Anthology - Behind the Shadows

The anthology, Behind the Shadows was born out of a meeting between writers Rohini Chowdhury and Zukiswa Wanner. Discussion about commonalities between Asia and Africa and on writing and reading in general led to the idea of this anthology and once the calls for submission went out, they were deluged with stories from which they chose the 20 odd stories in the anthology.
Sucharita’s story is titled 'Cast Out.' It narrates the story of a woman in a conservative Indian village setting. Her husband is the temple priest and her mother died after a life spent as the priestess of her own temple. This woman, Tara, is different from the women around her. The village does not take kindly to her temple visits during her menstrual cycle. This sets off the conflict which ends in not only human beings being cast out due to prejudice, but also the gods themselves who are vulnerable to the villagers' wrath.

Pick a copy of the book on Amazon. The stories from across the continent are heartwarming and make for a delightful read.

Amazon link - Behind The Shadows

Breaking The Bow - Another Journey by Sucharita is part of an anthology of speculative fiction based on The Ramayana.

Sucharita Dutta-Asane is based in Pune. She did her M.Phil in En­glish Literature from the Department of English, University of Pune. In 2008, she received Oxford Bookstores debuting writers' (second) prize for her anthology, The Jungle Stories. Her short stories have appeared in Zubaan's Breaking the Bow, an anthology of speculative fiction based on The Ramayana (2012), Ripples, an Anthology of Short Stories by Indian Women Writers (2010) and in Unisun Publications' Vanilla Desires (2010). Her articles, book reviews, short stories, and a novella, Petals in the Sun have been extensively published across electronic publications. Her short story "Cast Out" is part of the forthcoming Asia-Africa anthology Behind the Shadows. At present Dutta-Asane jug­gles writing with editing and bringing up two very young kids.