shakuntala
Publisher: Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2, Odisha, India
Published: 1980 with subsequent many publications
Place of publication: Cuttack, Odisha, India
Format: Novel
Number of pages: 428
Table of contents: title: This is a modern classic novel of post independence literary work of Indian literature that has been received by critics as a masterpiece of creative genius. The theme deals with the ensuing socio political realities in India that has riddled the Gandhian definition of democracy with its antithetic political philosophy of Marxism that resulted in prolonging the almost uncontrollable violent  Maoist activism in the country. The novel recreates the historical situation, set in the post independent Indian socio-political scenario, in an  analytical  style and diction, culminating in a prophecy that came true with the dissolution of the Soviet Union by 1990. Held by learned critics as unique of its kind the novel has continued to enthrall new generation of readers since its first publication in 1980.