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028			_a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd. _b: 2/25 First Floor, Arun House, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi _c: 3112 _d: 03/08/2026
082			_a954.1 DAI
100			_aDai, Mamang.[Editor]
245			_aIn Search of the Indian Village _b: Stories and Reports. _c/ Mamang Dai.
260			_a, New Delhi _b: Aleph Book _c, 2024.
300			_axi, 215p. _c: 16cm.
365			_b349
520			_aIn Search of the Indian Village: Stories and Reports captures the essence of rural India through the country’s finest short fiction, commentary, scholarship, and reportage. In ‘The Blue Umbrella’, Ruskin Bond weaves a heart-warming tale of friendship set in a quaint Himalayan village. ‘Seed’ by Mahasweta Devi is a searing account of the hierarchies of caste while Vijaydan Detha’s ‘Countless Hitlers’ describes a violent race for power on a village road. Through raw and clear-eyed reportage, P. Sainath presents a fascinating motley of characters from the countryside, amongst them a ‘man-eating’ landlord, illicit distillers, and organizers of cockfights. Amitava Kumar’s ‘The Rat’s Guide’ explores the ties between diet and identity in the heartland of Bihar. Taken together, the pieces in the anthology bring to the fore the complex and vast tapestry of lived experiences that make the Indian village.
650			_aFiction
650			_aLiterature
650			_aEnglish Literature
700			_aMamang Dai.
942			_cBOOK
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