Budhini

by Sara Joseph and Sarah Joseph

On 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670093831
• ISBN13: 9780670093830
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 8.3"