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Her words speak to how love and survival shape our identities’\u003cbr\u003eAISHA SULTAN, columnist, St. Louis Post -Dispatch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn evocative collection of eleven autobiographical essays, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGirls Who Said Nothing \u0026amp; Everything\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e navigates the tumultuous journey of self-discovery, shame and love within a dysfunctional family in 1990s India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough candid insights and humour, Meera Vijayann reflects on the deep-seated generational trauma that shapes the lives of Indian women. 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From the welfare state to identity politics, from kitchen economics to public protest, the woman voter now shapes outcomes at every level of India’s electoral landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this timely and deeply reported book, journalist Ruhi Tewari travels across states and communities to understand how Indian women vote – and why. Blending fieldwork, data and political insight, this book – the product of nearly two decades of reportage – traces the rise of the woman voter from silent participant to decisive force. It asks hard questions: Do women vote as women? Does caste or religion override gender at the ballot box? Can development trump identity? What happens when welfare schemes become the new normal and get taken for granted? 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But the peace he has just begun to savour is shattered one night when stones clatter against his tiled roof. As the stone-pelting becomes routine, Nair—once feared as the ruthless 'Kaalan Shreedharan', Kaalan being Yama, the god of death—suspects that retribution may finally be at his door. While some well-wishers see in it the handiwork of supernatural forces, others point to ghosts from his mercenary past. Driven by fear and curiosity, Nair begins retracing his career, compiling a grim list of those he once brutalised, stitched up, turned into scapegoats and nailed to the post.\u003cbr\u003eDevadas V.M.'s Backlash unfolds through Kaalan's encounters with figures entangled in India's darkest chapters—the Emergency, the rise of religious fanaticism, fake encounters and mob violence—events that changed the nation's social fabric.\u003cbr\u003eA haunting meditation on the toxicity of power and the terror of powerlessness in a hyper-masculine society, this gritty novel will hold you taut with suspense until the final page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.M. Devadas was born in 1981 in Wadakkancherry, Kerala. 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