{"product_id":"a-fight-for-a-cup-of-chai-paperback","title":"A Fight for a Cup of Chai - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSanman Thapa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fight for a Cup of Chai\u003c\/em\u003e is a nonfiction account of factory labor in 1990s Nepal, told through the lived experience of a young worker navigating poverty, injury, and survival within an informal industrial system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child laborer in a Kathmandu shoe factory, Sanman Thapa lost his hand to unsafe machinery-an injury shaped by economic necessity and the absence of worker protections. Rather than framing exploitation abstractly, the book documents daily factory life, bodily risk, class hierarchy, and the quiet endurance required to persist under unsafe working conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten from firsthand experience, \u003cem\u003eA Fight for a Cup of Chai\u003c\/em\u003e offers a human-scale perspective on global labor systems and the costs borne by workers in the Global South. The narrative provides valuable context for readers and students examining industrialization, workers' rights, and labor history beyond Western settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is well-suited for classroom use and comparative study alongside units on the Industrial Revolution, child labor, and global supply chains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53575284195635,"sku":"9798348506452","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/a-fight-for-a-cup-of-chai-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}