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Under the Bakul tree / Mrinal Kalita ; translated from the Assamese by Partha Pratim Goswami.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Assamese Publisher: Gurugram, Haryana, India : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2024Description: 317 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143458579 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Bakula phulara dare. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 823.92 J-KAL 022249
Also available as an e-book.Awards:
  • Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021.
Summary: When Ashim, the gifted class topper--hailed as the "jewel"--suddenly drops out of school, everyone is surprises. Nirmal, his classmate and academic rival, is deeply troubled by Ashim's scholastic downfall and decides to investigate. As he fights his own demons, Nirmal uncovers the tangled layers of Ashim's troubles and a friendship as pristine as the bakul flower blooms in the tender hearts of two innocent boys. With systemic corruption, a failed education system and ecological destruction play out in the background, an idealistic and imaginative mentor helps the boys navigate the burdens of adolescence, academic pressure and psychological trauma.
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When Ashim, the gifted class topper--hailed as the "jewel"--suddenly drops out of school, everyone is surprises. Nirmal, his classmate and academic rival, is deeply troubled by Ashim's scholastic downfall and decides to investigate. As he fights his own demons, Nirmal uncovers the tangled layers of Ashim's troubles and a friendship as pristine as the bakul flower blooms in the tender hearts of two innocent boys. With systemic corruption, a failed education system and ecological destruction play out in the background, an idealistic and imaginative mentor helps the boys navigate the burdens of adolescence, academic pressure and psychological trauma.

Also available as an e-book.

Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021.

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