Santosh Singh

Social Science Researcher, Author, Artist, Family Person

Books

Sun Sign

Aquarius

Three things people don’t know about you?

I like solitude, I like travelling, I like to see crime serials.

What’s your greatest fear?

Fear from Snakes.

What is your greatest achievement?

Working with grass roots Indian women leaders for 20 years.

High point of your life?

My visit to Pakistan and Iran.

Low point of your life

NA

Which living person do you most admire?

Kiran Bedi

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Dev Das

Who is your favorite fictional villain?

Mr. Hiye

Who are your favorite authors?

Mr. Sharat Chandra, Shivani, Jodi Picoult, Janeausten, Agatha Christie

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

Saraswati Chandra, Jane Eyre, Draupadi, Mother, Five Little Pigs

Is there a book you love to reread?

Mother

What are your 5 favorite movies of all time?

Titanic, Avatar, Mother India, Black, Chupke Chupke

One Superpower you wish you had?

Power to Change the World into a Beautiful Habitat where all human beings have food, roof, and clothing.

Your epitaph would read? /Last line in your biography would be?

Where ever you go your karma follows you. Lead a meaningful life.

If you had a time machine to take you back to any country and any time period, where would you choose to be for your childhood, adolosent , adult life and silver years?

India

If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

Singing

Which book you wish you had written ?

Mahabharat

When and where do you write ?

Anytime in the corner I have set in my home.

Silence or music?

Silence

One phrase that you use most often?

Do something meaningful.

Do you have a writing ritual / superstition?

Yes, I believe in the auspiciousness of the moment.

What’s your guilty reading pleasure?

No

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

Perseverance and only perseverance

Dr. Santosh Singh secured her triple Masters in Sociology, English and Education from Lucknow University and Agra University respectively. She holds a doctorate in Sociology from Rajasthan University. She was also awarded post-doctoral fellowship by ICSSR, New Delhi. After a stint of teaching in BDKM Post-Graduate College, Agra, she was given a prestigious assignment of imparting training in secretarial work to the future bureaucrats of Namibia, under the aegis of Internal Security Academy, Mount Abu, Rajasthan. She has been associated with Institute of Social Sciences (ISS) New Delhi since 1996.

Her published works are: – ‘Passion for Flames’; ‘Learning Societies – Shifting Patterns’; ‘Combatant Women’; ‘Violence Against Rural Women’; ‘Women Empowerment and Civil society’ in The Indian Women’s Journey- the last Five Decades.

She has contributed a number of research articles and stories to national journals, magazines and newspapers. She is focusing on women empowerment, water and sanitation, conflict and gendered violence, panchayati raj and civil society. Currently she is senior fellow of Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. She can be reached at singhsantoshchauhan@gmail.com



No media found.

No interviews found.

No videos found.

f
1942 Amsterdam Ave NY (212) 862-3680 chapterone@qodeinteractive.com
[contact-form-7 404 "Not Found"]
Free shipping
for orders over 50%