{"product_id":"kalindi-brahmankanya-9789354473913","title":"Kalindi {Brahmankanya}","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354473913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.55d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shridhar Vyankatesh Ketkar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720793362613,"sku":"9789354473913","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ea9292d3-12f7-48fa-81e5-04bfe90e16a3.jpg?v=1675179288","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kalindi-brahmankanya-9789354473913","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}