Tilottoma Mojumdar is an Indian Bangali

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, short story writer,

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, and essayist.http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/author-tilottoma-denied-entry/ The Indian Express. 4 March 2012, 6:26 AM. In the ''Cities'' section of newspaper. Accessed 20 July 2014 She writes in the

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language.Biographical sketch from Parabaas.com Retrieved 5 July 2014
/ref> She was born in North Bengal, where she spent her childhood in tea plantations. She was educated at the

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at the

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Major novels

*ঋ *শামুকখোল *মানুষ শাবকের কথা *ঈশ্বরের বাসা *বসুধারা *এসো সেপ্টেম্বর *অর্জুন ও চার কন্যা *রাজপাট *চাঁদের গায়ে চাঁদ *একতারা *সাধারণ মুখ *ধনেশ পাখির ঠোঁট *নির্জন সরস্বতী *আজও কন্যা *জোনাকিরা *প্রেতযোনি *চাঁদু *স্বর্গের শেষপ্রান্তে *রেফ *জল ও চুমুর উপাখ্যান *অমৃতানি *ঝুমরা *ব্যাং রাজকুমার

References

Bengali writers 1966 births Living people Scottish Church College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Indian women novelists Indian women essayists Indian women short story writers Indian lyricists Writers from Kolkata {{India-writer-stub