Author: Suchitra Bhattacharya
Translator: Mahua Mitra
Publisher: Srishti
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 265
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187075759
Description
An Award winning novel, and now an award winning film, Dahan is there story of two women's search for justice in a man's world. Battle of the sexes rages on the streets, in the courts, in the family.
One evening, when the city-jungle is teeming with life, Romita, a young housewife is molested by four young men near a crowded Metro Station. No one intervenes - except Jhinuk Sarkar, a schoolteacher. Romita's humiliating street encounter compels her to question the fragile nature of her relationship with her husband, Palash. Jhinuk's bravery sparks off famiy tensions and power games with Tunir, her fiancée.
Dahan, which means to burn, is the eternal anguish of every woman who dares to step outside the narrow path specified for her by society. It is a novel about ourselves - of our times. It raises questions - of liberation, of rebellion, of compromises. And, ultimately, of the personal choices we have to make.
The Translator Mahua Mitra has done her MA(Engish) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She worked as a journalist with Business Standard and has worked as a sub-editor with The Telegraph. She is now a freelance creative writer, copy writer and translator.