SHE - Screw Silence | Book Review

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SHE: Screw Silence!
Author: Reecha Agarwal Goyal
Pages: 160



‘SHE – Screw Silence!’ by Reecha Agarwal Goyal is a collection of micro-tales. At first I need to mention that it is a very beautiful book with a beautiful cover page. After reading this book we all can somehow relate to the micro-tales. Even in this 21st century we do get notice gender bias, gender stereotype. Some of them are so imbibed in us that we don’t we notice that we directly or indirectly get to be a part of this stereotype and bias.

There are times when we our doing things which we don’t like. At times we think what the society will think. But in this process we forget our true selves. There are rules made by the society which most of us follow blindly without thinking who made them and what is the true meaning behind them. The situation sometimes gets so worse that girls are even told how to laugh, what to wear, how to behave and for boys it is boys should not cry.

                The author has done an excellent job in putting forward these stereotypes and bias in those short tales. Some of my favourite from the book are:

·         There was a loud applause as she bowed before the audience. She had bought herself the piano table on her 40th birthday. She was 60 today.
·         “Breakfast is my duty, lunch is hers, and dinner is ours,” he told his friends. They laughed at him thinking he was henpecked. He laughed louder at their pea-sized intellect.
·         If his being overweight is a ‘health issue,’ then her being overweight should not be a ‘matrimonial issue!’

There are many more such tales which the readers will find interesting. Each tale deals with the different problems that we as a society always get to experience directly or indirectly.

The language is simple and the readers will not have any problem in going through the book. The book is short and the readers can complete it in one sitting.

Overall, I loved the book and it has successfully put forth the point that we can achieve everything and that we all are equal. I would surely recommend this book to all.

My Rating: 5/5

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