Two best friends, Tia and Eliza are graduates of Miranda House, University of Delhi. But life had more in store for them. Their friendship leads them to unravel how miraculous a person can be. Eliza refuses to accept any kind of love that is impure and not of the highest ordeal, she also hopes to love back with all her might. Will she be the same person after hypocrisy hit love? At the same time, Tia’s life goes for a toss when her dignity is challenged. However, she overcomes it with the help of two of her best buddies. But will she have the courage to go back to her old life? Through their journey, they ask several questions. A woman does not have to wait for anyone’s approval to live her dreams. Will you gain anything by withholding her? Eliza and Tia challenge the perceptions of human emotions that take a toll on their lives as a woman.

Fiona Barclay, a child prodigy mathematician who has had great academic success, but who has had little social life until she turns twenty, meets the man who she believes is the one for her. Things go well until he goes back to Tanzania to continue his researches at the Olduvai Gorge. Something goes terribly awry and she believes she has lost the love of her life. Will she be able to recover from this and move forward with her life, or will she be haunted by memories for the rest of her life?

Published in 1998, Oppression is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology and Social Policy.

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