Book Review: A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi by Aman Sethi
For an article on construction workers in Dehli, journalist Aman Sethi had interviewed Mohammed Ashraf, a homeless mazdoor, the Hindi term for “worker.” So Sethi sought out Ashraf again for his book “A Free Man,” in which he explains, “I want to understand … the life of the laborer.”
But Asharaf had been a terrible interview subject for the earlier article. “He had refused to answer any questions directly, choosing instead to offer up quotes like ‘If you had studied psychology, you would know that if you sleep without washing your feet, you get nightmares.’” ...