Ginu kamani biography books

Interview with Ginu Kamani, 1998

by Livia Tenzer

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Livia Tenzer: Did the publication of Junglee Girl cause any changes in your life?

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Ginu Kamani: Not only has the book changed my life, but in many ways it has made my life.

Beyond the physical fact of having a book out in print, and laying claim to the category “published author,” what I deal with on a regular basis are the ripples that have spread out from negotiating intersections of culture, gender, sex and class in a public forum. Junglee Girl has very much fulfilled the role of the proverbial rock thrown into the bush, and has made room for me, as a thinker, doer, writer, on a spectrum of excavation, investigation, and activism that is more meaningful than any set of activities I had indulged in previous to the publication of the book.

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Amongst the many concrete changes in my world, Junglee Girl is being utilized as a text in a variety of courses in literature, writing and t