The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

by Harini Nagendra

Of course Mysore’s famous Dewan, Visvesvaraya was an exception – a man who’d risen from a life of poverty to become the Prime Minister of Mysore – but he had the advantage of being from a high-caste family, with access to education.

Assessing a woman’s character seemed to be the favourite pastime of elders, both men and women. The burden of the respectability of the home was placed on one’s womenfolk.

Defying societal restrictions to forge their own path, they blazed the way for generations to follow.