Thadai Athai Uthai

About the book

'Thadai adhai uthai' delves into the realities of life on the streets. Life is not equal, and people living on the streets end up with the short straw. The book examines the inequalities that exist in our society through Soccer Sangeetha's life story. The book helps in understanding why achieving sustained progress remains challenging for the homeless. The book emphasizes a critical truth: even when the people living on the streets receive a little help, they live an unreliable life, where a single misstep means erasing years of progress and starting again from square one. They do not have the privilege of making mistakes.

Beyond individual stories, the book explores homelessness advocacy, and government schemes for the homeless and documents the efforts of NGOs working to protect the rights of the homeless people. While these organizations have raised awareness among individuals living on the streets about their fundamental rights, there remains a significant gap in understanding among the more privileged public and government officers, whose understanding is one-dimensional and fails to grasp the complex challenges that homeless individuals navigate daily. At its core, this book serves as a bridge between two worlds, explaining the daily struggles and systemic challenges faced by the homeless community to a privileged audience who may never have to confront such realities. It challenges readers to move beyond surface-level understanding and empathize with the complex realities of life on the streets.

About the author

Kokila has an undergraduate degree in computer science. She has ventured into entrepreneurship while maintaining a deep commitment to social causes. She does volunteer work in her free time to help underprivileged rural children's education. Her genuine passion for creating impact led her to explore writing. This authenticity in her approach made her an assistant editor of an online magazine. She has published 8 books in Tamil focusing on politics and history.