupta

Neha Gupta holds a graduate degree in English Literature and a post graduate degree in Mass Communication. She has been writing ever since she was a child. Both fiction and poetry have been her festive companions since her early years. She wrote her first poetry when she was seven.

She has been working as an editor in various publishing companies from past six years. Currently, she is working with Pustak Mahal as a Commissioning Editor, and is heading their fiction imprint, Cedar Books.

She is at heart a true Delhiite and a big foodie.

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Prema Sastri

Prema writes because she feels she has something to say, that readers would like to hear. She wants to reach people. She started writing at the age of seven, when her mother gave her a pencil and paper to keep her out of mischief. The result was some poems which the mother punched with blue ribbon to show to guests. The guests, out of politness, praised the poems, and Prema thought she was all set to be a famous writer.

Years of pursuing different directions, ensued. She did find her way, as a writer, by having her short stories, serial novels, and features published in leading magazines. She has written plays, short stories novels, radio serials and feature articles.

Prema has won awards for her plays which have been performed in New York, London, and Bangalore. Her short stories have been published in leading anthologies alongside works by Doris Lessing, Paul Theroux, Isaac Singer and Woody Allen.She is listed in the Sahitya Acdemy`s Who`s Who of writers. Prema has published two plays and two collections of short stories. She is also a trainer in communication skills, and has her own publishing company, Songbyrde.

She has no regular writing schedule, and would like to do a lot more than she has done. Prema studied at Chatham College Pittsburgh, married an army officer and has three children. She lives in Bangalore where she spends her time playing with the dog, or chatting with friends.

Prema hopes she will write articles and stories which will be of interest to readers of 4indian women.

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Sangeeta Deogawanka

Born into a female-centric family, Sangeeta has evolved from a rebellious daughter to a traditional wife and a “mamma who rocks” within the space of this very lifetime. In the journey, she has explored all nuances possible of female-dom and reveled in the process. Albeit like her favourite Riviera wines, she has savoured life and mellowed in her outlook as she navigated each phase.

Walking through the various roles as a woman, she has discovered stree-shakti, the power of a woman to bring about radical changes in the micro as well as macro environment. An essentially spiritual and religious woman, she draws on her innate self for inspiration, trying to light up lives …. sometimes even singeing in the process.

As a non-conformist careerist, Sangeeta has done it all, from managing a company to drawing up legal documents, negotiating with bankers till late or serving coffee to clients, and more. However, her journey into the magic world of words began with poetry at the age of 6. The written word has today become Sangeeta’s lifeline, the water of her life that sustains her. It is no wonder that her first start-up has been a niche publishing firm.

Bored easily, adventurous and a knowledge freak, Sangeeta doesn’t believe in settling into a groove, but constantly upgrading herself, vis-à-vis her roles, her work areas and views, that range from the politically correct and radical reformist to free-thinking or even outlandish.

Known for her wacky sense of humour and witty texts/ posts, life with Sangeeta is best described a “roller-coaster”. Even as she celebrates womanhood in all its Indian glory, Sangeeta continues to live life on her own terms, dubbing herself as the 21^st century makeover of the hitherto quintessential Indian woman.

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Saroj Lokgariwar

Dr. Saroj Lokgariwar was born in 1946. She practiced medicine and managed a maternity home in Sawantwadi. Saroj raised two daughters after she lost her husband at a very young age. After retiring for health reasons, she now only treats an occasional needy patient at home in Pune. A teenager describes her as a "groovy grandmother" and "definitely more fun" than her own parents. Hobbies like experimental cooking, gardening, writing and traveling to the lower Himalayas one year, a beach the next. It's no surprise then, that Saroj's friends hotly dispute her claim that she is now leading a 'quiet retired life'!

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Seema Moghe

Multi Tasking Self Employed Professional. Interior Designer, Journalist, Columnist, Knowledge Executive for MBA CAT aspirants, Online Educationist, Social Entrepreneur and Self Taught Artist.

Accomplishments- contentment, self pride at optimum resourcefulness, time management.

Philosophy – ‘Ageless Body and Timeless Mind’

‘I believe in God, only I spell it Nature’.

Social interaction is my passion and little children are the elixir of my life.

Personal Statement- After having been- here- and –done- that, I have retired from active business and profession to converge my experience and communication expertise in pedagogy. I love to teach and teaching is the best way to personal growth, I believe.

