It's International Women's Day
today!
It's also exactly a month since my new
novel, "The Temple Bar Woman - a tale of danger, deceit and daring,"
was released in Delhi.
I've more than one reason to celeberate the spirit of womanhood. And pay a tribute to all the wonderful women in my life...including the female characters portrayed in all my books.
A bit about my new novel and its formal launch in Delhi-
The book is a work of fiction and
narrates the story of Radha - a simple village school teacher who is kidnapped for a flimsy reason by a
powerful politician and his friends, insulted and abused before being sold to
an upscale brothel in a city in an unconscious state. This is a story of her
escape, rage and revenge and her quest to seek
out and punish the man who destroyed her life.
If you take it at
face value, the book is a racy read; however, it is an attempt to open
the floor for discussion and get people talking about sexual violence and abuse
openly. So that the subject becomes a part of living room conversations
just like drug or alcohol abuse issues or any other problem afflicting the
society. The event was hosted by SheThePeopleTv – The Book
Club along with their venue partner, SodaBottleOpenerwala in Khan Market, New
Delhi.
I also decided to have a couple of panel
discussions at the formal book launch event and invited prominent citizens of the
city to discuss and share their views.
Dr. Tripti Sharan (a gynaecologist who has handled
rape and abuse cases and a writer; Dr. Sanjay Chugh (psychologist); Ms. Richa
Mohan (Psychosocial trainer, social worker and researcher in the said area);
Shri Harry Dhaliwal; (Jt. Comm. of Police famous for handling the sensational
Dhaula Kuan Rape case) were the guests of honour at the launch function. There were
two short - panel discussions focusing on different facets of the issue
moderated by me:
1) Are we as a culture in a state of denial as far as
sexual abuse is concerned?
2) Trivialising Gender violence: Social norms and
attitudes
The
discussions were followed by the book launch by Guests of honour and cake cutting.
Happy Women's Day! Keep Smiling! :)
Times of India - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/book-launches/book-release-the-temple-bar-woman-by-sujata-parashar/articleshow/62880852.cms
HindustanTimes(Hindi)-http://mepaper.livehindustan.com/?mainedition=Delhi&edname=Delhi&pgdate1=2018-02-10&edcode=1&strmmode=1&Page=7
Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.in/Temple-Bar-Women-Sujata-parashar/dp/B079JKGBN9
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