Status Single: The Truth About Being Single Woman in India by Sreemoyee Piu Kundu
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sreemoyee puts forward the frustrations & despair that so many single women in India go through for no fault of theirs. It’s a voice to the emotions of not just the women whose stories we read in the book, but the multitude of women who sail in the same boat. Being shunned by society and agonized by constant questions about their single status and sex lives, how they long for privacy and to be treated normally.
The author covers their day to day struggles starting from renting their own place, having a normal social life, being treated fairly in the workplace to the emotional struggles of battling loneliness, insecurity of losing loved ones, being hit upon by lusty men and carrying the burden of a haunting past. The stories of the women in the book have been handled with great sensitivity. These are inspirational women and their stories show how they are managing to be lead successful lives despite all the blockers society puts in their way.
Sreemoyee has captured the struggles and emotions of singles of different types – spinster, divorced, windowed, disabled, from different parts of the society – all sharing a common pain. The book is well written and the chapters have been given interesting names. There are some fine humourous pieces like the letter to ‘Bultu’ which refers to the snobbish, choosy and controlling mother of the prospective groom.
A lot of women- single or not would relate to the book. All of us have faced these issues in our life at some point or the other, like having an inferiority complex due to our looks, being shunned by society for our life choices, for being discriminated against for being single, separated or childless, compromising our happiness and self-respect for the man who turns from dream to nightmare. In fact, one of the blog posts I wrote was about the inferiority complex I faced due to my dark complexion.
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Kudos to Sreemoyee for in India who deserve the same respect as anybody else.


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