Lesser lives : (Record no. 79236)
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| fixed length control field | 220506b2021 |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789389109740 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Fiction SIN-N |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sinha, Nitin |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lesser lives : |
| Remainder of title | stories of domestic servants in India edited by |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Nitin Sinha and Prabhat Kumar |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pan MacMillan |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 212p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 399.00 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | ‘Exemplary … [Lesser Lives] will become a landmark in opening new debates on contemporary social issues’ Ravish Kumar'A wonderful selection ... These stories give a voice to the desires, longings and emotions of a marginalized section of the society’ Rana SafviFor generations, domestic servants in India have been subjected to neglect, apathy and cruelty. Though they are known nowadays as the domestic ‘help’, ‘aid’ or ‘staff’, often merely to meet the requirements of political correctness, their condition remains unchanged for the most part as the country’s privileged classes have failed to truly address the most pervasive inequalities in their households.In Lesser Lives, Nitin Sinha and Prabhat Kumar collect short fiction from the Hindi heartland that turns the gaze onto these continuing disparities. The eleven stories in the book, including Premchand’s ‘Maidservant’, Mahadevi Varma’s ‘Rama’, Saadat Hasan Manto’s ‘Blouse’, Amarkant’s ‘Bahadur’ and Shekhar Joshi’s ‘Dajyu’, offer both timeless classics and little-known literary gems, some of which have never been published in translation before. Altogether, this thoughtful collection brings into sharp focus the sobering realities of class and inequality in Indian homes and encourages a new engagement with one of the most pressing issues of our times. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Domestic Servant - Social Issues - Fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Sobering Realities - Fiction |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kumar, Prabhat., jt. ed., |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kumar, Prabhat., trns., |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | FIC | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | Fiction "1st Floor" | 06/05/2022 | 399.00 | Fiction SIN-N | 45162 | 13/07/2024 | 06/05/2022 | Books |