Memoir
Jun 6 2009, Shikha Patial

A memoir by a young “Slumdog” is indeed something worth treasuring. Certainly an eye-openeing experience, which would help dig even deeper into the crust of the slum reality from the eyes of an innocent eight-year-old slum dweller.

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