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with a blurb talking about a friendship between two girls — one of whom is the daughter of the domestic help of the other — based on football, this book Half the Field is Mine by Swati Sengupta was irresistible for me.
Thirteen-year old Oli has been initiated into football by the same aged Champa, daughter of the domestic help in their house, Arati Mashi. Oli belongs to a household (in the Paruli area of Kolkatta), where gender stereotyping is constantly challenged. Her parents, Ashim Chatterjee and Rini Basu practice equality so much so, that Oli does not have any issues when she plays football with a mixed group of boys and girls in the neighbourhood playground. Her 12-year old brother, Boom has a talent for sewing.
When Arati Mashi, a widow, starts working for Oli’s family, her daughter Champa and Oli get introduced to each other. Soon, they become good friends and soulmates.
Everyday, after school, they study together and play football together. Both of them are strikers in their team and are respected for their game by their gang of friends, Yusuf, Kanishka, Neel, Manirul, Asif, Krish and Deep.
At the threshold of adolescence, the two girls playing a contact sport like football with boys does invite comments and raised eyebrows, which are ignored by the girls.
One day, Neel announces the professional tournament for boys and girls organized by the Jalpaiguri district administration and proposes to enter that tournament. However the girls cannot play with them anymore, as the rules of the tournament does not allow that.
Thirteen-year old Oli has been initiated into football by the same aged Champa, daughter of the domestic help in their house, Arati Mashi. Oli belongs to a household (in the Paruli area of Kolkatta), where gender stereotyping is constantly challenged. Her parents, Ashim Chatterjee and Rini Basu practice equality so much so, that Oli does not have any issues when she plays football with a mixed group of boys and girls in the neighbourhood playground. Her 12-year old brother, Boom has a talent for sewing.
When Arati Mashi, a widow, starts working for Oli’s family, her daughter Champa and Oli get introduced to each other. Soon, they become good friends and soulmates.
Everyday, after school, they study together and play football together. Both of them are strikers in their team and are respected for their game by their gang of friends, Yusuf, Kanishka, Neel, Manirul, Asif, Krish and Deep.
At the threshold of adolescence, the two girls playing a contact sport like football with boys does invite comments and raised eyebrows, which are ignored by the girls.
One day, Neel announces the professional tournament for boys and girls organized by the Jalpaiguri district administration and proposes to enter that tournament. However the girls cannot play with them anymore, as the rules of the tournament does not allow that.
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