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  • The
  • book
  • is
  • a
  • translation
  • of
  • the
  • original
  • Maithili
  • novel
  • 'Sooryasta'by
  • Mayanand
  • Mishra.
  • The
  • story
  • pertains
  • to
  • pre-independence
  • India,
  • around
  • the
  • first
  • half
  • of
  • the
  • twentieth
  • century.
  • A
  • British
  • family,
  • an
  • Indigo
  • farmer
  • originally,
  • becomes
  • super-rich,
  • living
  • in
  • a
  • village
  • in
  • the
  • heart
  • of
  • Mithila,
  • a
  • region
  • in
  • the
  • northern
  • part
  • of
  • the
  • state
  • of
  • Bihar
  • in
  • India.
  • The
  • daughter
  • is
  • very
  • appreciative
  • of
  • the
  • Indian
  • lifestyle
  • and
  • culture
  • and
  • adopts
  • the
  • same
  • for
  • herself.
  • She
  • opens
  • a
  • school
  • for
  • local
  • children.
  • She
  • falls
  • in
  • love
  • with
  • a
  • local
  • youth,
  • who
  • is
  • a
  • Gandhian
  • involved
  • in
  • the
  • Independence
  • Movement
  • and
  • committed
  • not
  • to
  • marry.
  • She
  • also
  • decides
  • not
  • to
  • marry.
  • But
  • the
  • en
  • d
  • is
  • very
  • dramatic
  • and
  • totally unexpected.
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