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The Morning Standard
|February 11, 2026
Writer Anita Nair’s latest short story collection zooms in on women’s lived realities
Writer Anita Nair with copies of Why I Killed My Husband and Other Such Stories
FEW contemporary writers capture the quiet violences of everyday life as sharply as Anita Nair.
In her latest short story collection, Why I Killed My Husband and Other Such Stories (Westland Books), she turns her gaze to women who endure, ‘adjust’ and sometimes rebel, not always loudly, but with a resolve shaped by years of being unseen. Across six stories set against the backdrop of a fractured sociopolitical landscape, she examines how power operates, in ways so normalised that they escape notice. Excerpts from a conversation:
The title immediately catches attention, but the stories unfold quietly. What drew you to the contrast?
The title
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