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Coal to Gold

Coal to Gold

(Penguin Petit)

Milind Khandekar
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When Savitaben started working, she had to face discrimination for being both a woman and a Dalit. But that didn’t stop her. From a small job carting half-burnt coal to brick kilns, she steadily built up her business to sell most of the coal that arrived at the Ahmedabad railway yard.
Though her business thrived she couldn’t move out of her Dalit chawl until a moment of luck gave her a home in an upper-caste neighbourhood. However, the residents did not want any Dalits in their colony, and in the throes of the anti-reservation protests of 1985, her house was burnt down. Shoved back into ‘her place’, Savitaben resolved to build her business into an unassailable force. With deft investments and an iron will, Savitaben’s business now has a turnover of Rs 50 crore, and the woman who once sold coal now sells gold.
Find out how Savita triumphed over a system designed to work against her in this story.

Imprint: Penguin

Published: Jul/2017

Length : 8 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

Coal to Gold

(Penguin Petit)

Milind Khandekar

When Savitaben started working, she had to face discrimination for being both a woman and a Dalit. But that didn’t stop her. From a small job carting half-burnt coal to brick kilns, she steadily built up her business to sell most of the coal that arrived at the Ahmedabad railway yard.
Though her business thrived she couldn’t move out of her Dalit chawl until a moment of luck gave her a home in an upper-caste neighbourhood. However, the residents did not want any Dalits in their colony, and in the throes of the anti-reservation protests of 1985, her house was burnt down. Shoved back into ‘her place’, Savitaben resolved to build her business into an unassailable force. With deft investments and an iron will, Savitaben’s business now has a turnover of Rs 50 crore, and the woman who once sold coal now sells gold.
Find out how Savita triumphed over a system designed to work against her in this story.

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Paperback / Hardback
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Milind Khandekar

Milind Khandekar has over twenty-two years of experience in the field of journalism. He is currently managing editor at Media Content and Communications Services (I) Pvt. Ltd (MCCS), and looks after the editorial content of ABP News, ABP Ananda and ABP Majha. He has previously worked with the Navbharat Times and Aaj Tak. He is a product of the Times Centre for Media Studies, and received the Rajendra Mathur Award for best trainee (Hindi) in 1991.

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