Candle In The Wind

Book name : Candle In The Wind

Author: @sharmishtha.shenoy 

Genre: Non-fiction 

🍂 Review: 

Some books don’t just tell stories — they shake you awake and sit heavy on your heart long after you close the last page. Candle in the Wind is exactly that kind of book for me. It made me pause so many times and ask — how did we let this happen?

Through five haunting real-life stories, it pulls you deep into the corners of our society that we pretend not to see. Where predators like Prabhakar and Satish hide in plain sight, waiting for a moment of silence and fear to strike. Where a woman like Jaya dares to leave her abusive marriage, only to lose her life because a man’s ego couldn’t stand her freedom. Where another woman, blamed for infertility and worn down by endless blame and cruelty, crosses a line she never imagined — just to feel worthy in a world that keeps telling her she isn’t enough.

There were only five stories, but they tell you so much more — they show you a thousand situations so many women face every day behind closed doors. For me, reading this book was a rollercoaster — I cried, I felt numb, and these true stories made me question so much about our silence, our society, and this dangerous idea of ‘honour’ that always asks women to pay the price.

Yet, even in the darkness, there’s a fragile thread of hope. Officers like ADGP Shikha Goel remind us that monsters might walk among us — but so do warriors who refuse to look away.

These stories hurt to read, but maybe they should. Because crimes against women and children aren’t just distant headlines — they’re real, and they thrive when we choose to stay silent. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering how deep patriarchy runs or how far a ‘no’ can push fragile masculinity — pick up Candle in the Wind. Let it make you uncomfortable. Let it make you angry. And above all, let it remind you to never stop speaking up.

I finished this book with only one question echoing in my mind — how many times do we women have to go through this?