• Saturday, 12th Nov
• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm IST
• St Pauls Institute, SPICE (Alberione Hall)

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The autobiography is a tricky genre. The author risks making herself vulnerable and offending others. This session, however, takes off from an unflinchingly honest memoir by a brilliant female student from a middle-class Tamilian Brahmin family. Enraged by the searing inequalities around her, she plunges into a life of militant activism in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh: working with Naxalites; fighting alongside bonded labourers for their freedom and with the Dalit community for basic dignity; publishing hundreds of low-cost books. Through her eyes, we witness the bruising exploitation and violence that some social groups face in India at the hands of others.