PVLF 2025 | Session The Layers of Identity Navigating Love, Duty, and the Unknown| Jyoti Barmola Mamgain, Vani Kaushal, Himanjali Sankar & Rrashima Swarup Verma

Authors explored love, duty & the unknown in The Layers of Identity at PVLF 2025, sharing insights on self, history, and society through their works.

on Feb 18, 2025

In this thought-provoking session, The Layers of Identity: Navigating Love, Duty, and the Unknown, four remarkable authors—Jyoti Barmola Mamgain, Vani Kaushal, Himanjali Sankar, and Rrashima Swarup Verma—delved deep into the complexities of identity, exploring how love, duty, and the unknown shape our understanding of self and the world around us.

Jyoti Barmola Mamgain shared insights from her memoir, Drills, Thrills and Spills: An Army Wife’s Tales (Om Books International), shedding light on life within the Indian Army and the personal sacrifices that define a soldier’s life. Vani Kaushal, through her captivating novel Mr. Joshi’s Bride (Vishwakarma Publications), touched on the intricacies of love and social expectation, while Himanjali Sankar, with The Burnings: Gothic Horror for Fans of Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, and Edgar Allan Poe (Pan Macmillan), wove tales of mystery and psychological depth that challenge our understanding of identity in the face of terror.

Rrashima Swarup Verma’s The Mewar Conspiracy: An Epic Saga of How the Rajputs Defeated Aurangzeb (Srishti Publishers) offered a compelling historical perspective, blending love, war, and legacy to highlight how identity is shaped by larger forces of history and culture.

Together, these authors brought a diverse yet interconnected narrative, unraveling how love, duty, and the unknown influence our personal and collective identities.

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