"Yeh kitaab Madhya Pradesh ke Bundelkhand kshetra ke Sagar jile ke Barodiya Naunagir gaon mein ghati ek aisi sachchi aur jhakjhor dene wali ghatna par aadharit hai, jo Bharatiya samaj mein jad jamaaye jaatigat atyachaar, satta ke durupyog aur nyaay pranali ki kamzoriyon ko benakaab karti hai. Kahani ki shuruaat 15 varshiya Dalit ladki Anjana Ahirwar se hoti hai, jiske saath hui chhedchhad keval ek apradh nahi thi, balki us samajik vyavastha ka pratibimb thi jahan Daliton ki awaaz ko dabana aasaan samjha jaata hai. Jab Anjana aur uska parivaar nyaay ki maang ke saath khada hua, to unhe samjhaute aur raajinaame ka dabaav jhelna pada. Isi dabaav ki kadi mein Anjana ke chhote bhai ki berahmi se hatya kar di gayi. Yahin kahani khatm nahi hoti. Sach ke saath khade chashmadeed gawaah, Anjana ke chacha Rajendra Ahirwar ki bhi hatya kar di jaati hai, taaki sachchai hamesha ke liye dafan ho jaaye. Lekin Anjana nahi jhuki. Wah nyaay ke liye ladti rahi — thaano, adaalaton aur prashasan ke chakkar kaatti rahi. Antatah uski bhi maut ho jaati hai, jo aaj tak “sandigdh paristhitiyon” ke shabdon mein darj hai. Yeh kitaab keval Anjana ki kahani nahi hai, balki un anaginat Dalit parivaron ki awaaz hai, jinke liye nyaay ek lambi aur khatarnak yatra ban jaata hai. Yeh satta, jaati aur kanoon ke gathjod par teekha sawaal uthati hai aur paathak ko yeh sochne par majboor karti hai ki kya Samvidhaan mein likha gaya nyaay vaastav mein samaj ke antim paaydaan tak pahunch pa raha hai? Yeh pustak ek dastavej hai — dard ka, sangharsh ka aur us ummeed ka, jo tamaam hatyaon ke baavajood khatm nahi hoti."