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A review by swethamaryann
The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro
5.0
I walked into the book expecting a case study on the Katra case, which gained notoriety shortly after the Nirbhaya case. But what I got instead left me hollowed out, and quite literally staring into space.
The book explores the occurance of the case, the background of the girls who are dubbed Padma and Lalli, and the events that preceded their death, as well as what happened afterwards.
Similar to the author, in her quest for the book, I was left with something entirely different.
Incorporated in the pages of this story is the very blatant mistreatment of women, and also the rigid unbending caste system that also fonds its way into the judicial workings of our country. Ineptitude would be a kind word to surmise the whol primary judicial system including the forensic medical team employed in the case, that I found myself realising how privileged I am, and maybe, no not maybe, but totally blind to the conditions in our country. I am fortunate to be in a state that boasts to have the highest literacy rate, yet, the recent court proceedings of a dowry death case, and its subsequent verdict left me mistrustful of legal procedures. Same goes for how the case of two girls having been sexually exploited and strangulated, where we watched the culprits walk scott free.
The book brings forth almost every high profile media cases, along with obscure ones, solidfying the fact that India indeed is not a safe place for woman, and also how in some of the laws and bylaws which I had thought existed since long, had come into being.
This book has left me shaken, embarrassed and quite frankly angry as well as scared for my life.
The book explores the occurance of the case, the background of the girls who are dubbed Padma and Lalli, and the events that preceded their death, as well as what happened afterwards.
Similar to the author, in her quest for the book, I was left with something entirely different.
Incorporated in the pages of this story is the very blatant mistreatment of women, and also the rigid unbending caste system that also fonds its way into the judicial workings of our country. Ineptitude would be a kind word to surmise the whol primary judicial system including the forensic medical team employed in the case, that I found myself realising how privileged I am, and maybe, no not maybe, but totally blind to the conditions in our country. I am fortunate to be in a state that boasts to have the highest literacy rate, yet, the recent court proceedings of a dowry death case, and its subsequent verdict left me mistrustful of legal procedures. Same goes for how the case of two girls having been sexually exploited and strangulated, where we watched the culprits walk scott free.
The book brings forth almost every high profile media cases, along with obscure ones, solidfying the fact that India indeed is not a safe place for woman, and also how in some of the laws and bylaws which I had thought existed since long, had come into being.
This book has left me shaken, embarrassed and quite frankly angry as well as scared for my life.