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Victory Colony, 1950

by Bhaswati Ghosh
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9789382579663
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: History
  • Publisher: Yoda Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Yoda Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 292
  • Original Price: INR 499.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 310 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Historical / General

When she lands in Calcutta's Sealdah railway station on a humid day in 1949, Amala Manna has managed to flee from the communal violence in her village, but not from all her trials. Within moments of crossing over to India as a refugee from East Pakistan, she loses Kartik, her younger brother. Thanks to a group of young volunteers, Amala finds her way to a refugee camp in Gariahata where she meets Manas Dutta, who is the leader of the volunteer group. Despite the sordid camp life, Amala finds sustenance in her quest to find Kartik and the new familial bonds the camp allows her to forge with complete strangers. With dwindling official support, the situation in the camp deteriorates, and the refugees take things into their own hands. They establish Bijoy Nagar - literally meaning Victory Colony - by occupying a zamindar's vacant plot of land. This dramatic event is a harbinger of radical shifts in Amala's personal life.


'A compelling story, set against a Calcutta that's vividly depicted in the smallest of details.'

- Madhulika Liddle


'Bengal comes alive in all its sensory immediacy.'

- Neelum Saran Gour

Ghosh, Bhaswati: - Bhaswati Ghosh is a writer and translator based in Ontario, Canada. She is the recipient of the Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship for Translation for her work, My Days with Ramkinkar Baij. Victory Colony, 1950 is her first book of fiction.

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