BooksShilpa started on her memoir at the age of sixteen. While working on her first book, The Elephant Chaser’s Daughter, Shilpa was introduced to the struggles of her family. Her passion for discovery took her back to where she was born, a forested village in South India, where she spoke at length with family members and neighbors who revealed to her their tales of suffering, violence, and indignity. No young woman from a very poor untouchable family has ever written a memoir or autobiography or given a first-hand perspective of what it is to be a part of the social underclass in modern-day India. In the process of writing this book, Shilpa found herself being drawn towards human suffering, and ways in which it can be reduced. She hopes that through her writings and documentations she will be able to describe to others the unpleasant truths about the lives of those who are often forgotten or ignored in our society. Books by Shilpa Raj The Elephant Chaser’s Daughter ...