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Three stinging, darkly comic tales capture in telling detail life and survival in today's India.
In the title story a sweeper discovers a cache of black * and escapes to see the Taj Mahal with his underage mistress; in 'Mohandas' a Dalit races to reclaim his life stolen by an upper-caste identity thief; and in 'Mangosil' a baby's head gets bigger and bigger as he gets smarter and smarter, while his family tries to find a cure.
The stories in this collection are a testament to Uday Prakash's extraordinary gift as a storyteller and his original, bold voice.
Three stinging, darkly comic tales capture in telling detail life and survival in today's India.
In the title story a sweeper discovers a cache of black * and escapes to see the Taj Mahal with his underage mistress; in 'Mohandas' a Dalit races to reclaim his life stolen by an upper-caste identity thief; and in 'Mangosil' a baby's head gets bigger and bigger as he gets smarter and smarter, while his family tries to find a cure.
The stories in this collection are a testament to Uday Prakash's extraordinary gift as a storyteller and his original, bold voice.
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