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In a world where caste is all-important, a scavenger's daughter is supposed to follow in her parents' footsteps. But when she earns admission to a revolutionary school where lower- and upper-caste children mix, she chooses the name Sujata-""born of good lineage""-and determines to take control of her own fate. Sujata soon rises in the world, aided by intelligence, hard work, educators who believe in her-and a few necessary lies about her background. When she falls in love and marries a wealthy classmate; her life seems charmed . . . until revelations about her past threatens to destroy it all.

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I am the former bureau chief of The Times of India, a journalist with over thirty years experience covering the nation's top politicians as well as writing about the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. My novel seeks to shine a light on caste prejudice, an important issue rooted in Indian culture, and one that also resonates across all cultures where people struggle with prejudices of race, status, and class. A SCAVENGER'S DAUGHTER is very much an Indian story-and very much a human story.

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