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Author | Indira Goswami |
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Original title | দঁতাল হাতীৰ উঁয়ে খোৱা হাওদা (Dontal Hateer Unye Khowda Howda) |
Translator | Indira Goswami |
Language | Assamese |
Subject | Social |
Genre | Fiction, Short Stories |
Publisher | Rupa & Co. (English) |
Publication date | 1986 |
Publication place | ![]() |
Published in English | 2004 |
Media type | Print ( Hardcover) |
Pages | 372 |
ISBN | 81-291-0336-2 |
The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker is a novel written by Indira Goswami in Kamrupi dialect. Book deals with different social issues of mid twentieth century Kamrup. Published as Dontal Hatir Une Khowa Howdah in 1986, [1] it was translated into English by the author in 2004. [2]
Set in Palashbari in Kamrup, it revolves around lead protagonist Giribaala and the society around her. As a widow from an Assamese Brahmin family, she narrates her experiences between two worlds: traditionalism and liberalism. The novel explores a powerful picture of change and transition.
In the year 2000, the Bharatiya Jnanpith conferred Jnanpith Award for this piece of work, among others. [3]
Work is adapted in numerous television serials like Ruma Ghosh's Kamrup Ki Kahani and in 1996 Assamese language film Adajya directed by Santwana Bardoloi .