Nabankur: The Seedling's Tale

By Sulekha Sanyal

About The Book

Translated for the first time from Bengali, this astonishingly radical novel is about Chhobi, a gutsy, misfit girl from a rural landowning family. Chhobi questions injustice, fights to share the privileges offered to her brother and male cousins, and refuses to see her future as just another submissive household drudge. Nabankur means a new seedling, which is personified by Chhobi, who is growing up in late 1930s and the early 1940s in Bengal, where anti-colonial struggles against British rule are in full swing. As her political awakening gains maturity, thoughts of personal freedom fill her heart.

About The Author(s)

Sulekha Sanyal was born in 1928 in an impoverished family that had been indigo planters. She became a communist while a student. At thirty-five she died of leukemia, leaving a number of short stories and novels characterisized by their passion and subtlety.

Gouranga P. Chattopadhyay retired as Professor of Behavioural Science, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He is a practising psychologist.

ISBN : 81-85604-30-4

Format : Book