Collector's daughter

By:

"Das, S. K"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Rupa; 2011Description: 290pISBN:

9788129117670

Subject(s):

English fiction

DDC classification:

CS DAS S

Summary: The book is set in the background of the famine of 1866 that killed a third of Orissa s population and left many others destitute. The famine was so severe that women sold their children, men ate each other and bodies had to be dragged stark naked from the towns to lie by the roadside. There was an acute scarcity of food and most people were famished with hunger.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	CS DAS S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		148023

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The book is set in the background of the famine of 1866 that killed a third of Orissa s population and left many others destitute. The famine was so severe that women sold their children, men ate each other and bodies had to be dragged stark naked from the towns to lie by the roadside. There was an acute scarcity of food and most people were famished with hunger.

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