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“Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” by Katherine Boo

October 10, 2024 by Claudine Cassar
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“Behind the Beautiful Forevers” (Boo 2012) is a deeply touching account of the lives of people living in Annawadi, a Mumbai slum adjoining the Sahar Airport, in the state of Maharashtra.

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