ALO-ANDHARI

📘 Book Details

• Publisher: Mehta Publishing House

• Translator: Mrunalini Gadkari

• Language: Marathi (Translated from English)

• Edition: 2

• Publishing Year: August 2008

• ISBN: 9788177669671

• Pages: 152

• Cover: Paperback

• Category: Autobiography

📖 About The Book

A Life Less Ordinary is the shocking and inspiring autobiography of Baby Halder, a woman who overcame unimaginable hardship to emerge as a symbol of strength and resilience. Translated into Marathi by Mrunalini Gadkari, this true story delves deep into the heartbreaking struggles Baby faced from a young age.

Abandoned by her mother and raised by an abusive father, Baby's early life was filled with pain and sorrow. Married off at the tender age of twelve to a man twice her age, she endured brutal abuse. At just fourteen, she became a mother, facing the overwhelming challenges of raising her children under the harshest conditions.

Her story takes a dramatic turn when, exhausted and desperate, she fled to Delhi with her three children to work as a maid in some of the city's wealthiest households. There, she faced a staggering workload, often without time to care for her own children, yet never once complaining. Her tale offers a rare and intimate look into the life of India’s poorest and the grueling realities of domestic labor.

Written without a trace of self-pity, A Life Less Ordinary is an eye-opening and inspiring memoir. It portrays the extraordinary courage, determination, and strength of one woman determined to rise above her circumstances. Baby’s story is a powerful reminder of the resilience of the human spirit and a call to understand the struggles that many face in modern-day India.