The August 2017 writing prompt for the Women’s Web Muse of the Month Writing Contest is from the Indian film – Angry Indian Goddesses:
Indian women are policed and shamed for their choices, whether it is the kind of clothes they wear, or other things they do – woe betide the woman who smokes! And this is not just in their homes in middle class societies – it is everywhere, even in case of supposedly ’empowered women’. What women want is freedom from this and be able to make their choices without being judged.
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Inspired by this cue, I ended up writing a short story titled A Matter of Style that addresses a different view of the judgement on the clothes we wear. Interestingly, it has been selected as one of the top stories for this month’s contest.
To read the complete story, click here.
As always, I look forward to your feedback/comments. 🙂
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Aquamarine Flavours 
The story has been told so beautifully ! Lovely read!
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Thanks so much Apu 🙂
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A powerful post Ashima. Our clothes always gather a hype. I once too have written on the same lines.
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Thank you Upasna 🙂
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