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4/5stars Because when flowers are alive, they spread beauty, and when they die, no one cries. If you are an Indian, you HAVE to read this. This collection of six powerful short stories talks about the structures of caste-based oppression in this country. All of these stories have a really strong protagonist, and the story is told from their perspective. Although it is a fictional account, the parallels to real-life incidents draw themselves. Cherry on the cake is the fact that the author single-handedly runs the Panther's Paw Publication that works towards promoting Dalit stories and narratives. So if you do want to support and help, please go buy books from Panther's Paw Publication! Hope is the weapon of the masses and the poor. Hope is the thread between brutal reality and the imagined heaven. Hope is the only medicine in the lives of people who are wounded by society. Hope is the chance to bring change. Those who mock the existence of hope can never understand the quest of the exploited masses for emancipation.