Sundaram Tagore Gallery
5 Lock Road 01-05
Gillman Barracks
Singapore
Sundaram Tagore Gallery
5 Lock Road 01-05
Gillman Barracks
Singapore
Please join Trisha Das, author and filmmaker, and Akshita Nanda, author and journalist, for a candid discussion on the visible and invisible pressures women face in creative work. From silencing and self-censorship to expectations surrounding productivity, identity and “acceptable” narratives, the conversation will explore how women’s voices are shaped, edited and erased—and how they can be reclaimed. A Q & A will follow the discussion.
Drawing from personal experience across writing, media and film, the speakers reflect on resistance, reinvention and the cost of staying true to one’s creative voice.
ABOUT TRISHA DAS
Trisha Das is a bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker who refuses to stick to one genre—or one century. Her books span romance, humor, history, mythology and contemporary fiction, often blurring the lines between the real and the ridiculous, the heartfelt and the hilarious.
Das is the author of the bestselling Never Meant to Stay (The Grand Samara, in India), the cult-favorite Ms Draupadi Kuru series, and Kama’s Last Sutra, among others. Before turning full-time to fiction, Trisha directed more than 40 documentaries, won India’s National Film Award, and was named the University of Georgia’s International Artist of the Year.
Her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Hindustan Times, Scroll, and he feminist fantasy anthology Magical Women. When she’s not writing, Trisha can usually be found plotting her next story, reimagining the past, or laughing at life’s absurdities.
ABOUT AKSHITA NANDA
Akshita Nanda is the author of the novels Beauty Queens of Bishan and Nimita’s Place. Nimita’s Place (Epigram Books) was adapted for the stage in 2019 by arts group Works and in 2020 co-won the Singapore Literature Prize, the country’s highest honor for English fiction.
In 2022, Akshita was a virtual resident at the National Centre for Writing, UK, supported by the National Arts Council, Singapore. In 2023, she was part of the Horizons residency organised by Sing Lit Station with the Singapore Writers Festival.
Akshita is the creative mind behind the online choose-your-own-adventure Kallang River Quest (Tusitala Books, 2020), which was commissioned by Singapore’s National Arts Council for its Arts In Your Neighbourhood programme.
She is also a full-time journalist and analyst. She is interested in oceans, migration and reimagining a kinder future.