Besharam: On Love and Other Bad Behaviors By Priya-Alika Elias
2021 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 1641605073 | PDF | 12 MB
"Elias is bold, more-so she is inquisitive.. . .This book is pithy, it's smart. I'm glad it exists."-FarihaRóisín, author ofLike a BirdEssays by an emerging writer that touch on themes of family, culture, body image, sex, and feminismBesharamroughly translates to "shameless" in Hindi. This collection from Indian writer Priya-Alika Elias isa bold, sassy, and brilliantly written book on love, dating, body image, consent, and other issues that women today relate to and men should be thinking about.Elias reflects on, and challenges, the ideas of how women are told by society to be humble, obedient, and ashamed of their actions and desires.Her writing is fresh, feminist, and thought-provoking, disrupting taboos and exploring what it means to be ayoung womanin today's world.