Screen LibrarySwarnalata /
"Set in mid-nineteenth century Assam when the forces of tradition were being challenged by new concepts of modernity, Swarnalata is the story of three women from very different social backgrounds, each caught in the whirlpool of change, each trying to chart her own course in life, heroically, s...
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| Published: |
Zubaan,
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| Publisher Address: | New Delhi : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Assamese |
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| Summary: |
"Set in mid-nineteenth century Assam when the forces of tradition were being challenged by new concepts of modernity, Swarnalata is the story of three women from very different social backgrounds, each caught in the whirlpool of change, each trying to chart her own course in life, heroically, silently. As the intertwined lives of Swarnalata, Tora and Lakhi unfold, the reader is taken on a fascinating journey into the social milieu of the times where issues like women's education and widow remarriage held centre stage. The plight of indentured labour, peasant resistance against colonial explo |
| Item Description: |
Originally published in Assamese 1991. First published in English by the same publisher in 2011. Translation of : Svarṇalatā. |
| Carrier Form: | 293 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9789385932458 (hardcover) : 9385932454 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | PK1569 |
| CLC: | I351.45 |
| Call Number: | I351.45/M678 |