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020			_a9780143466963
037			_cPurchased _n Current Books, Convent Jn, Ernakulam
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bMAD/SC
100			_aMadhurima Vidyarthi
245			_aSCHOOL FOR BAD GIRLS
250			_a1
260			_aHaryana _bDuckbill Books _c2024/01/01
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500			_aSomething strange is happening in the heart of the British Empire. Nineteenth-century Calcutta is abuzz with social reforms, especially with regard to womens’ rights and education. And in this time, Kadambini Ganguly dreams of going to university—and in the ultimate audacious hope—wants to become a doctor. But for many people, the idea of girls studying is anathema. And a school full of unmarried girls and widows getting an education, in an environment where caste is disregarded and every student treated as an equal, leads to charges of immorality. And the battle to get the right to a college education is against overwhelming odds. The fictionalised story of Kadambini, one of the first women graduates of the British Empire and the first woman to get a degree from an Indian medical college, is rivetingly told by Madhurima Vidyarthi, in a fascinating portrait of nineteenth century life, society and its arbitrary mores.
650			_aFiction
942			_cLEN
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999			_c193612 _d193612