She Seeks is the fifth book of short stories in the ‘She’ series published by a group of fourteen women authors of Indian origin spread across the world. Hailing from different professional backgrounds, the SHE project’s main aim is to provide a creative platform for
women’s voices and their reflections from daily lives. None of the authors come from a ‘purely literary’ background—and yet, as scientists, bankers, professors, engineers, managers and homemakers, they all have a story to share.

The first book of short stories, She Speaks, was published in 2019. The next book, She Celebrates (published 2020; relaunched in 2021) was a compilation of stories that drew on Indian festivals. Flash Fiction was the genre of choice in She Reflects (2021). She Shines (2022)
showcased the struggle of women belonging to marginal groups.

The stories in She Seeks essentially revolve around how humans have used their minds to navigate a complex world. The mind, in constant interaction with a dynamic environment, is perpetually seeking answers. Sometimes this takes the form of a yearning for or
a desire to connect with the past—often termed as nostalgia. The journey down the memory lane can shed a light on a present predicament or a problem or lead to new self-realizations. In other situations, the mind works like a laser beam; honing in on an enigma or mystery with a singular objective of solving it. The mind prescribes what action is required to be taken in times of
imminent danger or threats. Such actions can take the form of fight or flight, adrenalin-fueled adventures, or outmanoeuvring the adversary by deploying—to paraphrase the famous detective Hercule Poirot—one’s ‘gray cells.’