TMYS Review is an erstwhile digital imprint of Tell Me Your Story OPC Pvt. Ltd. (TMYS), launched during the COVID lockdown. The first issue came out in June 2020. TMYS Review will now be available in paperback copies along with ebooks, starting from the June issue of 2022. The publishing partner is Readomania, registered as Kurious Kind Media Private Limited.
The June 2022 issue of TMYS Review is themed on Beliefs and Social Customs in collaboration with Global South Colloquium, University of Victoria, under the annual theme of Cultural Identity and Ideology. The project called for submissions of essays, short stories and poems.
TMYS Review sets up quarterly projects to research various themes of academic and social significance. The editorial vision is to curate a unique think tank where literary commentaries by established and emerging scholars from Humanities interprets the voice of the contemporary generation through their stories. Under each project, TMYS Review enables cross-culture and cross-continent learning exchange through a series of panel discussions with global thought leaders. Themed with a focus on culture and women, TMYS Review has launched its projects in association with renowned institutions in the past – the University of Birmingham, Environmental Humanities Center (Amsterdam), Oxford University Press, York University, University of Victoria and others.
Dr. Sourav Banerjee, the series editor for TMYS Review added, “The pandemic has unequivocally revealed that though a lot can be accomplished online, there is scope for more depending on how ambitious one is. TMYS review has experienced the raw talent and untapped potentials of deserving scholars who are sufficiently new to the writing world and hence struggle for recognition. We are happy to support their aspirations further with the joy of holding a printed book.”
The gender binary from cultural history has suffered many centuries of regressive stereotyping in popular narratives. This includes the image of the man (imposing a macho identity), woman (often with sexist undertones) and womanly (applies to all genders). They impress that the 'ideal' women is timid, obedient, silent and sacrificing. The contemporary status of women is often conditioned by the perceived cultural preferences. Founded by Koral Dasgupta, Tell Me Your Story (TMYS) inspires social engagement and behavioural change for Inclusion and Diversity through storytelling and literature.
TMYS projects are primarily student run with a predominant women force and men aiming gender equality. All projects run by TMYS can be accessed here.
TMYS encourages creative writing and critical thinking through various literary activities to bring together the cultural and contemporary, revisiting the stories of the past with modern sensibilities. Curating personal stories of people about a place or time inspire that vision because such documents are important contributors through which history can be recorded and evolution can be explained. Conscious exposure and involvement with such recordings help in pushing intellectual empowerment through gender sensitivity.
The objectives of TMYS are:
- To inspire a rethinking on the cultural identity of Indian women (and men too from their perspectives) so that the vast history of feminine leadership gets their due recognition.
- To relate the past with the contemporary and help people locate themselves in the rich history that sometimes seems distant due to the underrepresented narratives of women’s struggles for emancipation.
- Foster individuals who are logically informed, more empathetic, more creative and inclusive decision makers.
The print edition is now available across the globe via Amazon. Please refer to the links below.
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