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Stories for South Asian supergirls / by Raj Kaur Khaira.

by Khaira, Raj Kaur.

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Kashi House, c2019.

920.720899 K45s

Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

South Asians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Alternate title:

Stories for South Asian super girls

132 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

"A treasure trove of 50 illustrated biographies of amazing South Asian women"--Cover.

Noor Jahan -- Anjali Sud -- Deeyah Khan -- Cornelia Sorabji -- Farrah Storr -- Monica Ali -- Robina Muqimyar -- Lhakpa Sherpa -- Bannu Pan Dei -- M.I.A. -- Ruchi Sanghvi -- Nadiya Hussain -- Sana Javeri Kadri -- Hannah Simone -- Jhumpa Lahiri -- Noor Inayat Khan -- Reeta Loi -- Jameela Jamil -- Kalpana Chawla -- Sania Mirza -- Aanchal Malhotra -- Arundhati Roy -- Pritam Kaur Hayre -- Lilly Singh -- Anoushka Shankar -- Shabana Azmi -- Maharani Jind Kaur -- Meera Syal -- Neelam Gill -- Amrita Sher-Gil -- Mira Nair -- Rupi Kaur -- Sophia Duleep Singh -- Karpal Kaur Sandhu -- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy -- Tia Kansara -- Jhansi Ki Rani -- Mindy Kaling -- Ravinder Bhogal -- Imtiaz Dharker -- Jayaben Desai -- Shaina Azad -- Norah Jones -- Razia Sultan -- Gazal Dhaliwal -- Indra Nooyi -- Sana Amanat -- Begum Samru -- Rachel Roy -- Sunaina Sethi.

South Asian girls will have a chance to dream about lives for themselves that radically differ from the limited narratives written for them by their culture, wider society and the media. Through the inspirational stories of 50 famous and under-celebrated women from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, South Asian girls will have a chance to dream about lives for themselves that radically differ from the limited narratives and stereotypes written for them by their culture, wider society and the mainstream media. Bringing together illustrious entertainers (Meera Syal, Jameela Jamil, Mindy Kaling), pioneering business leaders (Indra Nooyi, Anjali Sud, Ruchi Sanghvi) and a host of other, equally remarkable yet less well known, figures (including the British Muslim spy, Noor Inayat Khan, and fearless activist, Jayaben Desai), Stories for South Asian Supergirls seeks to redress the imbalance for young girls of colour by empowering them to break new ground for themselves and to inspire others in the process. Illustrated with striking portraits by ten international South Asian female artists, this is a book for all ages the perfect gift that will be treasured by parents as much as their children will enjoy reading them.

South Asian Book Award Honor.

Biography, Juvenile.

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