Anya Bhubon
- Publisher : Westland
- Publishing year : March 2024
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9789360456689
- Imprint : Eka
- Age Group : Adult
- Language : Bengali
About the Book There is a country within this country of ours, where no one takes refuge in falsehood, where there are ...
About the Book
There is a country within this country of ours, where no one takes refuge in falsehood, where there are no thieves, no beggars, no poverty. No one can imagine disrespecting women there. There is no such thing as an illicit transaction. This society is matriarchal. This community is home to a tribal group that has followed this practice since ancient times. We label them as ‘savage’. But Rajinder, the hero of our novel, on reaching the world of the so-called ‘savage’ people, discovers a society where love, sex and individual freedom are unconditional.
This novel provides glimpses into the lives of Adivasis in the jungles of Chhattisgarh. It is an attempt to highlight the life principles of a people whose land and forest rights have been repeatedly taken away, who are seen as primitive, and are despised and neglected by modern society.
Manoranjan Byapari was born in the mid-fifties in Barishal, Bangladesh. His family migrated to West Bengal when he was three. They were first resettled in Bankura at the Shiromanipur Refugee camp. Later, they were forced to shift to the Gholadoltala Refugee Camp, 24 Parganas, and lived there till 1969. However, Byapari had to leave home at the age of fourteen to do odd jobs. At age twenty-four, he came into contact with the Naxals and with the famous labour activist Shankar Guha Niyogi, founder of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha at the Dalli Rajhara Mines. He was sent to jail during this time, where he taught himself to read and write. Later, while working as a rickshaw puller in Kolkata, Byapari had a chance meeting with Mahasweta Devi, who urged him to write for her journal Bartika. He has published ten novels and over fifty short stories since. Until recently he was working as a cook with the Hellen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Blind in West Bengal.
