Self-respect Mistaken as Pride
Rereading Darpachurna after twenty years, I realized the pride I once condemned in Indumati was actually her struggle for self-respect within a patriarchal society.
Control in the Disguise of Care
Freya Sampson’s The Busybody Book Club asks when compromise becomes self-erasure and care turns into control.
Ethical Failure of Creation
The latest Frankenstein adaptation can be re-examined as a feminist meditation on creation, abandonment, and patriarchal power shaping both the Creature and Elizabeth.