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040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
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100			_aPradhan, Tapan Kumar
245			_aKalahandi _bthe untold story _cTapan Kumar Pradhan; illustrated by Akash Srichandan and Sangita Pani
260			_aNew Delhi _bKohinoor Books _c2020
300			_a228p
500			_aWinner of Sahitya Akademi Indian literature golden jubilee prize for poetry
520			_aOnce known as the “rice bowl” of Odisha, Kalahandi became infamous for large scale starvation deaths in the 1980s. The agrarian economy of Kalahandi was devastated following a 20 year famine starting in 1965. The author contends that although the famine was a natural disaster, the starvation deaths were an avoidable manmade disaster. The real life stories and poems in this book describe in graphic details the economic and sexual expoitation of poor tribals of Kalahandi by the scheming moneylenders, businessmen, contractors, politicians and indifferent bureacrats.
650			_aStories
650			_aEnglish fiction
700			_aSrichandan, Akash [ill.]
700			_aPani, Sangita [ill.]
942			_cBK
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