A mother by the Window by Kapil Raj | Change Stories | Book review

 "We live how we think, and we think how we choose to live. Progress is hard; change is heroic."

Book review:

I was highly immersed and impacted by the writing of Kapil Raj, especially after reading A Gutterful Life and Kuroopa. Each of his stories has a deep meaning and a desire to bring a change in the typical stereotypes prevailing in Indian society. In "A Mother by the Window", he points out the pitiful condition of the married woman. I was reading about The Enclave or Unashamed but it touches the reality of many women in India or abroad.

The author revolves around testing the suspicions put on mothers and attempts to depict them as individuals who exist inside society. In the story, Neetu, a traditional Indian housewife, is portrayed as moving toward her ordinary endeavours loyally. Despite having individual cravings, she was obliged to marry early and changed following social principles of quiet submission and compensation. She maintains her significant other's choices with close to no external pressure, understanding the social suspicions set upon her.

Neetu tries to build her identity on social media like her other friends. But after marriage what seems to be little stealing time from household chores irritates the persons who get effected by it. Sometimes the other members do not even bother to recognize your efforts or even let you dream of some liberty in duties levied on you. The same situation is for Neetu. I was intrigued to find out how she overcame this trauma and who became her moral support through that time.

Kapil Raj's work is fluid, with an uncanny ability to bring readers into Neetu's world. His use of language is intriguing, laying out clear photos of Neetu's local life and her electronic persona. The story voice is thoughtful, offering significant pieces of information into the legend's psyche without censuring, a strategy that charms readers to Neetu as well as invites them to introspect their own lives.

Neetu's character is a material of complexity and improvement, making her draw anyone who has ever dared to dream past their close-by conditions. The story's imagination lies in its nuanced portrayal of the duality of individual longing versus social suspicion, a subject that resonates by and large.

The book's pacing looks like the common example of life's rhythms—from time to time fast with sudden turns, at others slow and intelligent. This development keeps readers associated with, restlessly going pages to find whether Neetu finds the congruity between her everyday life and the draw of Instagram differentiation.

Overall, "A Mother by the Window" is a reflection of character, reinforcement, and the mission for smugness. It moves the reader to consider as far as possible set by society and the expectations inside everyone to transcend them.

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