Paraja (Oxford India Paperbacks)
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Author(s)Gopinath Mohanty
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN / ASIN0195623916
ISBN-139780195623918
Sales Rank3,934,544
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Paraja are a peasant tribe living in the hills of Koraput in the Indian province of Orissa. Sukru Jani and his family are successful Paraja tribespeople but the family fortunes decline when a lecherous local official is denied the satisfaction of Sukru's daughter. Dr Gopinath Mohanty is author of 21 novels as well as short stories, critical essays and plays. He has received many awards for his work in India, including the Jnanpith Prize in 1974.
