{"product_id":"i-named-my-sister-silence-manoj-rupda-translated-by-hansda-sowvendra-shekhar","title":"I Named My Sister Silence - Manoj Rupda (Translated by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar)","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE | An unusually quiet, searing, and devastating novel about the brutal destruction of ancient peoples, forests, and lands.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eAs a little boy in the heart of Bastar, he follows a wild elephant into the deep forest, fascinated and completely in a trance. His innocent foray ends in a sudden, haunting tragedy: from his perch atop the majestic beast, he watches it get cornered and eaten alive by a pack of wild dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eYears later, working aboard a giant ocean liner, that unforgettable memory resurfaces. Looking out at the water, he begins to wonder if it is his ultimate destiny to stand by and witness the destruction of immense things—like the ancient tribal lands of his childhood, like that fallen elephant, and like the massive ship beneath him that will soon be sent to the scrapyard to be decommissioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eMore than anything, he recalls the immense, unyielding silence of his older half-sister, Madavi Irma. A silent, fiercely protective girl, Irma nurtured him and single-handedly funded his formal education by gathering and selling what she collected from the bountiful forest. Until one day, without a word, she left home to join the armed ranks of the Maoist rebel fighters, the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"378\"\u003eDada Log\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eWhen he finally returns to his roots as a young man, he finds Bastar consumed by fire. The indigenous Adivasi population has mounted a desperate, armed rebellion to protect their sacred land and lives from state-backed corporate exploitation. In a ruthless retaliation, entire villages have been razed to the ground, and their displaced inhabitants packed into dingy, militarized camps. Determined to find his silent sister, he enters the forest once again. This time, he is forced to confront the complex, violent deceptions of those who rule, those who rebel, and those who profit from a land they do not own or understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eOriginally published in Hindi as \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"33\"\u003eKaale Adhyaay\u003c\/i\u003e, Manoj Rupda’s \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"62\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"62\"\u003eI Named My Sister Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a quietly fierce, profoundly moving masterpiece. It is an indictment of modern progress that continues to burn bright in the mind long after the final page has been turned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eWhy This Translated Masterpiece is a Must-Read:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eJCB Prize Recognition:\u003c\/b\u003e Highly acclaimed within the Indian literary community for its radical perspective on the central Indian tribal conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePowerhouse Collaboration:\u003c\/b\u003e Combines the visceral, razor-sharp Hindi prose of Manoj Rupda with the empathetic, award-winning translation skills of Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAn Urgent Eco-Political Novel:\u003c\/b\u003e Strips away mainstream narratives to offer a deeply human, devastating look at the cost of corporate displacement and structural violence on Adivasi lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BEETLE BOOK SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52398514536731,"sku":null,"price":424.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/2150\/0699\/files\/71SZJnb1POL._SL1500.jpg?v=1782375560","url":"https:\/\/beetlebookshop.com\/products\/i-named-my-sister-silence-manoj-rupda-translated-by-hansda-sowvendra-shekhar","provider":"Beetle Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}