Intriguing Women is a short story collection in which we travel across the world noticing some very interesting and unique women.
Intriguing Women is Lakshmi Raj Sharma’s third work of fiction. After the success of his debut novel The Tailor’s Needle and his first book of short stories Marriages Are Made In India, Sharma now publishes a second, masterly collection of stories about women in all their infinite – and intriguing – variety. Male readers may learn something useful too...
The stories have international and Indian settings. We visit Europe, we travel to Afghanistan and we celebrate the rich variety of the Indian continent. These are women who may seem superficially normal, but might not be, and women who strive for normality at all costs. Sharma also raises questions; can a woman reconcile herself to terrorism? How do we react to a woman who kills several of her husbands? Definitions of femininity are examined and magnified through the prism of fiction.
We meet women who despite years of oppression, are smart enough to ride the 21st century successfully, while others are left behind, unable to handle the complexities of modern life. These stories report, reflect and examine the feminine nature.
What is it like to be born a woman, most particularly an Indian woman? Intriguing stories indeed…
I'm intrigued by this book. How a man can write about women, and do it in fiction, is really beyond me. But then, you are an exceptional writer, and perhaps, have a keen sense of understanding people in general to allow you to attempt to get into the minds of the distaff side. I commend you for the attempt and hope that you don't fail. ;-)
I've been fortunate to get to know several Indian women. They were all highly educated and motivated. They seemed to be fully in charge of their men and their households. Perhaps this is because of the long history of matriarchy in your country. On the contrary, I have found the women of Pakistan to be much more submissive and, while also seeking higher education, not so ambitious.
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