Invisible in Plain Sight : Voices From the By-Lanes of Kamathipura

Author: Swati Pandey

Brand: HarperCollins Children's Books

Binding: Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 276

Release Date: 22-09-2025

Details: My account of these women – Salma also known as Aapa,Kajol, Annu, Rani – and of several others I have seen, interacted with and understood and am still in the process of understanding, is not a work of fiction. Rather, it is based on real-life human beings and the experiences I had while serving as Postmaster General of Mumbai, and while initiating a socio-financial inclusion project in Kamathipura– the red-light district in Mumbai – a name that sent shame down the spine of many a respectable woman.
What started as a mere job to be done gradually transformed into a poignant journey full of emotions; a journey of both hope and despair.
Through the project, I was drawn into a world I had never really experienced before – one that contains not the ‘immoral women’, but rather the real, resilient and immensely courageous women who are warriors; for whom life has been synonymous with a bloody battlefield where they are forced to fight every single moment …

EAN: 9789353452964

Package Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English