Author: MEERA UGRA & LUIS FERNANDES & SUDHA NILESHWAR
Publisher: Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 8184825005
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
A disciple walks into a town where sweets and vegetables cost the same amount of money. Thrilled at being able to eat sweets so cheaply, he decides to stay there, ignoring his guru's warnings. Bharatendu Harishchandra is one of the greatest playwrights in Hindi, and Andher Nagari, written in 1881, is his masterpiece. Harishchandra's vision of a kingdom so ill-run that it is effectively blind to injustice remains a powerful image even today and the phrase 'andher nagari chaupat raja' (in the city of darkness, the king is insane) has passed into popular usage.