Daughter of a Drunkard Monk is Saumya Kaushik's debut novel, being a hard-core feminist the writer has penned down the adversities faced by women in a male patriarchal society the book picks out those issues which prevail in the society and are forgotten down in the papers and news. DODM is the story of the protagonist which c... an be any ordinary girl in similar situation. What, however, appears extraordinary is the grit and courage and confidence with which the protagonist faces all verities of adversities, many of which are simply reflections of her gender and the societal / patriarchal attitude towards girls in such / similar situations.
About the Author Saumya Kaushik is a writer and an avid blogger. Daughter of a Drunkard Monk is her debut novel at the age of nineteen. She has also contributed her writing in the former anthology minds at work 3. She is a literature student and a hard-core feminist. Associated with several NGO's for women empowerment, she believes in an unbiased gender society. She works as an editor at a leading publishing house and loves reading the classics.read more
BIOGRAPHY Saumya’s first book Daughter of a Drunkard Monk, a romance fiction made it to the national best-seller list in 2015. She has held a number of varied jobs in marketing across different industries in the past. In her freelancing career of over 5 years, Saumya has written for major print and online publications such as ... Your Story, Women’s Era, Entrepreneur India, Women’s Web and The Speaking Tree. She has been the editor of two anthologies – ‘Miles Apart’ and ‘Meri Kalam’ and also contributed to ‘Minds at Work 3’ – an anthology compiled by female writers of India. She loves travelling, blogging, doodling, playing chess and most of all spending time watching cricket. She was awarded ‘Best Blogger of the Year’ by Times Network in July 2018 for her blog ‘Insanely Sane’. Saumya lives in New Delhi, where she does marketing for a Real Estate Giant. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as (isaumyakaushik) or write to her at kaushiksaumya09@gmail.comread more
