The tattooed Fakir

Nath, Biman B.

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dc.contributor.author	Nath, Biman B.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-15T03:50:50Z	-
dc.date.available	2015-01-15T03:50:50Z	-
dc.date.issued	2012	-
dc.identifier.citation	New Delhi, Pan Macmillan India. 2012	en
dc.identifier.isbn	9781447222859	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6144	-
dc.description	Table of Contents	en
dc.description.abstract	A young woman – Roshanara – is kidnapped by the village zamindar. The British sahib, owner of the indigo plantation, intervenes, but then takes her as his own mistress. She is not, however, any local woman – she is a fakir’s daughter. It is the end of the eighteenth century in northern Bengal. Roshanara’s father, Cherag Ali and her husband, Asif go to Majnu Shah’s band of fakirs to plead for help in getting her back. The fakirs are known for their heroic battles with the British, for their arms and horses. Asif feels nothing is left for him in the village and joins the fakirs, training in the use of weapons and ammunition, skirmishing with them up and down the country, but pining, always, for his Roshanara. Years later, in an oddly fated rescue mission he ends up, not with her, but with her son – Roshan – who evolves into a ferocious fakir soldier, tattooed and insecure about his identity. A spare, elegant rendition of political clashes driven by personal agendas of rage and revenge, The Tattooed Fakir underlines a lesser known section of history with deep emotions.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Pan Macmillan India	en
dc.relation.uri	http://books.google.co.in/books?id=JiHvAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false	en
dc.rights	2012, Pan Macmillan India	en
dc.subject	Fiction	en
dc.subject	Novel	en
dc.subject.classification	Historical Fiction	en
dc.title	The tattooed Fakir	en
dc.type	Book	en
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