Shivalika Agarwal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4237616 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shivalika Agarwal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shivalika |
| FAMILY NAME | Agarwal |
| SIGNATURE | AGARWAL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2344-1223 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“There is No One Ideology; There are Many”
Through this interview, the author explores the nuanced perspective of distinguished expert Professor Ruth Vanita on gender and sexuality, same-sex marriage, motherhood, and love in India. She shares her research, work, and experiences of motherhood, offering a unique perspective on how mothering works for women of all sexual orientations and providing an opportunity to consider various viewpoints in the current discussion surrounding lesbian mot…
Do I Exist
Notes1 A vocal genre of Indian music.2 Any of the various specialist schools or methods of classical music or dance.3 Bai is a term used widely across India but conveys different meanings. However, here it refers to women belonging to the lower class or women considered to be promiscuous.4 A large four-stringed lute used in Indian music as a drone accompaniment.Additional informationNotes on contributorsShivalika AgarwalShivalika Agarwal is a pub…
The agony of Jesmin’s body
Colonized Brown Motherhood
Mothering is a bond mothers share with their children, a feeling they experience subjectively. Yet motherhood is more often seen as a construct to be followed and by which to be judged. This societal expectation takes away what Andrea O'Reilly describes as the mother's 'agency' (2004). Motherhood has been bifurcated in meaning, as Adrienne Rich observes in Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution (1976), between '[...] the potentia…
“Giving Birth is One Way but Not the Only way…”
According to Lori Nelson Spielman, Saumya Dave’s Well-Behaved Indian Women is a “stunning debut [and] celebration of women – their loves and loyalties, dreams and disappointments, hopes and heartbreaks’. This interview focuses on Saumya Dave’s work and views on motherhood and mothering. Dave is also a psychiatrist, and through this discussion on her novel, we have attempted to understand how “mothering” is practised in ways a woman is brought up …
I believe there are as many motherhoods as there are mothers
Jerry Pinto has always been a man of words and wit, as reflected in his career as a journalist, writer, and teacher. Em and the Big Hoom, his best-known novel, is described as a "profoundly moving book", by Amitav Ghosh, who says: "I cannot remember when I last read something as touching." Pinto's debut novel depicts family relationships, hardships, and mental illness while reflecting on the practice and discourse of Indian motherhood. This conve…
I believe there are as many motherhoods as there are mothers
Jerry Pinto has always been a man of words and wit, as reflected in his career as a journalist, writer, and teacher. Em and the Big Hoom, his best-known novel, is described as a "profoundly moving book", by Amitav Ghosh, who says: "I cannot remember when I last read something as touching." Pinto's debut novel depicts family relationships, hardships, and mental illness while reflecting on the practice and discourse of Indian motherhood. This conve…
Do I Exist
Notes1 A vocal genre of Indian music.2 Any of the various specialist schools or methods of classical music or dance.3 Bai is a term used widely across India but conveys different meanings. However, here it refers to women belonging to the lower class or women considered to be promiscuous.4 A large four-stringed lute used in Indian music as a drone accompaniment.Additional informationNotes on contributorsShivalika AgarwalShivalika Agarwal is a pub…
Colonized Brown Motherhood
Mothering is a bond mothers share with their children, a feeling they experience subjectively. Yet motherhood is more often seen as a construct to be followed and by which to be judged. This societal expectation takes away what Andrea O'Reilly describes as the mother's 'agency' (2004). Motherhood has been bifurcated in meaning, as Adrienne Rich observes in Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution (1976), between '[...] the potentia…
“Giving Birth is One Way but Not the Only way…”
According to Lori Nelson Spielman, Saumya Dave’s Well-Behaved Indian Women is a “stunning debut [and] celebration of women – their loves and loyalties, dreams and disappointments, hopes and heartbreaks’. This interview focuses on Saumya Dave’s work and views on motherhood and mothering. Dave is also a psychiatrist, and through this discussion on her novel, we have attempted to understand how “mothering” is practised in ways a woman is brought up …
I believe there are as many motherhoods as there are mothers
Jerry Pinto has always been a man of words and wit, as reflected in his career as a journalist, writer, and teacher. Em and the Big Hoom, his best-known novel, is described as a "profoundly moving book", by Amitav Ghosh, who says: "I cannot remember when I last read something as touching." Pinto's debut novel depicts family relationships, hardships, and mental illness while reflecting on the practice and discourse of Indian motherhood. This conve…
The agony of Jesmin’s body
Colonized Brown Motherhood
Mothering is a bond mothers share with their children, a feeling they experience subjectively. Yet motherhood is more often seen as a construct to be followed and by which to be judged. This societal expectation takes away what Andrea O'Reilly describes as the mother's 'agency' (2004). Motherhood has been bifurcated in meaning, as Adrienne Rich observes in Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution (1976), between '[...] the potentia…
Do I Exist
Notes1 A vocal genre of Indian music.2 Any of the various specialist schools or methods of classical music or dance.3 Bai is a term used widely across India but conveys different meanings. However, here it refers to women belonging to the lower class or women considered to be promiscuous.4 A large four-stringed lute used in Indian music as a drone accompaniment.Additional informationNotes on contributorsShivalika AgarwalShivalika Agarwal is a pub…
“There is No One Ideology; There are Many”
Through this interview, the author explores the nuanced perspective of distinguished expert Professor Ruth Vanita on gender and sexuality, same-sex marriage, motherhood, and love in India. She shares her research, work, and experiences of motherhood, offering a unique perspective on how mothering works for women of all sexual orientations and providing an opportunity to consider various viewpoints in the current discussion surrounding lesbian mot…
Art (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Conversation (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (2 works) · Literature (2 works)