This, along with the story of a young disabled man's sexual awakening as family life crumbles around him makes Sixth Happiness an interesting exploration of modern, urban India.
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Trying to Grow was later turned into an award-winning BBC-BFI film, Sixth Happiness, for which Kanga wrote the screenplay, and in which he starred.
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This volume was published by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West to coincide with the anniversary of India's independence.
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Sixth Happiness is about Brit - a boy born with brittle bones who never grows taller than four feet.
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Alexander Walker of the Evening Standard said of Sixth Happiness: "Firdaus Kanga's performance has battery pack power...a remarkable true story."
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Trying to Grow was made into a EMMA award winning BBC-BFI film Sixth Happiness with author Firdaus Kanga starring in the main lead.