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Small Acts of Freedom

By University of Delhi;Gurmehar Kaur

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Publisher
Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN
9780143442318, 9789387326675, 0143442317
Language
english
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EPUB
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468 kB (478966 bytes)
Pages
xxix, 188 pages ; 20 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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In February 2017, Gurmehar Kaur, a nineteen-year-old student, joined a peaceful campaign after violent clashes at a Delhi University college. As part of the campaign, Kaur's post made her the target of an onslaught of social media vitriol. Kaur, the daughter of a Kargil war martyr, suddenly became the focal point of a nationalism debate. Facing a trial by social media, Kaur almost retreated into herself. But she was never brought up to be silenced. 'Real bullets killed my father. Your hate bullets are deepening my resolve,' she wrote then. Today, Kaur is doubly determined not to be silent. Small Acts of Freedom is her story. This is the story of three generations of strong, passionate single women in one family, women who have faced the world on their own terms. With an unusual narrative structure that crisscrosses elegantly between the past and the present, spanning seventy years from 1947 to 2017, Small Acts of Freedom is about courage. It's about resilience, strength and...

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