In earlier times, women were subjugated to all possible lengths and patriarchy left no stone unturned to dominate women not just physically but mentally too. The author Tanvi Sinha through her “Dance To My Tunes” attempts to break away from that dominance by saying that women have been fooled by fairy tales and bollywood for a long time.
In the light of this, she writes her short stories from the perspective of women to give voice to the feelings of women. The interesting thing to notice here is that the stories sound to be stories of any woman. Any woman could have gone through the variety of situations that Sinha explores in her 18 short stories. Some captivating titles include, “The Flawed Daughter-In-Law”, “Once Upon a love story”, “Hit Me Baby One More Time” and “Grandma has a Life”
Her basic idea is to encourage women and express what they feel. In the preface she says, “We are no longer the hero’s love interest. Neither do we believe in happily ever after. We do not wish to dance to anybody else’s tunes.” This is enough to express the revolutionary ideas that she has and how strongly they will be an influence on women to break free of the ages old fairy tales and stereotypes.
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