Women’s Perspective Archives

Pen Yen Adimaiyanal: When the Truth Refuses to Be Polite

I finished reading Pen Yen Adimaiyanaal by Periyar last week. I’m still thinking about it. Not because I agreed with…

January 20, 2026by Anjana Devi6 min read

Some books are love stories. Some are political novels. The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore is both, and…

January 7, 2026by Anjana Devi10 min read

There’s a particular kind of suffocation that comes from being told you’re free while living in a cage. The Silent…

December 23, 2025by Anjana Devi7 min read

These aren’t your typical feminist books with speeches about equality or manifestos about rights. These are books where women simply…

November 26, 2025by Anjana Devi11 min read

We all know the Ramayana. It’s one of those stories that’s been told so many times, in so many ways,…

September 13, 2025by Anjana Devi14 min read

I don’t know how to talk about this book without first telling you I wasn’t ready for it. I picked…

April 20, 2025by Anjana Devi10 min read