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The book is a critique of the varied facets of socio-cultural dynamics in India as mediated in the fifteen Indian novels providing valuable insights into the history, culture and sociology of India. Choosing three novels from each of the five regional languages of India i.e. Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, the author sets out to explore ‘the ever changing realities of Indian life, society and culture’ through the aspects like caste, patriarchy, gender, the conflict between tradition and modernity and political dynamics. It thus explores the exceedingly complex Indian society, its welter of continuities and crisscrossing trajectories as reflected in the selected novels like Nemade’s Kosla, Renu’s Maila Aanchal, Bhisham Sahni’s Tamas, Mahasweta Devi’s Hajar Churashir Maa, Ananthamurthy’s Samskara, O.V. Vijayan’s The Legends of Khasak and so on. Vast in scope and varied in the terms of the material chosen, this book presents a rare glimpse of India’s rich fictional landscape enhancing a meaningful interaction, natural osmosis and cross-cultural fertilization among the Indian bhasha literatures. A welcome addition to your book-shelf.