Writer, poet, and social activist, Meera Khanna is Trustee and Executive Vice President of the Guild of Service, an NGO working with and for the empowerment of vulnerable women and children. Meera Khanna has worked as a Consultant on the status of women, Government of India, served as a member on the Expert Committee on Widows constituted by the Supreme Court of India, is on the Global Steering Committee working on a treaty on violence against women, and has helped create a global alliance, ‘The Last Woman First’ for empowering underprivileged women. Her writing on women’s rights has been published in newspapers, journals and anthologies, and her creative expressions have been adapted for dance. Among her widely-acclaimed books is one on career counselling, a collection of poems on Kashmir, and Breaking Paths, which is based on real life narratives. She is co-editor, with Dr Mohini Giri, of Mantras for Positive Ageing.
Virtual interview:
No particular favourites, though I like Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Vidya Balan.
Do you prefer Trains or planes?
Scandinavian countries, North East India.
What book have you found either the most overrated or underrated?