Gadyasamagra by Mallika Sengupta [Hardcover]

The world of poet Mallika Sengupta's prose has become extraordinary in the mixed light of history, sociology, and gender politics. Three novels and three essays—that is his prose-festival. As in his poetry, his prose shines with a distinct vision. Mallika has always been painful and argumentative about the endangered existence of women in a male-dominated society. In his novel 'Sitayan' Sita is a protester against Arya statehood. In the novel 'Shiltahanir Paari', this society is full of continuous abuse of women and self-deception. The novel 'Kabir Bouthan' was written in the last phase of life. The construction of Thakurbari in the pen of the ill Mallika was like his last tribute to Rabindranath. Maybe or the heart of a sensitive woman was awake in the background. There is no hiding in Mallika's essays. In the essay 'Strilinga Nirman' directly presented his questions about the male world and thoughts and arguments about female liberation. In the book 'Purusha Nai, Purushantra' he clarified his protest against the system and not the individual. 'The Narrative of Marriage Dissolution' is a thoughtful study of society and literature. Mallika's 'Gadyasamgra' is actually one book, a long stream of thought. Arguably, a must-read anthropological commentary, written by Mallika at the cost of his life.