द्रोह

Bicharlal Dhital used to make his living performing rites in the villages of the Ridhang block of Sikkim. Elected to the assembly for the ruling party, he stops recognising the poor neighbour he grew up with, threatens a schoolteacher who displeases him and turns away landless villagers. His patron in the block is Kaijarbahadur Sutar, a moneyed fixer who buys votes with feasts, has seized government land with the legislator's blessing and believes he can buy the law itself. When servant girls in Kaijar's household are abused and killed, the question is whether anyone in power will act.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Politics, Crime (assigned by AI)

Set in

India

First published

2002 by Janapaksha Prakashan

Author's age

48 when first published