{"product_id":"utsarita-alo","title":"Utsarita Alo","description":"\u003cul data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"258\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"86\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"62\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Samaresh Majumdar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"117\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"99\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upanyas (Novel)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"154\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"134\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ananda Publishers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"258\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"168\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"209\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"193\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788177563894\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"212\" 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Susan\u003c\/strong\u003e and is \u003cstrong data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1149\"\u003eforced to become the mistress\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1175\"\u003eplanter Hegg Sahib\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1284\"\u003eTheir lives are \u003cstrong data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1247\"\u003efilled with disease, oppression, and despair\u003c\/strong\u003e, yet they still dream of survival.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1286\" data-end=\"1762\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1318\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1316\"\u003eThe Tragic Fate of Sukhi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1762\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1411\"\u003eShe dies while giving birth to an \u003cstrong data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1379\"\u003eillegitimate child\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose 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Dooars\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"1990\"\u003eStudied at \u003cstrong data-start=\"1925\" data-end=\"1952\"\u003eJalpaiguri Zilla School\u003c\/strong\u003e and later moved to Kolkata in 1960.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1993\" data-end=\"2096\"\u003eEarned a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2052\"\u003eB.A. in Bengali from Scottish Church College\u003c\/strong\u003e and an \u003cstrong data-start=\"2060\" data-end=\"2093\"\u003eM.A. from Calcutta University\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2448\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2119\"\u003eLiterary Career:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2124\" data-end=\"2448\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2124\" data-end=\"2194\"\u003eInitially involved in \u003cstrong data-start=\"2148\" data-end=\"2165\"\u003egroup theatre\u003c\/strong\u003e, which led him to writing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2197\" data-end=\"2255\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2199\" data-end=\"2215\"\u003eFirst story:\u003c\/strong\u003e Published in \u003cem data-start=\"2229\" data-end=\"2235\"\u003eDesh\u003c\/em\u003e magazine in 1967.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2315\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2260\" data-end=\"2276\"\u003eFirst novel:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2283\"\u003eDaur\u003c\/em\u003e (serialized in \u003cem data-start=\"2299\" data-end=\"2305\"\u003eDesh\u003c\/em\u003e, 1975).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2318\" data-end=\"2448\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2338\"\u003eNotable works:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2345\" data-end=\"2448\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2345\" data-end=\"2448\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"2347\" data-end=\"2436\"\u003eDaur, Ei Ami Renu, Uttaradhikar, Bondinibas, Ujan Ganga, Bashbhumi, 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