An influential book on domestic violence by a victim who came out of the hell (as she says).
Apart from some research and analysis on the problem includes a dozen first person accounts of domestic violence and the responses of the society and the state.
Needless to say, it underlines the need for a more sensitized police and judicial system that believes in everybody’s right to personal safety, that is not second to the need for a marriage – disharmonious as that may be.
For a cynic like me, a lot of the cases sounded like they began with poor judgement in choosing the partner and getting into the marriage in the first place. But i guess love can really make you blind….me haven’t been blind for a day, so what do i know. That does not stop me from believing the need for safeguards for women who have got mired in such problems.
Must read for those interested in such topics.