When former civil servant Shrilal Shukl wrote Raag Darbari way back in 1968, it quickly became the byword for everything that was wrong with rural India even two decades after Independence. The novel went on to win the Sahitya Akademi Award. Easy to read and packed with humour, the book captured the dream of a better life, betrayed in the largest Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The book is set in ...
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