Pages to Inspire :Essential Reads for Every Woman
Unlock Your Potential: Discover the Power of These Essential Reads for Women
Palace of illusions -Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
This book is amazing. Especially the first half.if you’re into Indian mythology and want to learn Mahabharata from a women perspective, that too from the main lead Draupadi.just go for it.
This book shows how a women emotions,if not controlled can lead to worst consequences. Narrated by Panchaali, wife of the five Pandava brothers, the novel traces her life from fiery birth and lonely childhood, where her beloved brother is her only true companion; through her complicated friendship with the enigmatic Krishna; to marriage, motherhood and her secret attraction to the mysterious man who is her husbands’ most dangerous enemy.
Author is portrayed here as young wife. It shows a thin line between love, obsession and domestic violence after marriage and the emotional blackmail of partners. Very beautifully written. All that shines is not gold…very well potrayed in this book.
‘When I Hit You’ is a story told in the first person. The unnamed woman narrator talks about how she fell in love with a professor and married him. She is a writer, is widely read, has a deep and wide intellect, and has leftist leanings. He seems to have similar thoughts to hers in many things. But after they get married, things unravel slowly. He undermines her in every way, takes away her freedom slowly, first in small ways, by inflicting violence on himself and emotionally blackmailing her and then in big ways. Then he starts beating her when she defies him and violently rapes her. Will our nameless heroine get out of this bleak, violent situation before it gets too late? You should read the book to find out.
The Story is Fictional in Nature Yet the Writing Style of the Story Is So Impressive That a Reader Would Feel That Events Are Happening in Real in Front of Him/her.
The author is a master story teller. It was so lucid that while reading you sort of start living the characters.
While the story was splendid weaving across generations, countries and capturing the political turmoil of Nepal, i particularly liked the writing style. There was elements of laughter, sorrow, magic realism, myths and surprise!
While Meena and Priti were great, I particularly liked the character of Adi. Respect for the character!
The book beautifully captures the journey of a women to preserve her identity in a foreign land!
Must read to have a peak into the Indian-Nepalese cultures.