What is the title of Gaiutra Bahadur's book about her great-grandmother's indenture?
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Correct answer: C. Coolie Woman
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Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture (2013) follows her great-grandmother Sujaria from Bihar to British Guiana (1903). An Era of Darkness is Tharoor's and Dauka Puran Subramani's.
Note: The source calls it an 'autobiographical novel'; it is a work of history and memoir.
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