The men, women and children featured in the book, published by Penguin Random House, are Adivasis, Dalits, OBCs, Brahmins, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus and hail from different regions, speak different languages and include atheists and believers, Leftists, Gandhians and Ambedkarites.
Circa 1857: East India Company’s elitist attitude and the Doctrine of Lapse had already set the ball rolling. At the ebb of their tolerance, while smaller kingdoms like Jhansi, Gwalior, Karnataka, and the Paikas (foot soldiers) from Odisha were preparing for what would be called the first war of independence, brewing in the little villages was a food reaction that would leave