ইয়াত এখন অৰণ্য আছিল

A journalist sets out to investigate how the forested hills around Guwahati are being settled and cleared, and the evictions of poor forest dwellers that follow. Her housemaid Madhuri fears losing her own home, brokers profit from the destruction, and a few people, among them a mahout said to understand animals, try to protect what is left. A friend's suspicion of her husband brings in gender and abuse at home.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Nature, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

India

First published

2017 by Banalata

Author's age

53 when first published