{"product_id":"kalindi-brahmankanya-paperback","title":"Kalindi {Brahmankanya} - 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\u003eShridhar Vyankatesh Ketkar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeScriPtion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the early 1900s in Mumbai. Educated and financially independent, Kalindi Dagge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edreams of living in a casteless and equitable society as a single mother-a life far removed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom the one she had in the stifling world she left behind. A world where she was the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edaughter of a brahmin lawyer, Appasaheb Dagge, and the casteless Shanta; and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egranddaughter of another brahmin and his schoolteacher mistress who rejected the idea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof marriage. A world in which she was an outcast; the daughter of a man who rejected his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecaste but not his caste pride. A world where she had reclaimed her grandmother's legacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand chosen, in defiance of family and society, to live as the mistress of Shivsharanappa, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLingayat tobacco merchant, who later abandoned her and left her on the verge of suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she rebuilds her identity now in the big city, she wonders what it would be like to start\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea new life based on love and respect with Ramrao, a trade union leader who shares her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eideologies and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShridhar Vyankatesh Ketkar's masterpiece, originally published as Brahmankanya in 1930, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas been hailed as brave and ahead of its times. This magnificent translation by celebrated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthor and translator Shanta Gokhale brings the classic alive for the contemporary reader, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand we see how relevant it remains almost a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47240343847161,"sku":"9789354473913","price":40.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RUpMZkU0a3BmeVk3bVNWdnlBZzhsdz09.webp?v=1768570091","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/kalindi-brahmankanya-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}