{"id":11286,"date":"2026-02-17T11:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/?post_type=product&#038;p=11286"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:36:31","slug":"nirbhaya-others-who-dared","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/product\/nirbhaya-others-who-dared\/","title":{"rendered":"NIRBHAYA &#038; OTHERS WHO DARED"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"oMainBlock\" class=\"section visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"ot-mainblock\" class=\"visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block col-lg-12 col-lg-reset col-md-12 col-md-reset col-sm-12 col-sm-reset col-xs-12 col-xs-reset\">\n<div class=\"row visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block \">\n<div id=\"ot-main\" class=\"visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block col-lg-12 col-lg-reset col-md-12 col-md-reset col-sm-12 col-sm-reset col-xs-12 col-xs-reset\">\n<div class=\"productdetails-view productdetails\">\n<div class=\"vm-product-tab\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<div class=\"tab-content\">\n<div id=\"vm-product-desc-container\" class=\"tab-pane fade in active\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<div class=\"product-description\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A life trajectory through Singapore, Jakarta, Pune, Delhi and Ahmedabad, myriad experiences in alternate medicine, environment conservation, handicrafts, history, numerology plus three odd decades in journalism provide Kusum Choppra with a rich background for writing from women&#8217;s viewpoints; picking out grains of truth to tell stories that set aside patriarchal inculcation, for a female perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Two novels: a post-Partition generational saga\u00a0<em>Beyond Diamond Rings<\/em>, and a historical novel that blasted many myths,<em>\u00a0Mastani<\/em>, preceded this anthology of stories that delve into the internal conversations women often have with themselves about people, places and emotional encounters. 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