Here Comes Super Bus

Book excerpt: Award For Indian Language Fiction Translation, Crossword Book Awards, 2000. In This Unusual Autobiography, A Young Woman, Bama, Looks Back On Her Life From A Moment Of Personal Crisis, As She Leaves The Religious Order To Which She Has Belonged For Seven Years. She Recreates Her Childhood In Her Village Through A Series Of Poignant Memories And Reflections. Most Importantly, She Examines The Simple Faith With Which She Grew Up As A Roman Catholic And Restates It In The Light Of Her Experience As A Dalit And A Woman.