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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.\n
Ab
 out the Speaker:\n
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu is an acclaimed lifestyle journalist
  who has worked in leading publications like Times of India, India Today, M
 idday and The Asian Age and created editorial blueprints with breakthrough 
 publications, like, Metronow (joint venture between Hindustan Times and Tim
 es of India). After more than a decade in print media, she migrated to PR w
 here she helmed the Media Strategy Division of Genesis Hanmer Marstellar an
 d headed the Entertainment and Lifestyle vertical of Hanmer MSL. \n
Sreemoy
 ee debuted with Faraway Music, her critically lauded, first novel, in 2013,
  followed by her bestselling feminist erotica, Sita’s Curse, which explored
  female desire through the eyes of a Gujarati housewife. The sweeping succe
 ss of the novel also saw Sreemoyee burst on the scene as one of India's str
 ongest female voices on gender and sexuality.\n
You’ve Got the Wrong Girl, 
 her third work of fiction, a light-hearted rom-com, broke new ground in Ind
 ian ‘lad-lit’. In 2017, she wrote her first non-fiction work, the widely-ap
 preciated and critically acclaimed, Status Single, a narrative drawing from
  the lives of 3000 urban Indian single women, about the daily struggle of b
 eing single in a country where the highest validation for women remains mar
 riage and motherhood that was featured on Los Angeles Times and the Guardia
 n London as a seminal work of female identity. The audio-visual rights of S
 tatus Single have just been signed on by Viacom. \n
Sreemoyee's latest work
  of fiction, Cut takes a look at the stifling environment of government cen
 sorship and the struggle of a theatre activist to retain his artistic freed
 om. Cut was performed as a play at Delhi's prestigious National School of D
 rama, and was directed by legendary theatre director, Abhilash Pillai.\n
Sr
 eemoyee is the recipient of the NDTV L'Oréal Women of Worth award for Excel
 lence in Literature and the United Nations Woman, Young Achiever for Litera
 ture. She has just completed her memoirs, Unhealed, by Bloomsbury and has c
 ompleted an inter-generational family saga set in Kolkata, All Our Other Li
 es.\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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