Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!
Rate this book!
Write a review?
'The Elephant In The Room' was an entertaining 2-hour read, but I don't wish to review this. For Taruni Kumar from Firstpost seems to have articulated my thoughts better than anyone else, when she writes: 'The foreword, written by author and artist Manjula Padmanabhan, blames various ‘elephants’ in the proverbial room for various fears and insecurities that women continue to hold. “Why are so many of us crushed by social pressure until we ourselves no longer believe in ourselves?” The answer, sh...
This is a cool collaboration. Sixteen women artists from Germany and India explore what it means to be a woman.
A collaborative project of Indian and German women artists , which was released post Nirbhaya rape incident. The book looks upon the normative societal expectations of women which may look regressive , but still exists even today. The art is pretty cool and the themes born out of artists' own life experiences makes it interesting. But, the kind of upper middle class and socially privileged (atleast in some ways ) gender experiences , which reverberate the concerns of first wave feminism become p...
This beautiful, provoking collection of comics and art totally blew my mind. What a wonderful way to explore two vastly different cultures (Germany and India) from the perspective of young women. The final story about the grandmother was definitely my favorite.
Another one of the collection of short graphic stories from Zubaan, coming out of a collaboration between German and Indian artists. There was Drawing the Line before this and also Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean that was published under Young Zubaan.While there are many nice stories in the collection, the highlight of the collection for me was Looking Up by Reshu Singh. Her illustration style sat so well with the story! My heart melted on the last page. This followed by 3 one page pieces by Barbar...
A fantastic collection from many different female illustrators. Funny, sad, and entirely compelling.
When women draw their world, it is bound to be spectacular. I was surprised by how relatable this book is. But then I realised it's because it's not everyday that I see/read a book that depicts the world from the point of view of a woman. In here, there are stories, opinions, fears, successes, perspectives-it's a fun book for both men and women to read.
Every one of these visual short stories felt relevant to me despite the differences between all the authors, and their experiences, and my own.
The last story, by Priya Kuriyan is a masterpiece!