SynopsisThe modern Indian woman – equal to her male counterpart in every aspect of life, be it education, career, intellect, ambition, and the rest – has no equality when it comes to individual freedom or choices, shackled as she is by the fetters variously named ‘tradition’, ‘Indian culture’, or ‘value systems’. And when she rebels, or asserts her right to her individuality, or dares to cross the ring of fire that society has laid around her, she has to pay the price. Conditioned by a male-dominated society, she begins to doubt the free thinking or choices she has made and puts herself in the dock, becoming a self-appointed judge and executioner.
In the Glow of Your Being examines the issues faced by the modern Indian woman and probes deep into the question of a woman’s freedom and its denial by society. It delves into an intelligent, working woman’s dilemma: how, though working alongside her male colleagues, she is expected to be unaffected by any emotional baggage that such close association triggers off, more so if the woman has both beauty and brains.
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About the author
Govind Mishra is a well-established Hindi novelist and short-story writer. In the creative span spread over fi fty years, he has to his credit fifty-three books including ten novels, several collections of short stories and a volume of poetry. He received the Vyas Samman for Paanch Aangno Wala Ghar (The House with Five Courtyards) in 1998, the Sahitya Akademi Award for Kohre Mein Kaid Rang in 2008 and the Subramanyam Bharati Award in 2000.
