Anuja

Download or read book Anuja written by Anuja Kapadia and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not just my story or a story of an independent-minded Indian woman called Anuja. The story comprises composite characters, including the first person, made up with combination of lives of some remarkable persons that I have met during so many years. I have used these composite characters to illustrate the theme, that is, the influence of changing circumstances with changing times on an Indian woman’s life, which may not necessarily represent a typical or generalized specimen. Over the centuries, the Indian society has cast a woman in a submissive and self-sacrificing role. On the other hand, men have been accepted as the masters and providers and, perhaps, even if they are susceptible to impropriety, worthy of compassion, and always deserving attention and loyalty from the women. Leading men with authority and writers of scriptures have made such a convenient division! In the changing world, it seems unjust that the abilities and ambitions of women should be constrained in such old fashioned ways. I hope that women in India can try hard to achieve their goals, even if their actions may not comply with traditions.