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SUMMARY:A talk on 'Perceptions of Singlehood: Stereotypes, Stigma,   Religion and Family Constructs' by Sreemoyee Kundu
DESCRIPTION:Department of Social Sciences (Sociology) at FLAME University invites you t
 o a talk on Perceptions of Singlehood: Stereotypes, Stigma, Religion and Fa
 mily Constructs by acclaimed lifestyle journalist Sreemoyee Piu Kundu.\nAbo
 ut the Speaker:\nSreemoyee Piu Kundu is an acclaimed lifestyle journalist w
 ho has worked in leading publications like Times of India, India Today, Mid
 day and The Asian Age and created editorial blueprints with breakthrough pu
 blications, like, Metronow (joint venture between Hindustan Times and Times
  of India). After more than a decade in print media, she migrated to PR whe
 re she helmed the Media Strategy Division of Genesis Hanmer Marstellar and 
 headed the Entertainment and Lifestyle vertical of Hanmer MSL. \nSreemoyee 
 debuted with Faraway Music, her critically lauded, first novel, in 2013, fo
 llowed by her bestselling feminist erotica, Sita’s Curse, which explored fe
 male desire through the eyes of a Gujarati housewife. The sweeping success 
 of the novel also saw Sreemoyee burst on the scene as one of India's strong
 est female voices on gender and sexuality.\nYou’ve Got the Wrong Girl, her 
 third work of fiction, a light-hearted rom-com, broke new ground in Indian 
 ‘lad-lit’. In 2017, she wrote her first non-fiction work, the widely-apprec
 iated and critically acclaimed, Status Single, a narrative drawing from the
  lives of 3000 urban Indian single women, about the daily struggle of being
  single in a country where the highest validation for women remains marriag
 e and motherhood that was featured on Los Angeles Times and the Guardian Lo
 ndon as a seminal work of female identity. The audio-visual rights of Statu
 s Single have just been signed on by Viacom. \nSreemoyee's latest work of f
 iction, Cut takes a look at the stifling environment of government censorsh
 ip and the struggle of a theatre activist to retain his artistic freedom. C
 ut was performed as a play at Delhi's prestigious National School of Drama,
  and was directed by legendary theatre director, Abhilash Pillai.\nSreemoye
 e is the recipient of the NDTV L'Oréal Women of Worth award for Excellence 
 in Literature and the United Nations Woman, Young Achiever for Literature. 
 She has just completed her memoirs, Unhealed, by Bloomsbury and has complet
 ed an inter-generational family saga set in Kolkata, All Our Other Lies.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Department of Social Sciences (Sociology) at FLAME University invites yo
 u to a talk on Perceptions of Singlehood: Stereotypes, Stigma, Religion and
  Family Constructs by acclaimed lifestyle journalist Sreemoyee Piu Kundu.</
 p><p><strong>About the Speaker:</strong></p><p><strong>Sreemoyee Piu Kundu 
 </strong>is an acclaimed lifestyle journalist who has worked in leading pub
 lications like Times of India, India Today, Midday and The Asian Age and cr
 eated editorial blueprints with breakthrough publications, like, Metronow (
 joint venture between Hindustan Times and Times of India). After more than 
 a decade in print media, she migrated to PR where she helmed the Media Stra
 tegy Division of Genesis Hanmer Marstellar and headed the Entertainment and
  Lifestyle vertical of Hanmer MSL. </p><p>Sreemoyee debuted with <em>Farawa
 y Music</em>, her critically lauded, first novel, in 2013, followed by her 
 bestselling feminist erotica, <em>Sita’s Curse</em>, which explored female 
 desire through the eyes of a Gujarati housewife. The sweeping success of th
 e novel also saw Sreemoyee burst on the scene as one of India's strongest f
 emale voices on gender and sexuality.</p><p><em>You’ve Got the Wrong Girl</
 em>, her third work of fiction, a light-hearted rom-com, broke new ground i
 n Indian ‘lad-lit’. <strong>In 2017, she wrote her first non-fiction work, 
 the widely-appreciated and critically acclaimed, <em>Status Single</em>, a 
 narrative drawing from the lives of 3000 urban Indian single women, about t
 he daily struggle of being single in a country where the highest validation
  for women remains marriage and motherhood</strong> that was featured on Lo
 s Angeles Times and the Guardian London as a seminal work of female identit
 y. The audio-visual rights of Status Single have just been signed on by Via
 com. </p><p>Sreemoyee's latest work of fiction, <em>Cut </em>takes a look a
 t the stifling environment of government censorship and the struggle of a t
 heatre activist to retain his artistic freedom. Cut was performed as a play
  at Delhi's prestigious National School of Drama, and was directed by legen
 dary theatre director, Abhilash Pillai.</p><p>Sreemoyee is the recipient of
  the NDTV L'Oréal Women of Worth award for Excellence in Literature and the
  United Nations Woman, Young Achiever for Literature. She has just complete
 d her memoirs, <em>Unhealed, </em>by Bloomsbury and has completed an inter-
 generational family saga set in Kolkata, <em>All Our</em> <em>Other Lies.</
 em></p>
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