TY  - BOOK
AU  - Falerio, Sonai
TI  - The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing
SN  - 978-0-670-08882-9
U1  - 364.152309542 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - India
PB  - Penguin Books
N1  - Table of Contents
Prologue: Good Days Are Coming Soon xix

Rabi: Spring, 2014

An Accusation Is Made 3

Lalli's Father Buys a Phone 8

Cousin Manju Observes Something Strange 11

Nazru Sees It Too 16

Unspeakable Things 19

The Naughty Boy 24

The Invisible Women 27

Lalli Asks for a Memento 29

The Fair Comes to the Village 32

Padma Lalli, Gone 38

Thieves in the Tobacco 42

Where Are They? 46

Every Eight Minutes 49

Jeevan Lal's Secret 52

Adrenaline in the Fields, Tears at Home 54

Nazru Changes His Story, Again 57

'Bastards, Go Look for Them Yourselves' 62

A Finger Is Pointed 66

Sohan Lal Storms Out 71

Finally, News 73

'An Unspeakable Sight' 76

A Policeman's Suspicion 78

The Poster Child for a New India 83

A Reporter's Big Break 87

The Matter Will End' 91

The First Politician Arrives 96

The Matter Should Be Settled 100

Someone to Solve Their Problems 102

The Politician's Aide 108

'Liars, Thieves and Fucking Scum' 113

Cable Wars in the Katra Fields 118

Complaints Are Written, Then Torn 123

The Bodies Come Down 127

A Sweeper and a 'Weaker' Doctor 132

The Post-Mortem 136

Farewell Padma Lalli 140

Kharif: Summer, 2014

The Worst Place in the World 147

The Women Who Changed India 154

The Zero Tolerance Policy 160

A Broken System Exposed 164

Separate Milk From Water 170

A Red Flag 176

The Villagers Talk 179

The False Eyewitness 183

Purity and Pollution 187

A Post-mortem Undone 192

'Habitual of Sexual Intercourse' 196

A Mother Goes 'Mad' 200

Visitors to the Jail 203

The Case of the Missing Phones 208

The Truth About the Phone 214

'She Is All I Have' 217

'There Is No Need to Go Here and There' 223

'Did You Kill Padma and Lalli?' 227

'Machines Don't Lie' 232

'Have You Ever Been in Love?' 235

DROWNED 238

Results and Rumours 243

The Rogue Officer 249

Friends, Not Strangers 254

Pappu and Nazru Face to Face 259

'Girls Are Honour of Family 264

Pappu in Jail, the Shakyas in Court 270

Epilogue

Birth 273

Rebirth 278

Love, Hope, Vote 280

Author's Note 285

Notes 292

Acknowledgements 311

Bibliography 313
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