Reshma Elizabeth Thomas’ book looks at how the ordinary things around become extraordinary
Author Reshma Elizabeth Thomas has released a book titled 'Whispers of Everyday Things: Monologues from the Mundane,' which features prose poems written from the perspective of inanimate household objects. The book explores themes of human habits, relationships, and introspection through the eyes of everyday items.
Why it matters
It highlights contemporary Indian literary works that experiment with narrative structure and personification to explore human psychology.
What if the lifeless things you see every day start talking to you? Like an alarm clock, mirror, pillow, chair, refrigerator, television, shoes, car, key, mobile phone, pen and many more? It would definitely be interesting to know their thoughts and impressions about you. Reshma Elizabeth Thomas, artist, writer, and gender policy advisor, and founder-cum-CEO of Equigit Solutions Pvt Ltd, takes you on this journey through objects in the bedroom, kitchen, living room, the world outside and the world within, in her book, Whispers of Everyday Things: Monologues from the Mundane.
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