The story is set in a village in the district of Hooghly in West Bengal, near
the author�s birthplace, Devanandapur, in the early twentieth century, when
rural life was dominated by social conventions and caste prejudices. It deals
with the efforts of Ramesh, a young Roorkee-trained engineer, to bring change in
the caste-ridden village and to elevate the villagers to a better level of
existence. It is also the story of two childhood friends whose relationship is
doomed as social convention decrees that they must not come close to each
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The novel deals with the efforts of Ramesh, a young Roorkee-trained engineer, to
bring