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Unheard Voices: Stories of Forgotten Lives

Civil servant and social activist Harsh Mander draws on his own and his colleagues' experiences to explore the lives of twenty people on the margins of society who have survived and coped despite all odds.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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