Portraits in Dignity is a collection of twelve short stories of brave young women, who were subjected to different kinds of gender abuse and have emerged victorious. Each story resonates with their individual strength exhibited under difficult circumstances.
Four feisty young girls who were adopted as infants by German parents from a Mission Hospital in South India, come back to serve their country of origin for five years.
They open a Health Resort called Eden –a place of tranquility, where stressed-out working women can periodically come for short stays, to de-stress and go back to their homes and jobs refreshed and rejuvenated.
The girls are also anxious to make contact with their biological paren
Meena walked along the lonely stretch of the Juhu Beach where there were no people in sight. She meant to walk right into the water and be swept away into oblivion by the angry rolling waves. The young man whom she had loved with all her heart had used her and abused her over a period of time and co Read More...