{"product_id":"gopals-gully-paperback","title":"Gopal's Gully - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZarin Virji\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt did feel strange to see her lying cold and silent and then being carried away . . . But at the back of my mind was this growing anticipation-Sanjiv Maama was taking me to Mumbai! \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Gopal's mother dies, his uncle brings him to Mumbai to get a job because he has few prospects as a Dalit boy in a UP village. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGopal is cast into the unfamiliar world of Squatters Colony, where he has no family or friends. He gets his first job at the bicycle shop owned by the sage Chacha and rapidly makes friends with the strange and diverse people who live in the community-Chacha's friendly daughter-in-law, the neighbourhood thug Raja, the three-legged Tiger and beautiful Ayesha. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd he learns that when disaster strikes and lives fall apart, he too has a family in the gully. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZarin Virji's gripping debut describes the raw rollicking life of Mumbai's small neighbourhoods with vigour and zest.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZarin Virji, a creative writing graduate from the University of Sheffield, follows her passions of teaching and writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor over three decades she has played the role of a teacher, teacher trainer and head of school. From 1996 to 2006, she edited the journal \u003ci\u003eClassroom\u003c\/i\u003e, a safe space for all matters related to education. Her writing is as much about expressing spontaneous feeling as it is about grappling with socio-economic realities of our times. Her poetry and short stories have been featured in publications such as the \u003ci\u003eResearch Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoute 57 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best Asian Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(2018).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48821405057273,"sku":"9780143451907","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/zqgUVnf_V49780143451907.webp?v=1786782436","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/gopals-gully-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}