“What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.”
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Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.
I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.
I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message, ' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.
If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.
