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Author, poet and translator, deepa agarwal has written about fifty books in english and hindi, mostly for children. Corporate media, globalization, and the ups strikewhen one hundred and eighty five thousand united parcel service ups workers across the united states walked off their jobs in the fall of 1997, working class concerns became front page news. Dipa karmakar was born on august 9, 1993, in agartala. Dipa karmakar becomes first indian woman gymnast to qualify. Dipa karmakar in perfect balance, biography for children. That is the story fingerprint publication has brought to india through their new book dipa karmakar the small wonder. Dr deepa apte mbbs india is a fully qualified indian medical doctor bachelor of medicine. Now the whole family can enjoy these very important cultural texts at home. Books by deepa agarwal author of best stories from around. The book will have many untold stories of struggle and triumph besides rare archival photos from the karmakars private album as well as competition photos from the olympics and commonwealth games. They are recognized as other backward class by the government of india and government of west bengal. The book cover was launched at the recently concluded ekamra sports literature festival in bhubaneswar. Outside the box presents a rare, indepth study of the media representation of this major labor struggle. Dipa karmakar the small wonder hit the stands on december 15.
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