{"product_id":"maner-manush","title":"Maner Manush","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"59\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"34\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sunil Gangopadhyay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"84\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"82\"\u003eBook Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"253\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"115\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"97\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Novel (Upanyas)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"208\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"130\"\u003eFormats: \u003c\/strong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"208\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"192\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788177567816\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"227\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"221\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"253\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"241\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 455 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"403\"\u003e📖 \u003cstrong data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"271\"\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"274\"\u003eAt the heart of \u003cstrong data-start=\"290\" data-end=\"308\"\u003e\"Maner Manush\"\u003c\/strong\u003e lies the extraordinary life of \u003cstrong data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"355\"\u003eLalon Fakir\u003c\/strong\u003e, the legendary Bengali mystic and Baul saint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"853\"\u003eLalu, a carefree boy, enjoys \u003cstrong data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"453\"\u003estealing horses\u003c\/strong\u003e and wandering through fields at night. His sorrowful mother \u003cstrong data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"539\"\u003emarries him off young\u003c\/strong\u003e, hoping to settle him, but \u003cstrong data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"604\"\u003ehis heart belongs elsewhere—music\u003c\/strong\u003e. One day, his life takes an unexpected turn when he contracts \u003cstrong data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"679\"\u003esmallpox\u003c\/strong\u003e while traveling with a family of \u003cstrong data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"734\"\u003eAyurvedic healers\u003c\/strong\u003e to a holy dip in the \u003cstrong data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"766\"\u003eGanges\u003c\/strong\u003e at Berhampore. His companions, believing him dead, \u003cstrong data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"850\"\u003ecast his body into the river\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"1071\"\u003eBut \u003cstrong data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"876\"\u003eLalu survives\u003c\/strong\u003e—rescued and nursed back to health by a Muslim woman, \u003cstrong data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"939\"\u003eRabea\u003c\/strong\u003e. When he returns home, society \u003cstrong data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"986\"\u003erejects him\u003c\/strong\u003e for losing his \u003cstrong data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1024\"\u003eHindu caste purity\u003c\/strong\u003e. Even his \u003cstrong data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1054\"\u003emother and wife\u003c\/strong\u003e turn him away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1073\" data-end=\"1345\"\u003eWith no place left in his old world, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1145\"\u003ehe retreats into the wilderness\u003c\/strong\u003e, adopting a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1176\"\u003enew name—Lalon\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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