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Then Kamaroopathin Kathai

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Then Kamaroopathin Kathai

175.00

Author : Indira Goswami

Translator : A. Mariappan

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A saga of South Kamrup centers around a Sattra in a remote corner of North-east India in the district of Kamrup in Assam. This novel portrays vividly the wretched conditions of the lower inmates of the Sattras such as the disciples, the tenant farmers, the mahout and other villagers who were mostly opium addicts. The harrowing condition of the Brahmin widows has also been portrayed with vivid details. The novel unravels the story of a young missionary who goes to the Sattra to collect old Assamese manuscripts and falls in love with the widowed daughter of the Gossain. The consequence of this relationship is disastrous, ending in the death of the girl widow.

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