Ambica Naithani
कुछ साल पहले ही मुझे एहसास हुआ कि जब भी मैं भविष्य के बारे में सोचती हूँ, तो मेरे मन में हमेशा अपनी सबसे करीबी महिला मित्रों की तस्वीर उभरती है। मेरे हर फ़ैसले पर सबसे ज़्यादा असर उन्हीं का पड़ता है…
This was the time we were growing up, learning new things, reading new books and discovering something new almost every day, and this all-women space provided an opportunity to do that without requiring any pretence or catering to the male gaze.
I am still coming to terms with my own femininity, as with new learnings I find myself regaining many facets of my personality which were lost while trying to ‘act like a man’ and ‘act tough’.
Adolescence manages to highlight the reality of growing up in a world with the Internet where everything – the good, the bad, the questionable – is only a touch away.
That’s what books do, they open up the world to new possibilities, let you live a life bigger than your own.