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Make Love Not Scars
by Ria Sharma
Make love not scars.
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Huge thanks to @ria13sharma and @westland_books for sending over this gorgeous book.
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There are not enough words to explain how beautiful and educational this book is. I devoured it in a single sitting and the aftermath of it is a bittersweet feeling. I wasn't sure what to expect when I initially started reading this book but very soon I got the hang of it and I simply could not put it down. This book serves as a witness to many brave battles fought against the most inhuman crime that any person can commit.
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Acid attack survivors and their tales have been put across all the social medias to help spread awareness. Ria Sharma penned down this beautiful book to help us view the world through her lens and it shook me. It made me realise that we live in such a shallow world, engrossed in our own selfish motives to care about anything else. Ria Sharma founded an NGO called Make love not scars with not much hopes of it being so successful as it is today by leaving her studies behind in the UK. Today the NGO has earned much recognition, awards and is serving the community unabashedly.
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She writes down candidly about why she decided to run an NGO and the humungous efforts that goes into it. She describes many survivors that she met throughout her journey who are now her friends and family. Their stories are painful and it ached my heart to see how a single hateful moment can destroy someone's life, turning it upside down. But this book is not about pity or tragedy and this is why I absolutely loved reading it. It's about honesty and the rawness in which Ria shares her insecurities with us, her anxiety issues, her fight against hospitals in providing justice to the survivors and their fight against the societal stigma.
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I loved how she put out her heart onto the pages as she discusses about money and all the constraints that comes along with running an NGO. Yet, through all those gloomy days, she shined like the brightest star and helped countless people in finding their feet back on the ground. It was an eye-opening read and I'd urge everyone to pick it up and know what happens in the background. This book is fierce and full of love.
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5 stars.
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Huge thanks to @ria13sharma and @westland_books for sending over this gorgeous book.
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There are not enough words to explain how beautiful and educational this book is. I devoured it in a single sitting and the aftermath of it is a bittersweet feeling. I wasn't sure what to expect when I initially started reading this book but very soon I got the hang of it and I simply could not put it down. This book serves as a witness to many brave battles fought against the most inhuman crime that any person can commit.
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Acid attack survivors and their tales have been put across all the social medias to help spread awareness. Ria Sharma penned down this beautiful book to help us view the world through her lens and it shook me. It made me realise that we live in such a shallow world, engrossed in our own selfish motives to care about anything else. Ria Sharma founded an NGO called Make love not scars with not much hopes of it being so successful as it is today by leaving her studies behind in the UK. Today the NGO has earned much recognition, awards and is serving the community unabashedly.
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She writes down candidly about why she decided to run an NGO and the humungous efforts that goes into it. She describes many survivors that she met throughout her journey who are now her friends and family. Their stories are painful and it ached my heart to see how a single hateful moment can destroy someone's life, turning it upside down. But this book is not about pity or tragedy and this is why I absolutely loved reading it. It's about honesty and the rawness in which Ria shares her insecurities with us, her anxiety issues, her fight against hospitals in providing justice to the survivors and their fight against the societal stigma.
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I loved how she put out her heart onto the pages as she discusses about money and all the constraints that comes along with running an NGO. Yet, through all those gloomy days, she shined like the brightest star and helped countless people in finding their feet back on the ground. It was an eye-opening read and I'd urge everyone to pick it up and know what happens in the background. This book is fierce and full of love.
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5 stars.