Besharam
About This Book
Besharam is a guide for young Indian women, drawn from the author's own life across several countries. Priya-Alika Elias sets out to explain the things nobody explained to her generation, and to look hard at the weight of expectation that comes with growing up female in India. The book takes on sex, love and dating, and the taboos that still surround them in a society changing faster than most people can keep up with. It also asks bigger questions about who we are. What should our culture mean to us? How are we meant to present ourselves on social media? Do women have the same right as men to loiter in public spaces? And why are there so many euphemisms for menstruation? The tone is that of a very good big sister, or a candid encyclopedia: frank, practical and on your side. Its central message is one young Indian women rarely hear, which is that it is fine to put yourself first and not feel guilty about it. Part memoir and part manual, Besharam offers an ambitious, modern feminism written for the Indian woman of today.
ISBN: 9780143445883
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