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Ahmedabad, India; May 21, 2013: In the days when books on romance, friendship and corporate culture have become popular, Kota Neelima touches upon a grave problem of the agricultural India. Her newest book 'Shoes of the Dead' is about a farmer who commits suicide due to successive failure of crops and burden of debts. Though it might seem age old problem and thing of past but it still prevails and has much deeper impact on the socio-political aspects of India. 

'Shoes of the Dead' is a chilling novel that portrays the harsh realities of the Indian farmers in modern India. The novel is a more of a documentary on the life of farmers living in central India who has to put up with plenty of ordeals for peanuts. 

The novel focuses on central character Gangiri who is a brother of the victim Sudhakar Bhadra. Sudhakar is a farmer who commits suicide as his crops have failed in succession and has a heavy debt on his head. Unfortunately, the Mityala community fakes out the news of suicide committed by several such farmers and cancels out on the compensation to their families. Gangiri sets his foot forward towards this injustice and he determines to change the prevailing situation. 

Will Gangiri be able to fight back or will he become a victim to the system. Shoes of the Dead makes an interesting read as Gangiri sets off a series of events that threatens the career of a young politician Keyur Kashinath. The book certainly gives out fascinating insights on the dynastic politics functions and the working of Indian political and democratic system of India. 

The book is now available for online purchases as well. Infibeam.com, one of the most preferred online shopping sites especially for books has made this phenomenal book available on its online racks. 

http://www.infibeam.com/Books/shoes-dead-kota-neelima/9788129123961.html

About the Author

Kota Neelima is a political editor with The Sunday Guardian and a Research Fellow for South Asia Studies at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC. Riverstones and Death of a Moneylender are some of her previous creations. Shoes of the Dead is her new novel that demonstrates the terrible plight of the Indian farmers in the modern India.