This book contains an unvarnished story of a marriage, and of a woman and writer seeking her space in a mans world. This autobiography is also a revealing portrait of the Marathi Dalit movement, and of Bombays poets, activists, prostitutes and fighters. Published originally in Marathi titled Mala Uddhvasta Vhaychay, it quickly became a sensation and vanished as quickly. This superb translation revives the lost classic and makes it available for the first time in any language other than Marathi.