The Golden Egg Method
By Divya Ghelani. A woman believes her chances of bearing a child have long gone, until she meets a London doctor who is experimenting in IVF.
Five British Asian writers take folktales or traditional stories and rework them in contemporary settings.
Episode 1: The Golden Egg Method by Divya Ghelani.
Inspired by the story of Gandhari in the Mahabharata. A woman believes her chances of bearing a child have long gone, until she meets a London doctor who is experimenting in IVF.
Divya Ghelani was born in Gujarat and grew up in Loughborough, Leicestershire. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and an MPhil in Literary Studies from the University of Hong Kong. She lives between Berlin and the UK where she has published short stories and judged story and flash fiction competitions. She is working on her first novel.
Writer: Divya Ghelani
Reader: Sudha Bhuchar
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
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