DESCRIPTION : Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai Airport, in the shadow of shining new luxury hotels. Its residents are garbage recyclers and construction workers, economic migrants, all of them living in the hope that a small part of India's booming future will eventually be theirs. But when a crime rocks the slum community and global recession and terrorism shocks the city, tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy begin to turn brutal. As Boo gets to know those who dwell at Mumbai's margins, she evokes an extraordinarily vivid and vigorous group of individuals flourishing against the odds amid the complications, corruptions and gross inequalities of the new India. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781846274510 BY (AUTHOR) Boo, Katherine PUBLISHER : Granta Books PUBLICATION DATE : February 07, 2013 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Granta Books LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 204 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Society & Social Sciences
