''Inga'' (2014) is an Indian

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novel written by

Poile Sengupta Poile Sengupta (nee Ambika Gopalakrishnan) (born 1948) is a notable Indian writer in English. She is especially well-known as a playwright and writer for children. Her formal first name is Ambika but she writes, and is known, as Poile. Sengupta ...

. The story of the novel revolves around the life and struggles of Rapa, a Tamil Brahmin woman. Sengupta is mainly known as a playwright and a theatre personality. "Inga" was her debut novel. The book was officially released on 30 October 2014 at

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India.

Plot

Rapa was born and brought up in

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. In her education life, she gets introduced to foreign (English) literature, that she finds "fascinating".

Release

This book was officially released on 30 October 2014 at

, India. In this event Indian writer

Shashi Deshpande Shashi Deshpande (born 1938) is an Indian novelist. She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri Award in 1990 and 2009 respectively. Biography She was born in Dharwad, Karnataka, the second daughter of the Kannada dramati ...

will release the book and Chiranjiv Singh, a former Ambassador to UNESCO will receive the first copy of it.

References

External links

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