Elen Turner

Elen Turner is a former Assistant Editor at Himal Southasian. She has a PhD from Australian National University on contemporary Indian feminist publishing, and has written widely on Southasian literature and gender issues.

A troubled homecoming: Prajwal Parajuly’s Indian Nepalis, at home and away

Prajwal Parajuly's two books – published in Southasia and around the world in 2013 and 2014 – were accompanied by a large marketing fanfare. The Gurkha's Daughter – a

By Elen Turner

/ 15 Dec 2014

Of shadows, skins and stones: three novels by Pakistani women authors Kamila Shamsie, Fatima Bhutto and Uzma Aslam Khan

(This is a review from our September 2014 print quarterly, 'The Southasian Military Complex'. See more from the issue here.) For a few years, Pakistani English literature has

By Elen Turner

/ 10 Sep 2014

Of shadows, skins and stones: three novels by Pakistani women authors Kamila Shamsie, Fatima Bhutto and Uzma Aslam Khan

Who is Taslima Nasrin?: An attempt to unravel the mythology and persona of the controversial author

Hanifa Deen, a Melbourne-based author of Southasian descent writing narrative non-fiction (as she calls her genre), has built a career exploring issues related to Islam and women, and particularly to

By Elen Turner

/ 15 Jul 2013

Who is Taslima Nasrin?: An attempt to unravel the mythology and persona of the controversial author

Prescience or coincidence?: William Dalrymple’s detailed look at the first Anglo-Afghan war hypothesises parallels between then and now, but how many of these pass muster?

William Dalrymple's most recent book Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan 1839-1842, is the third of the author's major historical works that looks at

By Elen Turner

/ 14 May 2013

Prescience or coincidence?: William Dalrymple’s detailed look at the first Anglo-Afghan war hypothesises parallels between then and now, but how many of these pass muster?