{"product_id":"bandh-mukta-hotana","title":"BANDH MUKTA HOTANA","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"142\"\u003e📘 \u003cstrong data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"142\"\u003eBook Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"408\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"181\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"181\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"160\"\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sunanda Amrapurkar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"223\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"223\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"198\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mehta Publishing House\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"249\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"249\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"239\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marathi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"268\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"268\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"264\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"304\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"304\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"291\"\u003ePublishing Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"332\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"332\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"316\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9789387789012\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"351\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"351\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"345\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"376\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"376\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"364\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"408\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"408\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"392\"\u003eCategory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autobiography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"413\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"440\"\u003e📖 \u003cstrong data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"440\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"925\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"462\"\u003e“A Life Reclaimed”\u003c\/em\u003e is a \u003cstrong data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"495\"\u003ebrave and moving memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"514\"\u003ePadma Desai\u003c\/strong\u003e, recounting her extraordinary journey from the sheltered world of \u003cstrong data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"590\"\u003eSurat\u003c\/strong\u003e in the 1930s to becoming an influential scholar and academic. 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