Anjana Appachana's “Sharmaji"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euB4tAwBXO0&ab_channel=NPTEL-NOCIITM
A lecture on "Sharmaji" from Professor S.P. Dhanavel of the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. The lecture fully describes the context of the story, which may be lost on some Western readers.
Women on Women: Anjana Appachana
http://puneresearch.com/media/data/issues/55faec656e599.pdf
Dr. L.V. Padmarani Rao offers an analysis of the portrayal of women in Incantations and Other Stories.