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Respectfully Feared or Respected out of Fear?

March 3, 2021February 16, 2023 Ashwini Shenoy

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear – Albert Camus. When I was in high school I had a teacher, Mrs B, who

Ashwini Shenoy is an Indian writer, cultural thinker, and storyteller whose work explores the intersection of mythology, contemporary and speculative fiction across different narrative forms.

Her debut, Shikhandini: Warrior Princess of the Mahabharata, explores the lesser-known character’s journey of gender transformation and identity within the framework of the great Indian epic. Shikhandini is available in Tamil and will soon be published in other Indian languages. Her other works include Gift of Life, a story of acceptance, hope, and healing during the pandemic, and the coming-of-age romance drama In the Golden Mountains.

Her experimental short stories have appeared, among other places, in Kitaab, MeanPepperVine and Sahitya Akademi journal.

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Respectfully Feared or Respected out of Fear?