The Temple Bar Woman| Book Review

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The Temple Bar Woman
Author: Sujata Parashar
Pages: 240



‘The Temple Bar Woman’ is a political thriller about a young innocent girl named Radha aka Rani aka Radhika Kumari Chaudhary who’s never been to the village fair as her father is skeptical to send her to the fair. But one particular day Radha and her friend Seema are determined to visit the village fair and Radha is keen to make her father ready to send her for the same. Having no option left with the poor father agrees to his daughter’s wishes and sends her along with her friend Seema on one promise to return back home soon. Both the girls were enjoying at the fair when all of a sudden a boy bumps into ‘Radha’. When Radha approaches him asking for an apology the boy instead of apologizing misbehaves with her. His ego is hurt and decides to teach Radha a lesson. This is a story of danger, deceit and a daring tale of Radha who is kidnapped, insulted, abused and sold. Will Radha be able to reclaim her dignity and punish her enemies and will she be able to free herself from the people to whom she has been sold? To know, read The Temple Bar Woman

My Thoughts:

We get to see the plight and the ill treatment that women in our society get. Even today people claim that they consider women equal to men and that women should be paid equal but somehow some males still think that women should be constrained to the four walls of their house, making food and looking after the children and family but they somehow forget that women not only look after their home but also spend equal hours in the office as them. This book has handled the sensitive topic of eve teasing, abusing women and how some people after them as an object of sexual desire and not as a person. We also get to see the treatment that people give to prostitutes and are not considered as a part of the society and are neglected and not given any rights.

I loved the writing style of the author and found it quite engaging.

This book deserves 5 stars but the book is a little dragged in between hence the 4 stars. Also, I felt that the cover somehow doesn’t go along with the plot. Otherwise the story is very good and I loved the book and would recommend this book to all.

My Rating: 4/5

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