The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal

The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal PDF Author: Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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"The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal" by Bankim Chandra Chatterji (translated by Miriam S. Knight). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal

The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal PDF Author: Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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"The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal" by Bankim Chandra Chatterji (translated by Miriam S. Knight). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal

The Poison Tree: A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal PDF Author: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465615342
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Nagendra Natha Datta is about to travel by boat. It is the month Joisto (May—June), the time of storms. His wife, Surja Mukhi, had adjured him, saying, "Be careful; if a storm arises be sure you fasten the boat to the shore. Do not remain in the boat." Nagendra had consented to this, otherwise Surja Mukhi would not have permitted him to leave home; and unless he went to Calcutta his suits in the Courts would not prosper. Nagendra Natha was a young man, about thirty years of age, a wealthy zemindar (landholder) in Zillah Govindpur. He dwelt in a small village which we shall call Haripur. He was travelling in his own boat. The first day or two passed without obstacle. The river flowed smoothly on—leaped, danced, cried out, restless, unending, playful. On shore, herdsmen were grazing their oxen—one sitting under a tree singing, another smoking, some fighting, others eating. Inland, husbandmen were driving the plough, beating the oxen, lavishing abuse upon them, in which the owner shared. The wives of the husbandmen, bearing vessels of water, some carrying a torn quilt, or a dirty mat, wearing a silver amulet round the neck, a ring in the nose, bracelets of brass on the arm, with unwashed garments, their skins blacker than ink, their hair unkempt, formed a chattering crowd. Among them one beauty was rubbing her head with mud, another beating a child, a third speaking with a neighbour in abuse of some nameless person, a fourth beating clothes on a plank. Further on, ladies from respectable villages adorned the gháts (landing-steps) with their appearance—the elders conversing, the middle-aged worshipping Siva, the younger covering their faces and plunging into the water; the boys and girls screaming, playing with mud, stealing the flowers offered in worship, swimming, throwing water over every one, sometimes stepping up to a lady, snatching away the image of Siva from her, and running off with it. The Brahmans, good tranquil men, recited the praises ofGanga (the sacred river Ganges) and performed their worship, sometimes, as they wiped their streaming hair, casting glances at the younger women. In the sky, the white clouds float in the heated air. Below them fly the birds, like black dots. In the cocoanut trees, kites, like ministers of state, look around to see on what they can pounce; the cranes, being only small fry, stand raking in the mud; the dahuk(coloured herons), merry creatures, dive in the water; other birds of a lighter kind merely fly about. Market-boats sail along at good speed on their own behalf; ferry-boats creep along at elephantine pace to serve the needs of others only: cargo boats make no progress at all—that is the owners' concern.

The Poison Tree

The Poison Tree PDF Author: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal By Legendary Bankim Chandra Chatterjee author of Anandmath.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107126975
Category : History
Languages : en
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An analysis of the challenge that India's poison culture posed for colonial rule and toxicology's creation of a public role for science.

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