Veena Venugopal is the author of two books, The Mother in Law, a study of the phenomenon of the Indian mother-in-law, and Would You Like Some Bread With That Book, a collection of essays on books and reading. She works at The Hindu where she is the Editor of Briefcase, a mobile news app. She writes extensively on gender issues and books. Books by Veena Venugopal Would You Like Some Bread with that Book? and Other Instances of Literary Love The Mother-in-Law: The Other Woman in Your Marriage