The Adivasi Will Not Dance

The Adivasi Will Not Dance

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU PRIZE 2016

In this collection of stories, set in the fecund, mineral-rich hinterland and the ever-expanding, squalid towns of Jharkhand, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar breathes life…

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