The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing/
Falerio, Sonai
The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing/ Sonia Falerio - India Penguin Books 2021 - 314 p. Hard Bound 14*22.2 cm
Table of Contents
Prologue: Good Days Are Coming Soon xix
Rabi: Spring, 2014
An Accusation Is Made 3
Lalli's Father Buys a Phone 8
Cousin Manju Observes Something Strange 11
Nazru Sees It Too 16
Unspeakable Things 19
The Naughty Boy 24
The Invisible Women 27
Lalli Asks for a Memento 29
The Fair Comes to the Village 32
Padma Lalli, Gone 38
Thieves in the Tobacco 42
Where Are They? 46
Every Eight Minutes 49
Jeevan Lal's Secret 52
Adrenaline in the Fields, Tears at Home 54
Nazru Changes His Story, Again 57
'Bastards, Go Look for Them Yourselves' 62
A Finger Is Pointed 66
Sohan Lal Storms Out 71
Finally, News 73
'An Unspeakable Sight' 76
A Policeman's Suspicion 78
The Poster Child for a New India 83
A Reporter's Big Break 87
The Matter Will End' 91
The First Politician Arrives 96
The Matter Should Be Settled 100
Someone to Solve Their Problems 102
The Politician's Aide 108
'Liars, Thieves and Fucking Scum' 113
Cable Wars in the Katra Fields 118
Complaints Are Written, Then Torn 123
The Bodies Come Down 127
A Sweeper and a 'Weaker' Doctor 132
The Post-Mortem 136
Farewell Padma Lalli 140
Kharif: Summer, 2014
The Worst Place in the World 147
The Women Who Changed India 154
The Zero Tolerance Policy 160
A Broken System Exposed 164
Separate Milk From Water 170
A Red Flag 176
The Villagers Talk 179
The False Eyewitness 183
Purity and Pollution 187
A Post-mortem Undone 192
'Habitual of Sexual Intercourse' 196
A Mother Goes 'Mad' 200
Visitors to the Jail 203
The Case of the Missing Phones 208
The Truth About the Phone 214
'She Is All I Have' 217
'There Is No Need to Go Here and There' 223
'Did You Kill Padma and Lalli?' 227
'Machines Don't Lie' 232
'Have You Ever Been in Love?' 235
DROWNED 238
Results and Rumours 243
The Rogue Officer 249
Friends, Not Strangers 254
Pappu and Nazru Face to Face 259
'Girls Are Honour of Family 264
Pappu in Jail, the Shakyas in Court 270
Epilogue
Birth 273
Rebirth 278
Love, Hope, Vote 280
Author's Note 285
Notes 292
Acknowledgements 311
Bibliography 313
978-0-670-08882-9
364.152309542 / FAL
The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing/ Sonia Falerio - India Penguin Books 2021 - 314 p. Hard Bound 14*22.2 cm
Table of Contents
Prologue: Good Days Are Coming Soon xix
Rabi: Spring, 2014
An Accusation Is Made 3
Lalli's Father Buys a Phone 8
Cousin Manju Observes Something Strange 11
Nazru Sees It Too 16
Unspeakable Things 19
The Naughty Boy 24
The Invisible Women 27
Lalli Asks for a Memento 29
The Fair Comes to the Village 32
Padma Lalli, Gone 38
Thieves in the Tobacco 42
Where Are They? 46
Every Eight Minutes 49
Jeevan Lal's Secret 52
Adrenaline in the Fields, Tears at Home 54
Nazru Changes His Story, Again 57
'Bastards, Go Look for Them Yourselves' 62
A Finger Is Pointed 66
Sohan Lal Storms Out 71
Finally, News 73
'An Unspeakable Sight' 76
A Policeman's Suspicion 78
The Poster Child for a New India 83
A Reporter's Big Break 87
The Matter Will End' 91
The First Politician Arrives 96
The Matter Should Be Settled 100
Someone to Solve Their Problems 102
The Politician's Aide 108
'Liars, Thieves and Fucking Scum' 113
Cable Wars in the Katra Fields 118
Complaints Are Written, Then Torn 123
The Bodies Come Down 127
A Sweeper and a 'Weaker' Doctor 132
The Post-Mortem 136
Farewell Padma Lalli 140
Kharif: Summer, 2014
The Worst Place in the World 147
The Women Who Changed India 154
The Zero Tolerance Policy 160
A Broken System Exposed 164
Separate Milk From Water 170
A Red Flag 176
The Villagers Talk 179
The False Eyewitness 183
Purity and Pollution 187
A Post-mortem Undone 192
'Habitual of Sexual Intercourse' 196
A Mother Goes 'Mad' 200
Visitors to the Jail 203
The Case of the Missing Phones 208
The Truth About the Phone 214
'She Is All I Have' 217
'There Is No Need to Go Here and There' 223
'Did You Kill Padma and Lalli?' 227
'Machines Don't Lie' 232
'Have You Ever Been in Love?' 235
DROWNED 238
Results and Rumours 243
The Rogue Officer 249
Friends, Not Strangers 254
Pappu and Nazru Face to Face 259
'Girls Are Honour of Family 264
Pappu in Jail, the Shakyas in Court 270
Epilogue
Birth 273
Rebirth 278
Love, Hope, Vote 280
Author's Note 285
Notes 292
Acknowledgements 311
Bibliography 313
978-0-670-08882-9
364.152309542 / FAL