Hello Mumbai City DeskĀ
One of the most daring female journalist of India, Preeti Sompura has been awarded Maharashtra Sahitya Award for her book Bachhaposh.This book is written from her Afghanistan war like atmosphere there.
Bacha posh is a practice in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan in which some families without sons will pick a daughter to live and behave as a boy. This enables the child to behave more freely: attending school, escorting her sisters in public, and working.
Preeti wanted this book launched in the present of Afghanistan PM Hamid Karjai …. But then Taliban took over the rule in Afghanistan…
Congratulations to Preeti for the award