Wonder is a fiction book by R.J. Palacio first published in 2012. This 316-page book is categorized under Young-Adult and Contemporary fiction. It is a story of August Pullman (Auggie), a 10-year-old boy, who is born with facial deformities and has gone through 27 surgeries but they aren’t able to correct his face. All this […]
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How a two line conversation made me feel the burden of two-faced values our society carries
In the month of Navratri, I described to her the way we worship the girl as goddess for nine days. How we end the fast by idolizing young girls as female deities. A few weeks later, she asked me something I couldn’t answer honestly because I was ashamed to admit the truth. I was born […]