#BookReview ; Wonder Girls by Varsha Adusumilli

A rock climber. An artist. A neurosurgeon. An actress. What connects these diverse professions? Young women who’ve chosen unconventional careers and excelled despite the odds stacked against them. Empowering and revolutionary, Wonder Girls is a collection of fifteen inspirational stories about everyday Indian girls, their career choices and the challenges they’ve overcome to make a name for themselves in society. This book is an affirmation to all girls that they can be whatever they set their hearts on.

Wonder Girls is the debut work of Varsha Adusumilli & has been published by Juggernaut. The author is an entrepreneur at heart. She studied at BITS, Pilani – Goa & then immersed herself in the world of start-ups. She was instrumental in setting up India’s pioneering seed fund called Kstart, which focuses on investing in disruptive technology start-ups. She was also one of the founding members of YourStory. She lives in Bengaluru & is passionate about women, books, healthcare & start-ups.

This book focuses on an important topic which unfortunately isn’t touched quite often in the Indian literature as much as we should. The book narrates the success stories of 15 millennial women from diverse backgrounds such as art, rock climbing, medicine, etc speaking about their inspiring journey in today’s India. It also laid emphasis on the difficulties women in India generally have to go through & despite all that shine through it. Do get this book here in order share the inspiring journeys of all the fabulous women listed in the book,

We have read many books about the social evils that pertain in this patriarchal society & how it has always affected most women but there is a lack of literature celebrating the lives of women who fought all the orthodox societal notions & succeeded in their lives. This book is one of the few books we have seen in the present times talking about everyday Indian women making it big in their respective fields. All the experiences of the 15 women listed are indeed inspiring & is surely a ray of hope for our society in general. The cover could’ve been better, the title is exactly how it should be & so is the language used. Surely a wonderful read.