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Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ – A 1984 for feminists

(Sidharth Vardhan’s review ofMargaret Atwood’s novel‘The Handmaid’s Tale’Novel first published and got shortlisted for Booker Prize in 1985Review first written on October 23, 2015) Summary Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk… Read More »Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ – A 1984 for feminists

Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’ and our insatiable hunger for stories

(Sidharth Vardhan’s review ofMargaret Atwood‘s ‘The Testaments’The second part of the Gilead seriesand the sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’Book first published in 2019 Review first written on September 23, 2019) Summary More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains… Read More »Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’ and our insatiable hunger for stories