Sujatha Gidla is the author of Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India, the story of a family’s attempts to achieve a better life against all odds, and one of the most talked-about books of 2017. The Economist reviewer said, “It is quite possibly the most striking work of nonfiction set in India since Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, and heralds the arrival of a formidable new writer.” Gidla was the featured author on the front cover of Publishers Weekly’s “Best Books of 2017” issue, and the book was named among the year’s “Top Ten.”
Born into generations of crushing poverty in the lowest caste in her home state of Andhra Pradesh, Gidla studied Physics at a regional college, emigrated to the U.S., and now works as a conductor on the New York City subway.
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