Known Turf is a book written by Annie Zaidi, who is a well-known journalist and a writer. She has discussed about gender violence, caste discrimination, hunger and dwindling sex ratio in India. Her numerous field trips to various parts of India as a journalist, led her to discover many social issues still prevaling in our country. The best part is that these stories led the author to introspect.
It is a simple, witty, straight forward, well articulated and at times emotionally written book. I have many favorite lines but some of them are -
'Sometimes I wonder if our inability to judge....we don't have a clue about how they are made' Page 83
'You think how this world isn't fir for her...and now imagine you had a choice not to bring her into this frightening world...and we live with that void' Page 221
'Each time any of us thinks about why things are the way they are, we become kafirs...we are all, by default, kafirs' page 184
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