In 2016, British feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez was on her morning jog when she noticed that there were no statues of women in Parliament Square, Westminster. She then launched a campaign demanding for them. This led the London Mayor to commission Gillian Wearing to create a statue of a suffragist, Millicent Fawcett. Fawcett became … Continue reading Invisible Women – A Review
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Book Review: The Wildings and The Hundred Names of Darkness
The Wildings and The Hundred Names of Darkness: A Two-Part Book Review by Mira Saraf [How a Two-Part Series about a Bunch of Cats Won This Reader’s Heart] Every so often, you come across a book so out of the box that you’re not quite sure what to make of it. The Wildings, by Nilanjana … Continue reading Book Review: The Wildings and The Hundred Names of Darkness
Book Review: The Shooting Star
What are the fears and challenges when you travel solo? Popular travel blogger Shivya Nath, who has been traveling solo from the age of 23, shares her journey and experiences in her book The Shooting Star. Piyusha Vir reviews The Shooting Star by Shivya Nath for IWI. When I first heard of Shivya Nath as … Continue reading Book Review: The Shooting Star
Book Review: The Forgotten Garden
Mira Saraf reviews The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton for IWI. The Forgotten Garden is the story of Nell Andrews, a woman who was abandoned on a boat at the age of 4, with no memory of her past. Raised by a dock master and his wife, when she is told the truth about her … Continue reading Book Review: The Forgotten Garden
Book Review: Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is author Ayn Rand's most famous novel. It invites starkly differing views from readers. Mira Saraf shares her thoughts after reading the mammoth book. “Atlas Shrugged”, over a thousand pages in length (and I might add in hard copy printed only with the tiniest of fonts), is Ayn Rand’s final novel. It is … Continue reading Book Review: Atlas Shrugged