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Literature does not belong to the past. It belongs to every question we are still afraid to ask.
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This is where I explore the enduring relevance of literature in a rapidly changing world. Through long-form essays, I revisit classic texts to examine feminism, identity, morality, justice, power, and the complexities of being human.
These are not summaries of books. They are conversations with them.
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Why Tess of the d’Urbervilles Still Belongs to Our Times
More than a century after Thomas Hardy wrote her story, Tess continues to expose the ways society judges women, excuses power, and mistakes silence for acceptance.
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Latest Essays
Why is it often a woman’s name that history remembers—whether she is condemned or victimised? This essay explores how language itself becomes a form of judgement.
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Why Tess of the d’Urbervilles Still Belongs to Us
A modern reading of Thomas Hardy’s most misunderstood heroine.
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Coming Soon
Frankenstein
Who deserves to be called the monster—the creature, or the society that abandoned him?
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Republic News
A feature exploring my commitment to long-form literary writing in an age of short attention spans.
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About
I’m Akshara Sharma, a writer and essayist whose work bridges classic literature and contemporary society.
My essays revisit canonical texts not to preserve them, but to question them. I write about the themes that continue to shape our lives—gender, power, morality, identity, grief, memory, and justice.
I believe literature survives because it continues to ask questions that every generation must answer for itself.
Current Series
Women Who Were Never Allowed to Exist on Their Own Terms
An ongoing literary series examining women whose stories continue to expose the structures that silence them.
Current Essays:
- Tess Durbeyfield
- (Upcoming) Frankenstein
- More to come
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