In her collection of essays, Besharam, author Priya-Alika Elias discusses the perplexities of young brown women
- by Archit-Jain
- Apr 28, 2019 10:24
It has been atough place for women to make a name for Themselves but depite of all the hardships they are ovecoming all the obstacles that are being thrown towards them with utmost dignity and integrety. for example:
A 30-year-old lawyer, writer, and fierce feminist’s part-manual, part-memoir is full of pop culture references and news items from the past decade or so, that elicit a chuckle, a sigh, and lots of nodding at regular intervals.It’s a harsh word — Besharam — and yet so familiar. One can’t deny ever hearing the word hurled in their direction, especially if one is a young woman in India, with the gumption to speak her mind.
It is also the title of Priya-Alika Elias’s debut book, a collection of essays that fire several salvos at the patriarchy across seven sections — sex, love, hurt, culture, failure, judgement and independence. The 30-year-old lawyer, writer, and fierce feminist’s part-manual, part-memoir is full of pop culture references and news items from the past decade or so, that elicit a chuckle, a sigh, and lots of nodding at regular intervals.
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