Review of "Nirbhaya & others who DARED" by Kusum Choppra
About
Author:
Kusum
Choppra with various experiences from life and the world around her has rich
background for writing from women’s viewpoints; picking out grains of truth to
tell stories that set aside patriarchal inculcation, for a female perspective.
She has two novels published before this one. Beyond Diamond Rings and Mastani.
Writing
Style: 4/5
“Nirbhaya
& others who DARED” is a collection of 22 stories based on various strata
of society. Few of them are Thakuraains and few of them are peasants. Few of
them are simple housewives and few of them working women. These women represent
stories of the entire woman gender. Trodden and humiliated by world, this
gender has suffered from the very day of her creation and it has continued till
date. The form of injustice and suffering continues in many way. Rape,
adultery, infanticide, dowry, human trafficking, forced into prostitution and many
more to pen down. These 22 stories are the mirror of the society in true way as
you will be able to bring out the memories of the same characters around you.
One of the stories affected me so deeply that I had a dream at night as if I
was passing through same kind of ordeal. Kusum’s writing style reminded me of
absurd dramas where characters lost in their own thoughts speak them out. All
of the stories are quite touching and the best fact I found in these stories is
the spirit of fighting against all injustices and humiliations. All of them
reminded me of a quote by Voltaire “Injustice in the end produces
independence.” In each story every woman faces injustice in various forms but
at the end they rebel and achieve the life they wish to have.
Wish to
read more great works from Kusum.
My overall
rating for this work is 4/5.
Genre:
Fiction
Paperback:
284 pages
Publisher:
Vitasta Publishing pvt ltd
Language:
English
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