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Dams are leading to bad character amongst tribal women, journalist Annie Zaidi was told by a man in a far-flung corner of India. The greatest advantage of journalism is that it keeps writers closer to, and more frequently with their subjects. Which is why Zaidi is able to put a human face on the myriad troubles the common man endures in India. Like all outstanding reportage, the stories are powerful enough to stand on their own. More rarely, Zaidi forbears to proselytise. The portraits profile prominent figures, too, but it is the stories of humble folk, tortured by hunger, discriminated against for reasons of caste, or gender (as the author underwent herself), exploited by those human sharks, middlemen, that reach out to the reader`s heart and conscience. Known Turf is a book that will shock. But it must be read.
ISBN - 9789380032443
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Pages : 294
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