First published in India as an English-only edition in 2015 by Harper Perennial
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This edition published in India in 2018 by Harper Perennial
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Copyright for the original text in Tamil © Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi, Sukirtharani 2012, 2018
First published as Wild Girls, Wicked Words, a bilingual English/Tamil edition by Kalachuvadu Publications and Sangam House English translation copyright © Lakshmi Holmström 2012, 2018
P-ISBN: 978-93-5277-491-3
Epub Edition © Jan 2018 ISBN: 978-93-5277-492-0
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