''The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker'' is a novel written by

Indira Goswami Indira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Indian writer, poet, professor, scholar and editor. She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1983 ...

Kamrupi dialect Kamrupi dialects are a group of regional dialects of Assamese, spoken in the Kamrup region. It formerly enjoyed prestige status. It is one of two western dialect groups of the Assamese language, the other being Goalpariya. Kamrupi is hetero ...

. Book deals with different social issues of mid twentieth century Kamrup. Published as ''Dontal Hatir Une Khowa Howdah'' in 1986, it was translated into English by the author in 2004.A masterpiece re-launched
(Review by A. J. Thomas), The Hindu, 7 November 2004.

Plot

Set in

Palashbari Palasbari (Pron:ˌpəlæsˈbɑːrɪ) is a town and a municipal board in Kamrup district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. There was a small Kachari kingdom near Palasbari Heramdoi.Palasbari has it own reputation as i ...

in Kamrup, it revolves around lead protagonist Giribaala and the society around her. As a widow from an Assamese Brahmin family, she narrates her experiences between two worlds: traditionalism and liberalism. The novel explores a powerful picture of change and transition.

Awards

In the year 2000, the

Bharatiya Jnanpith Bharatiya Jnanpith a literary and research organization, based in New Delhi, India, was founded on February 18, 1944Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 1, p. 298 1987, Sahitya Akademi, by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family and ...

conferred

Jnanpith Award The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian w ...

for this piece of work, among others.

Adaptations

Work is adapted in numerous television serials like Ruma Ghosh's '' Kamrup Ki Kahani'' and in 1996 Assamese language film ''

Adajya ''Adajya'' () is a 1996 Indian Assamese language drama film directed by Santwana Bardoloi based on the novel '' Dontal Haatir Uiye Khowa Haoda'' by Indira Goswami. The film was screened at several international film festivals. Plot The film is s ...

'' directed by

Santwana Bardoloi Santwana Bordoloi is a director, actress, radio host and paediatrician from Assam, India. Both her directorial ventures, ''Adajya'' (1996) and '' Maj Rati Keteki'' (2017), set two decades apart, have won a National Award for the Best Feature Fil ...

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