If you missed these 3 books by Indian female authors in 2017, you need to read them now

These books will leave you impressed. Photo Courtesy: Amazon.in

Don't we all want to know about women and their lives? And not through the voice of some male writer, but by women who have lived through the struggle and joy of being a woman. These three novelists will satisfy that urge and make you laugh, cry, clap and be angry too.

1. Bijnis Women : Stories of Uttar Pradesh I heard from My parents, Mausis and Buas by Tanuja Chandra

Main ayi hu UP, Bihar lootne. Somehow women in UP have been portrayed in a strange manner in Bollywood, as dancers, as women who are dominated by husbands.But this book is about the 'bijnis women' of UP. This book has all kinds of stories that are told by relatives, but are never written about.

From a lazy daughter-in-law to a newly blossoming love story, the stories in themselves might not be new, but that they are about women of UP. You get to take a peek inside their lives, and wouldn't you?

Paperback: 224 pages

Publisher: Penguin Random House India

Language: English

Price (on Amazon) : Rs. 164

Somehow women in UP have been portrayed in a strange manner in Bollywood. Photo Courtesy: Amazon.in

2. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaiswal

Orijit Sen's Punjaban, a nude sketch about a confident Punjabi woman, half naked, tying her pyajama after a probable sexual tryst was banned by Facebook. That generated an interest in the sexuality of Punjabi women. And this novel looks at the women who are not even thought of as people who might want sex-widows.

The protagonist Nikki has a book: Red Velvet: Pleasurable Stories for Women, which the widows find out about. And then begins the stories of the widows' tale of pleasure and disappointment.

But this is not about sex. It is about a lot more.

Paperback: 320 pages

Publisher: Harper Collins Language: English

Price (on Amazon ) : Rs. 399

Orijit Sen's Punjaban, a nude sketch about a confident Punjabi woman. Photo Courtesy: Amazon.in

3. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

For those who have read her previous novel, The God of Small Things, you will know Roy has a way of spelling out things you might have been thinking all along. With a hijra as the protagonist, Roy talks about India and its politics, and yes, of happiness in a country that always has more problems that it can handle.

Hardcover: 464 pages

Publisher: Penguin Random House India

Language: English

Price (on Amazon): Rs. 313

Roy has a way of spelling out things you might have been thinking all along. Photo Courtesy: Amazon.in