{"product_id":"9781912697663","title":"Ma is Scared","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn anxious mother waits for her daughter to return from work, while deflecting comments from judgmental neighbours. A chance encounter with an old college friend triggers the memory of a cruel trap once set for a young student, just because of her caste. In the middle of a lecture on the legacies of sexual abuse, a woman feels the weight of a whole lifetime suddenly pressing down on her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories in Anjali Kajal’s debut collection draw us into the lives of ordinary women in Northern India, making us realise quite how rarely we witness these experiences from Dalit points of view.\n\u003cbr\u003eWhether combating the caste-based disdain of colleagues at work or in the classroom or enduring the new blows that the pandemic landed on Dalit communities, Anjali’s characters find a resilience and a\n\u003cbr\u003edignity that we can all learn from.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sai Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48122708984100,"sku":"9781912697663","price":319.2,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/3661\/8788\/files\/615tg8b1DWL._SL1123.jpg?v=1708606286","url":"https:\/\/bookstation.in\/products\/9781912697663","provider":"BookStation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}