The Girl Child
by
De. B. Dubois
Blurb
Growing up as a strong-headed single child with a privileged upbringing in Calcutta, Devi has learned much from her surroundings. Her childhood memories are filled with mixed emotions – especially as she remains angry with her mother and the hypocrisy of women in India. On an unexpected journey home, she encounters reality – new stories and experiences of strangers, as well as friends. It has been years since she left Calcutta, yet the city’s untold stories haunt her. This time Devi is back in town to solve issues and above all, through some painful and hard revelations, to make peace with those she can.
My Honest Review:
My Honest Review:
Why in India is it so sinful to be born as a girl? Since the
day a girl is born she is treated as a burden, as a liability, as an object,
who is born to fulfill her duties as a dutiful daughter, wife, daughter in law
and a mother...
The Girl Child is the story of Devi who reminisces her journey of life
since she was born and her experiences and partial treatment she suffered from
her family.
The Author has covered each and every phase each and every
instance of a girl's life. Not only of the protagonist but also of each and
every insult, every torture a woman faces in her day-to-day struggle called
life.
Simple language, easy to relate instances, all makes it an
easy read and easy to connect too.
The Girl Child is a book which can make you angry and sad about the
injustice met and elated on Devi's triumph.
Hats off to the author who chose to wrote on such bold topic. The book is an eye opener and a must read for one and all
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About the author
De.B. is an ordinary person with her daily struggles of being fun and peppy; as all those heavy readings on sociology, philosophy, history, art and culture have done her sombre. – Not that she is complaining, – however when things do get too hectic, her escape solutions are: long walks through nature trails with her adopted Maltese, a good glass of absinthe from Val-de-Travers, and creating visual arts. Her friends best describe De.B. Dubois as, – ‘the hermit’.
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