Literary Coven

DARLINGS   Darlings is a 2022 Indian Hindi language dark comedy. Alia Bhatt gives one of her best performances in the movie about a woman's revenge on her violent husband. This movie talks about domestic violence. The husband is an alcoholic, who sexually assaults her but the wife does not question it. But we can also see Alia Bhatt getting beaten up every night for a new reason every time. Sometimes it's about food. It's just because she sat in a  colony meeting  without the husband's consent and once because  she is having an affair. The intensity of abuse gets disturbing and more intense with each day. Darling shows how a middle class mother and daughter who is caught in their own circumstantial hunger ups gradually discusses their inner strength to survive in a city like Mumbai battling all odds.

JANE AUSTEN-   Jane Austen is one of the most well-known and widely-read English novelists of all times. Born on December 16,1775, at the rectory in the village of Steventon, in Hampshire, England, she was the seventh child and second daughter of Reverend George Austen and his wife Cassandra Austen. Also known for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comments upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen’s plots often explore the independence of women on the marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of transition to 19th century literature realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary, have earned her acclaim Among critics and scholars. This are list of her works;— Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park(1814), Emma(1815), Persuasion (1818), and L...