Mandakranta Bose

The World My Mother Gave Me

Prof. Mandakranta Bose, the director of the Intercultural Studies in Asia
program in the Faculty of Graduate Studies has produced this volume of essays
by scholars in Asian literature at UBC who explore the ways in which women’s
responses to the world are shared between generations.

The scholars also found that women in India, China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia
often have similar reactions and ways of communicating in dealing with life’s
events.

Bose considers the collection an exciting step towards bringing these diverse
women’s cultures within a common, broad perspective.

“There is a sense of stability among these women which has enriched their
minds. It broadens my own perspective,” Bose says.