Book Review: Afsaneh: Short Stories By Iranian Women Edited By Kaveh Basmenji
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Book Review: Cyber Sexy: Rethinking Pornography By Richa Kaul Padte
Cyber Sexy disseminates how the meaning of pornography is contextual and looks at how men from a certain class, caste and economic background not only define pornography for all, but also create laws around it.
Book Review: Mehboob Murderer By Nupur Anand
Mehboob Murderer by Nupur Ananad is a fast-paced thriller set in Mumbai. The story revolves around a shootout, as an 80-year-old Café Mehboob is targeted by a murderer and suddenly the city is no more just about locals, floods and stars.
Book Review: Fragments Of A Life By Mythili Sivaraman
Fragments of a Life recognises the inherent privilege that comes with certain castes and classes while dissecting the patriarchal notions of the family.
Book Review: Woman Hating By Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin's Woman Hating is powerful, point-black and direct. She attacks the standards of beauty, set for women and opposes the tolerance of pain and romanticisation of that pain.
Book Review: Lamps In A Whirlpool (Suzhalil Mithakkum Deepangal) By Rajam Krishnan
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Book Review: Work Like A Woman: A Manifesto For Change By Mary Portas
Mary Portas’s book, Work Like a Woman is an absorbing piece of work covering the not so evident, yet translucently visible gender prejudice at workplace.
Book Review: Refashioning India by Maitrayee Chaudhuri
Refashioning India, a book by Maitrayee Chaudhuri, tells the story of the unfolding changes in India’s public discourse after 1991.
How Mary Shelley Critiques Patriarchy And Science In Frankenstein
Mary Shelley has already been hailed as a revolutionary figure in the genre, but people little know of her feminist stance, which formed the core message of her debut and most acclaimed novel.
Book Review: Widows Of Vidarbha – Making Of Shadows By Kota Neelima
In Widows of Vidarbha: Making of Shadows, Kota Neelima describes the troubled lives of 16 widows, to whom the state has conveniently turned a blind eye.
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