Sometimes your belief system is fears attached to rules
All her life, Devaki had been taught that women are weak. At each point of her life, some or the other of her male relatives had ruled her, decided her choices for her - her father, brothers, uncles and now her husband.
Then comes into her life, after eleven long years, an old friend who had been the reason she could complete her tenth.
War has started, because Amaan Alam has come to know Devaki Shastri's plight in her house, and he wants to change it.
The war between equality and patriarchy, husband and wife, father and daughter. But alas, it doesn't stop there. There is also a bubbling war between Muslims and Hindus. Because how can a divorcee who also happens to be a Hindu, marry an unmarried Muslim man?
Rules must be broken, beliefs must be questioned and places must be abandoned. This isn't just the story of one girl, but the story of every person oppressed by the patriarchal values. The story of every girl who's dreams remained just that - dreams - because she is a female, born to serve.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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