Language | Hindi |
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ISBN-10 | 9789352230006 |
ISBN-13 | 9789352230006 |
No of pages | 152 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Maple Press |
Published Date | 26 Dec 2015 |
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (also spelt Saratchandra) Bengali was a legendary Bengali novelist from India. He was one of the most popular Bengali novelists of the early 20th century.
His childhood and youth were spent in dire poverty as his father, Motilal Chattopadhyay, was an idler and dreamer and gave little security to his five children. Saratchandra received very little formal education but inherited something valuable from his father—his imagination and love of literature.
He started writing in his early teens and two stories written then have survived—‘Korel’ and ‘Kashinath’. Saratchandra came to maturity at a time when the national movement was gaining momentum together with an awakening of social consciousness.
Much of his writing bears the mark of the resultant turbulence of society. A prolific writer, he found the novel an apt medium for depicting this and, in his hands, it became a powerful weapon of social and political reform.
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Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was one of Bengal’s most prolific and popular novelists and short story writers of early 20th century. This eminent Bengali writer flourished across the nation with exceptional literary creations. His writings comprised of some distinctive features which displayed his feelings to readers in an attractive way.
We feel honoured to present his unparalleled skills and masterpieces in Hindi. This novel is about a kind and large hearted woman 'Manjhali Didi'. She has the humanity to see the plight of an orphaned child (her sister-in-law's brother) and takes care of him as her own son.
She snaps back at people and invites rage from her husband and brother-in-law to protect the child. A 1967 Bollywood film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee is based on this novel. Majhli Didi stars Dharmendra and Meena Kumari. Veteran actress Meena Kumari played the role of Manjhali Didi in this movie.