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The world of the factory girl

In Mobile Girls Koottam, working class women capture the life of factory workers in India through their conversations and touch upon everything, from universal to personal, in a gently humorous voice

Mobile Girls Koottam: Working Women Speak
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Mobile Girls Koottam: Working Women Speak

Saurabh Sharma
Mobile Girls Koottam: Working Women Speak
Author: Madhumita Dutta
Publisher: Zubaan 
Pages: 258
Price: Rs 425

Can you recall the last time you read any research work that transferred the agency back to the marginalised? Besides having principal authority on the narrative, have you thought of researchers as active listeners, who are keen to tell the story as is without editorialising or highbrow-ing the subject matter at hand?

These two qualities distinguish Mobile Girls Koottam: Working Women Speak from any other documentation on working-class women’s concerns. Written by Madhumita Dutta and illustrated by Madhushree, this book is a result of the titular radio podcast