What Will Be The True Everyday Revolution for Women in the Society?

The Thank You Blog Book Review for Everyday Revolution by Amrita Purkayastha

When I first began to read Everyday Revolution, I believed it to be a book on women’s empowerment; however, the book discussed the challenges women confront at various stages of their lives.

Being a woman is not difficult, but it has become so because society wants women to live up to its expectations of what women should be. It is needless to raise women to a deity position when we may treat them just like we do men. The pinnacle of revolution may occur if empathy is accessible.

Why and how will empathy be the everyday revolution?

Women are perpetually in self-created fear since they were never taught how to feel comfortable in their skin. Women naturally evolved to be the beings that seek approval because of the social expectations placed on them for perfection.

All I could conclude after reading the book is that feminism is not about women applauding themselves or men showing appreciation to women who venture out and establish themselves.

Although women had to fight battles for decades to get their basic rights to education, safety, security, employment, and opportunities, they have been given access to all of these things that were only dreams for the women who lived before two generations.

What is it that makes all of these battles won by women still a halfway victory? What is the missing loop that needs to be fulfilled for women to be empowered in the real sense?

Many things have changed with time, and although some claim that women are now powerful beings, the truth hits differently.

Empathy is the foundation of the building called revolution.

The thought that women are human too and all their struggles are true could make a significant difference. Once society attempts to empathize with its members, regardless of who they are, it will become a better place where women will have their rightful place in the world.

What was the cause of hardships & challenges for the women of today?

Judging women based on their beauty or instilling in them concepts and suggestions regarding what they ought to perform at various ages is simply a way of adding pressure to their lives.

Let’s remember not to be a reason for pressure buildup but a reason for reducing it.

After all, how much time will we spend discussing a woman’s beauty, walk, conversation, relationship status, knowledge, work status, and other aspects of her life?

Let’s inquire how they are with the sole intention of assuring their well-being instead of the above-mentioned queries.

Let’s wish them to be happy, do what they do best, and send them our best wishes instead of inquiring about employment information, children, or whether the baby is a girl or a boy. And let’s not assume what happiness means to them concerning what happiness may mean to us.

How a small reminder will give way to everyday revolution?

They are aware of who they are, how they are, and how their lives are. Let’s not remind them of things they are well aware of. Make it a point to avoid bringing up their shortcomings.

Appreciate the goodness in them. This might seem so simple, but simple things are often easily forgotten. But if we keep it in mind, we could easily be a contributor to their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. If everyone remembers this simple yet powerful reminder and acts accordingly, a world that is pleasant, safe, and secure, one in which women are truly empowered, is a sure possibility.

What makes the book indispensable?

The Author has done immense work and published information backed by research, which is worth a zillion applause, and also shared her life experiences. But the best part of the book seems to be all the bold women in the book who have come up to share their life stories.

Every life story is an experience to learn from, a cause to stand up for, and also an opportunity to realize that the revolutionary Wonder Woman is not one you always look up to, applaud, or draw inspiration from; it could be you who does your part in society by being more empathetic and making your little voice a part of the large group that needs to be heard not only once but echoed wherever and whenever there is a need.

The cruelty against women could end when the world looks at women not based on gender differences but makes the effort to understand the similarities of how pain and agony remain the same for the human race when faced with adversity.

I thank the author, Amrita, and writersmelon for allowing me to read and review the book.

I rate the book five stars for the greater purpose it serves, and I want many more women to read it and even more, people to realize the cause that the book stands for and take responsibility for making society empowered for women, which will be the rightful everyday revolution.

You can buy the book here

About the book

What does feminism mean to us, Indian millennial women? In our unique context, with a heady mix of tradition, family, ambition and Instagram, where does ‘revolution’ fit in?

With candid, personal anecdotes, moving stories, and hard data, Amrita uncovers the invisibly seeped patriarchy from the intimate corners of our minds and refreshes the need for feminism in our everyday lives. Ranging widely over psychology, history, cultural studies and research with 100 women across age, class, caste and geographies, Everyday Revolution reveals the psychological impact of society.

Smashing the patriarchy in our modern lives might not need expensive bra-burning but newer ways of coping, healing, eye-rolling and badassery. Therefore, across five themes – childhood, marriage, motherhood, beauty, and work – this book gives us thought experiments and writing prompts to do just that!

About the author

Amrita Purkayastha holds a clichéd Indian middle-class resume with Engineering and MBA degrees. Her lifelifelongsuit to do unconventional things has always been dampened by her obsessive parents-pleasing syndrome.

Over a decade-long professional journey as a marketeer, she has had the rare privilege of selling both body soaps and TV soaps and takes her day job at Unilever very seriously.

Over the weekends, she transforms into a feminist researcher and culture enthusiast and spends time interviewing women and watching reels.
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