NIRMALA: The Mud Blossom

NIRMALA: The Mud Blossom

by Fiza Pathan
NIRMALA: The Mud Blossom

NIRMALA: The Mud Blossom

by Fiza Pathan

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Overview

This story is about Nirmala the Mud Blossom, who had the misfortune of being born female in Mumbai. Rejected and thrown into the dustbin when she was just two days old, the child was rescued and returned to her family by the NGOs.

Nirmala is ill-treated by her mother and subject to violence at her hands. She is allowed to continue her studies only because she can coach her younger brothers, as her parents are illiterate. On one occasion her mother brutally beats her when she is caught reading David Copperfield instead of doing the household chores; on another, she is struck for voicing her dreams of becoming a doctor. Loving school and the access it gives her to books she relishes, Nirmala accepts each beating with forbearance.

What will happen to this little mud blossom? Will she fight back or succumb? How can she rid herself of harassment and rise above the stigma she endures?

Nirmala: The Mud Blossom graphically depicts the travails, discrimination, and abuse faced by female children in India from the cradle to the grave.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788193604410
Publisher: Fiza Pathan Publishing OPC Private Limited
Publication date: 11/04/2018
Pages: 108
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Fiza Pathan is a teacher and the author of four books: S.O.S. Animals and Other Stories, Treasury of Bizarre Christmas Stories, Classics: Why We Should Encourage Children to Read Them, So This Is Love - Collected Poems. and Flesh of Flesh (Short Story). She also hosts a blog at www.insaneowl.com, where she shares her poetry, book reviews, and other issues close to her heart. Fiza invites you to connect with her via her website at www.fizapathan.com, on Twitter @FizaPathan, and on Goodreads. You can learn more about her at http://lecturaobligada.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/fiza-pathan-if-it-were-not-for-my-social-networking-and-my-blogs-many-of-my-readers-wouldnt-be-reading-my-books/. Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Fiza-Pathan/e/B0091BCNTU
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