Ei To Sedin by Ashapurna Debi [Hardcover]

Just the other day, Zamindar Shaktiprasad brought home a girl from a common family, Sarama, as his daughter-in-law. That day, Sarama gave birth to a child, Dipti-prasad. Facing an oppressive husband and a violent son, Sarama began a life of personal cruelty, a life that might have slowly ended within the walls of the zamindar’s mansion. But it did not. Sarama stood up with an extraordinary strength against all lies, insults, and arrogance. How she did that is the essence of this remarkable novel, "Ei To Sedin" (Just the Other Day).

Asha Purna Devi is one of those rare storytellers whose powerful writing makes the past and present come alive with the same flesh-and-blood vitality. In "Ei To Sedin," she presents the backdrop of the moments just before the abolition of the permanent settlement system. The depiction is as grand as it is intimate. Sarama emerges as an emblem of women’s awakening, torn by pain, full of protest, yet purified by humanity.