The grim and incisive story of Shanmugam, a rural graduate from Tamil Nadu, who moves to the buzzling city of Mumbai in search of employment. This translation of the acclaimed Tamil novel Midhavai acutely lays bare the arduous life of migrant workers who leave their homes with nothing more than hope and persistence in their pockets to find sustenance in the big cities of India.
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