Bookstalkist - May 2018

Robert Uttaro is a Rape Crisis Counselor and the author of the book ‘To The Survivors’ which chronicles the survival stories of sexual assault victims. We had a deep conversation with him in ‘To The Survivors - A Conversation with Robert Uttaro’. Many of the survivors covered in the book were assaulted during their fragile childhood. This underlines the need for us to save the nascent phase of our children. Our children must be taught to ask questions and not just run a blast furnace of commandments in their minds. The article ‘The Classroom Chronicles’ tells the story of a teacher trying to change the ways in which children think and act.

We have a couple of book recommendations to make in the current issue through two of our articles. The book ‘The Bastard of Istanbul’ has been reviewed and the article ‘Humans of The Great Gatsby’ tries to gauge into the depths of characters of the great classic of F. Scott Fitzgerald. You will also be shown the face of love when it fails and leaves men and women separated or divorced in our world with a special attention on Indian women who have to face a mountain of hardships once divorced in ‘The Divorced Indian Woman’.

This is our 4th issue in the first volume and as with all our previous issues, this one too promises to take you on a ride that would make you reflect on the subjects discussed. A distinct take on the much-liked traveller’s destination ‘Wayanad’, a heart-warming conversation between a daughter and his father inside an ICU, a complex thought cloud about single-living, a poem about the blissfulness of togetherness, and a discussion about the pejoration of language - political or otherwise await you as you take your first step into our minds. Take some time out, find the branch where the afternoon crow rests, and perch on.

Once you are done reading, send your musings to us at mag@bookstalkist.com.