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A review by raghuiyer
Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by Anita Anand
4.0
This is a fairly well researched and well written book. It carefully tries not to evoke nostalgia for a bygone socio-political system. The authoress does a good job capturing the life of a forgotten princess. The book is a not above a bit of chest thumping - how a brown princess led the struggle for the vote, how visits to India *might* have stiffened her backbone and various themes of oppression by British authorities. Enough to rile you, but not enough to translate it into anything concrete.
It is a timely read for people who have forgotten what the right to vote means. Something which we take for granted and worse as useless, would have been unavailable to most of humanity a mere 100 years ago. In a sense, it is a story of hope - hope that there were many privileged who took a stand against subjugation and help the oppressed. Highly recommended.
It is a timely read for people who have forgotten what the right to vote means. Something which we take for granted and worse as useless, would have been unavailable to most of humanity a mere 100 years ago. In a sense, it is a story of hope - hope that there were many privileged who took a stand against subjugation and help the oppressed. Highly recommended.