How Long to Read Lesser Lives: Stories of Domestic Servants in India

How Long Does it Take to Read Lesser Lives: Stories of Domestic Servants in India?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 58 minutes to read Lesser Lives: Stories of Domestic Servants in India by Nitin Sinha

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

‘Exemplary’ Ravish Kumar 'A wonderful selection’ Rana Safvi For generations, domestic servants in India have been subjected to neglect, apathy and cruelty. Though they are known nowadays as the domestic ‘help’, ‘aid’ or ‘staff’, often merely to meet the requirements of political correctness, their condition remains unchanged for the most part as the country’s privileged classes have failed to truly address the most pervasive inequalities in their households. In Lesser Lives, Nitin Sinha and Prabhat Kumar collect short fiction from the Hindi heartland that turns the gaze onto these continuing disparities. The eleven stories in the book, including Premchand’s ‘Maidservant’, Mahadevi Varma’s ‘Rama’, Saadat Hasan Manto’s ‘Blouse’, Amarkant’s ‘Bahadur’ and Shekhar Joshi’s ‘Dajyu’, offer both timeless classics and little-known literary gems, some of which have never been published in translation before.

How long is Lesser Lives: Stories of Domestic Servants in India?

Lesser Lives: Stories of Domestic Servants in India by Nitin Sinha is 175 pages long, and a total of 44,625 words.

This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lesser Lives: Stories of Domestic Servants in India Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 3 minutes to read Lesser Lives: Stories of Domestic Servants in India aloud.

What Reading Level is Lesser Lives: Stories of Domestic Servants in India?

Lesser Lives: Stories of Domestic Servants in India is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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