India, July 20 -- "Do you know what the earth is made of?" asked Surbhi Gupta of her audience gathered at Kolkata's iconic Oxford Bookstore one July evening. "It is made of iron deep within its core/yet it produces the softest flowers and the prettiest colours.," she explained in verse.

And that is how she defines women, said Gupta.

The unveiling of the book's cover was followed by an interesting conversation between the author, book blogger and research scientist Dr. Deotima Sarkar, and dancer and scholar, and visiting faculty at international institutions Sohini Roychowdhury, where they discussed the origin of the book, its title, and the message for the readers.

Although her initial compositions were themed on 'triggering notes', Gu...