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Shail Raghuvanshi

Shail Raghuvanshi has been working as a freelance journalist for the past two decades. A Post Graduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, her various stints in the print and audio-visual media have influenced her reflections which find a place in her writings. She loves writing non-fiction. Poetry and fiction are her other interests in writing, something that she indulges in to make life a wee bit more mysterious and interesting. She has also worked as Spoken English teacher in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Palakkad, Kerala. Her articles have been published in leading Indian dailies apart from various websites. Painting, music, reading, friendship and spirituality are her other passions in life. She can be reached at shailraghuvanshi@gmail.com

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Sonal Shree

Sonal Shree is postgraduate in English Literature and Management. Her stint as a ‘writer’ began as a child encouraged by her parents to send short stories to newspapers and a children’s magazine called ‘Champak’. She even created her own version of a Champak-like magazine in thick school notebooks to give vent to her narrative and creative musings with self-edited short stories, jokes and drawings.

Her journey in writing continued with essay writing; blogging; opinions in newspapers on given topics; letters to editors and some articles in books and newspapers. The discovery of 4IW platform in 2008 acted as a propellent in considering writing for the genuine love of it.

Sonal aspires to write books of literary merit in future. She can be reached at sonal4iw@gmail.com

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Sreelata Menon

Sreelata Menon started out as a regular fulltime journalist when marriage and children intervened. Twenty five years later with the advent of the computer she found herself back in business once again. Churning out articles, comments and reports on all kinds of topics she was yet again in the thick of things but this time working from home. Re-inventing herself as a web content writer she writes weekly blogs on freelance writing and content for a variety of websites.

Sudha Harihara Sharma

A thorough travel buff. Nothing excites me more than seeing the shoots of a plant that I planted. My stress busters are my little garden and the kitchen where I concoct and execute my recipes. I also spend major part of my waking hours at the software organization where I work and some more at the gym.

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Suneetha B

Suneetha.B is a writer, translator, trainer and journalist , although not strictly in that order. She works from her home in the coastal city of Trivandrum in the southern tip of India.

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Surabhi Kaushik

Writing has been my passion since childhood. As a child many of my poems & writings have been published in leading Dailies such as The Hindu, Deccan Herald & The Indian Express. Now, its a profession that I enjoy every bit. My published works include short stories in Woman's Era, articles in Cosmo woman & many blogs written from the bottom of my heart in www.4indianwoman.com

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Vibha Batra

I am a writer and poet based in Chennai. I have done my Masters in communication from the University of Madras. Worked as a copywriter in reputed advertising agencies (still do!) and have 3 published books to my credit: Ishaavaasya Upanishad, an English translation of my grandfather's work (published by Rupa Publications in 2007), Tongue-in-cheek, a collection of poetry (published by the Writers Workshop in 2008) and A Twist of Lime, a collection of short stories (published by Think Big Books in 2008). My short stories and poems have appeared on various ezines and I blog regularly on Sulekha.com as well.

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Vimala Ramu

Served as a teacher for 10 years in various schools and worked in Educational Software for two years. Took up writing articles for Newspapers in 2005. Compiled the articles and published three books RAINSONG, WIND CHIMES and DEW DROPS (expectedshortly) through Writers Workshop, Kolkata in 2008-09. Started writing blogs for 4IW in June 2009.

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Yamuna Kona

Yamuna Kona is a freelance writer, poet, and author of novels and short stories.

Currently living with her husband in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, she is inspired to write for other women, to share her experiences and offer insight on being an Indian woman born and raised in America.

Her writing career sparked in 1992 as Editor-in-Chief for her High School Newspaper, The Criterion, but writing has always been Yamuna’s constant passion since she was a child. She quickly bonded with the art of writing, because of its constructive channel to explore life’s frustrations, anxieties, dreams, desires and delightful moments.

She was awarded second prize for her novel, “Wild Daises” by Still Moments Magazine. “Wild Daises” will soon be published.

Her poem, “An Anniversary to Remember”, dedicated to her husband, is published on voicesnet.com and has received high recognition as being one of the most the top viewed poems. Her poem, “The Sun Will Rise”, is also published voicesnet.com.

India New England Newspaper recognized her as an entrepreneur for launching and designing Oopsy Daisy Kreative Kards, a contemporary line of Hindu Greeting Cards with crafted verses she’s written to express each sentiment.

Yamuna is also an active member of the Writer’s Digest Community. She has three novels, in addition to “Wild Daises”, and a compilation of her poetry forthcoming publication.

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