Race Against All Odds
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  • Parts 8
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  • Reads 744
  • Votes 173
  • Parts 8
  • Time 34m
Ongoing, First published Dec 21, 2018
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.
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