In Conversation with Sonia Faleiro: The Good Girls
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🗓️ 16 March 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In May 2014, the bodies of 2 teenage girls were found hanging from a tree in the Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh in Northern India. It was reported that the girls had been victims of a gang rape.
This story sparked scandal and rage across the nation - but there were serious questions raised about the truth of what had occurred - author and journalist Sonia Faleiro spent four long years investigating the case, talking to relatives, the police, and even the accused...
We had the amazing opportunity to speak with Sonia about her book The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing, which details her investigation and the events that took place. We also had the chance to pick her brains on the wider religious, societal and cultural problems plaguing the women and girls of India.
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| 0:42.0 | spoke to Sonia Filaro about her brand new book The Good Girls. Sonia's incredible. I'd |
| 0:48.0 | want to be her when I grow up, so have a good watch and listen. Welcome to Sonia. Thank |
| 1:03.4 | you so much for joining us here today. We are interviewing renowned journalist and author. |
| 1:09.7 | Sonia is here with us right now this second. Some of Sonia's most notable work, including |
| 1:14.5 | The Girl, Beautiful Thing Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Barz and 13 Men. Sonia, |
| 1:21.1 | welcome. Thank you so much for being here with us. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:25.5 | And we are delighted to have you here, Sonia, today to discuss your most recent book. And |
| 1:31.4 | I think Dare I Say Most is powerful, probably, because you've written about 10 books in total, |
| 1:35.8 | but I think this one felt very impactful when we read it. Everyone here at Redhanded was |
| 1:41.7 | a huge fan, and it covers the heartbreaking cases of Padma and Lally, for which Sonia |
| 1:46.8 | spent, and I was blown away to read this in the author's notes of the book, that you |
| 1:52.5 | had spent four years on the ground in the Pradesh, tirelessly interviewing every single |
| 1:58.6 | person that you could speak to who was even remotely involved with this case. And, |
| 2:03.3 | yeah, please Sonia, if you could tell us a little bit about the book, and we don't want |
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