Gayathri Devi Dutt

A Pedestrian on a Highway Gayathri Devi Dutt

Nearly everyone wants to 'peep'. Inevitable, if you want to understand something in entirety. May be a few concrete abominations behind scenic woods? Something telling you there is just more? These memoirs are an honest, tender meeting of that need to peep with the impulse to show - a type of nascent voyeurism.

Behind the gritty, forbidding persona of the professional woman lies the engaging story of a vulnerable girl who grappled with childhood prejudices, social dogma and disheartening career plateaus. These are Gayathri's lessons with life. From legal battles through miscarriages, she had very few guides.

While her revelations are trepidatious, they offer a glimpse into the emotional turbulence that characterizes the 'lifescape' of a woman emerging out of patriarchal structures from early childhood through her 60s. This is an everyday story whose power grows over time.

Dr Deepthi, Asst Professor. Dept of English. Govt First Grade college for women. Ramanagara.