The odd angle

Gendered perceptions in the stories of love: The Odd Angle  By: Jatin Mathur Last week I read Kanta Bharti’s ‘Ret Ki Machhli’ (RKM henceforth), a Hindi autobiographical novel based on her life events which presents a close look into the life of litterateurs which gets obscured into their writings. The book builds upon the internal world of feelings, emotions of the author exposing the lust, love and longing. The book is considered a real account of the acclaimed story by Dharamveer Bharti in ‘Gunahon ka devta’ (GKD henceforth).  GKD is an excellent story in terms of its emotional appeal, it seems as if it destroys all preconceived notions of love and attachments while convincing yourself to ‘fall’ in love despite the involved pain. It seems as if the novel presents the internal deliberations of the human mind where your amygdala pulls you towards ideas of love and your hypothalamus argues for sexual pleasure. Despite this internal struggle you finally lose your mind and settl...