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Diary Of A Journalist The Little Flower Girl And Others

	Diary Of A Journalist The Little Flower Girl And Others by Shobha Warrier
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A story teller unravels the extraordinary stories of someordinary people. On our journey through life we meet so manypeople-many we forget but some leave memories that refuse to fadeaway.This is a collection of true stories-of actual meetings andencounters that the author had with these people over the years asa journalist. The 11-year-old flower seller with her unfulfilleddreams, the gay men forced into lives of heterosexualunhappiness,the heart-wrenching stories of abandoned HIV positivechildren whom no-one wants to adopt. There are poignant stories ofold women in old age homes.Among the exploited prostitutes therestands out Sandhya who proudly describes how being a sex-worker hasenabled her to educate and marry off her siblings.Poor home-lesspavement dwellers live together amicably regardless of theirreligion.One old lady tells the author:"here everyone has only onecaste-Ezhari jaati-(the caste of the poor). Yet what shines throughthese stories isnt despair but hope and triumph of the human spiritagainst all odds.ISBN - 9788192535425

Pages : 148