Sharron Wallace Photography
A statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, arts, learning
A Tibetan phurba or kila, a Buddhist ritual objec
Silk brocade stole woven in my home town, Varanasi
A photograph of my grandmother, the Jhalak for whom the prize is named
A portrait of me by Daisy Rockwell - the American artist, writers and translator - that she painted for her Odalisque series
Sunny Singh 1984 - present
Biography
Writer and academicA book I wish more people knew about
Sohaila Abdulali's The Madwoman of JogareWhat I know to be true
- " Writing, loving, living, everything that truly brings us joy is hard work, much sorrow, and work of life time. And it's worth it!"
- "Learning is uncomfortable, terrifying, often distressing. If we don't feel any or all of those, we aren't really learning."
- "Kindness is the greatest gift we can give. To others and above all, to ourselves. "