Mysuru :
In India, for a woman irrespective of her education and economic status, marriage is still the sole purpose of her life. Lofty degrees, high qualification, progressive career… everything in life is directed towards finding a good match. Why a failed marriage is still believed to be the end of the road for women? Why a daughter is not considered settled until she is married?
Last Sunday at Just Books clc Mysuru, the discussion surrounded around women and their vulnerability in marriage. Under its Meet-the-Author programme, the audience got an opportunity to interact with the city-based author Sujata Rajpal, whose debut novel The Other End of the Corridor was released recently.
The story revolves around domestic abuse and resilience of today’s woman in such circumstances. Though the protagonist in the novel is a woman and the story is centered around troubled marriage, there were equal number of men in the audience curious to know more about Leela’s life journey.
“There is nothing more satisfactory for an author than to interact with the audience. Just Books provides an excellent platform to connect authors and readers. I was highly impressed with the quality of interaction at Just Books,” says author Sujata Rajpal.
In the rapid fire session, Pallavi, MC for the day threw light on bringing awareness about taking help from life coach and relationship counsellor when marriage has weak links but the moot point is how many people are ready to accept that they have a troubled marriage, and it needs professional help.
“The interaction with the audience takes the author to the next level. The awareness about self is very important. Marriage can be and should be a continuous experience of life which magnifies innumerable possibilities for a woman to become independent both financially as well as emotionally. If a woman doesn’t stand for herself, no one else will — this is the essence of the book The Other End of the Corridor,” says Poornima Kumar, Manager, Just Books, Mysuru.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday – July 19th, 2015