PositiveThe Tribune (IND)Hasan is cannily observant, a sophisticated writer with a wry and subtle sense of humour, with which she highlights the ridiculousness and futility of seemingly ordinary milieus, while never detracting from the increasing alienation of a community.
Sonia Faleiro
RaveThe Tribune (IND)Despite fully knowing exactly how the case played out, Sonia Faleiro’s excellent narrative-reportage unfolds like a crime thriller. It is still a riveting read that completely engages the reader while saddening him/her deeply about the condition of young women in India. Faleiro relentlessly exposes the deep-rooted patriarchy of the Indian system ... No person or institution is spared from Faleiro’s sharp scrutiny. She examines the fumbling investigations by the police, the inept post-mortem examination of the girls’ bodies by the inexperienced doctor who threw up the erroneous report of them being raped and later, backtracked ... As insightful and feminist as it is deeply sympathetic, the book encourages conversations about freedom, misogyny and violence and about women being the sacrificial lambs at the altar of honour, morality and tradition.
