The story is set in a village in the district of Hooghly in West Bengal, near the author's birthplace, Devanandapur, in the early twentieth century, when rural life was dominated by social conventions and caste prejudices. It deals with the efforts of Ramesh, a young Roorkee trained engineer, to bring change in the caste ridden village and to elevate the villagers to a better level of existence. It is also the story of two childhood friends whose relationship is doomed as social convention decrees that they must not come close to each other.

Publisher: Rupa Publications India

Author: Sarat Chandra Chatterjee

Pages: 188

ISBN: 9788171675609

Publication Date: 01 April 2003