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020			_a9789395073356
082			_a891.443 _bSHA/B
100			_aShaheen Akhtar
240			_aShokhi Rongomala
245			_aBeloved rongomala
260			_aChennai _bEka _c2022
300			_a282 p.
520			_aIn eighteenth-century Bengal, the East India influence and power is growing; the treasuries of the zamindars are emptying out and their mansions crumbling. Young Raj Chandra Chowdhury remains oblivious to these epochal changes. He's preoccupied with Rongomala, his mistress, a low-born dancing girl. His uncle Rajendta Narayan sees a chance, conspiring to cake over. Meanwhile, Raj Chandrats childlike wife Phuleswari has developed a queer bond of sisterhood with her nemesis. As for Rongomala herself, she dares to defy her caste status by demanding that a lake be dug in her name; she wishes to be remembered after her youth and beauty have run their course. It is an audacity that might cost her dearly.
650			_aBengali fiction
700			_aShabnam Nadiya, (Tr.)
942			_cBK
999			_c67392 _d67392