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Koshy was born in New Delhi and migrated to the US in the 1984, at the age of 14. She has worked as a trade union organiser and community organiser, parent and writer.
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like her father. However, the loss of his job forces him to work as a ragpicker, adversely affecting her family.
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won the 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize and was shortlisted for the 2009
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