{"product_id":"budhini-9780670093830","title":"Budhini","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 6 December 1959, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru went to Dhanbad district in Jharkhand to inaugurate the Panchet Dam across the Damodar river. A fifteen-year-old girl, Budhini, chosen by the Damodar Valley Corporation welcomed him with a garland and placed a tikka on his forehead. When these ceremonial gestures were interpreted as an act of matrimony, the fifteen-year-old was ostracized by her village and let go from her job as a construction worker, citing violation of Santal traditions. Budhini was outlawed for 'marrying outside her community'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBudhini Mejhan's is the tale of an uprooted life, told here through the contemporary lens of Rupi Murmu, a young journalist distantly related to her and determined to excavate her story. In this reimagined history, Sarah Joseph evokes Budhini with vigour, authority and panache, conjuring up a robust and endearing feminine character and reminding us of the lives and stories that should never be forgotten. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by her daughter, Sangeetha Sreenivasan, a fiercely individualistic novelist herself, Sarah Joseph's \u003ci\u003eBudhini\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully invokes the wider bio-politics of our relentless modernization and the dangers of being indifferent to ecological realities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e India Hamish Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780670093830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Sarah Joseph","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40367427190965,"sku":"9780670093830","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4eec95e7-e5a9-419c-959d-fadc0ef8d8fa.jpg?v=1624981279","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/budhini-9780670093830","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}