{"product_id":"batashe-baruder-gandha-bengali-theres-gunpowder-in-the-air","title":"Batashe Baruder Gandha (Bengali)  Theres Gunpowder In The Air","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout the BookFROM THE WINNER OF THE SUPRABHA MAJUMDAR PRIZE, THE SHARMILA GHOSH SMRITI LITERARY PRIZE IN AND THE 2018 HINDU PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONIts the early seventies. The Naxalbari Movement is gathering strength in Bengal. Young men and women have left their homes, picked up arms to free land from the clutches of feudal landlords and the state, and return them to oppressed landless farmers. They are being arrested en masse and thrown into high-security jails.In one such jail, five Naxals are meticulously planning a jailbreak. They must free themselves if the revolution is to continue. But petty thief Bhagoban, much too happy to serve frequent terms for free food and shelter, has been planted by Jailor Bireshwar Mukherjee among them as a mole. Only, Bhagoban seems to be warming up to them.Theres Gunpowder in the Air is a searing investigation into what deprivation and isolation can do to human idealism. And Manoranjan Byapari is perhaps the most refreshing voice to emerge from Bengal in recent times.About the AuthorManoranjan Byapari writes in Bengali. He taught himself to read and write at the age of twenty-four when he was in prison. He has worked as a rickshaw-puller, a sweeper, a porter, a librarian. Until 2018, he was working as a cook at the Hellen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Blind in West Bengal. In 2018, the English translation of his memoir, Ittibrite Chandal Jibon (Interrogating My Chandal Life), received the Hindu Prize for Non-fiction. In 2019, he was awarded the Gateway Lit Fest Writer of the Year Prize. Also, the English translation of his novel Batashe Baruder Gandha (Theres Gunpowder in the Air) was shortlisted for the JCB Prize 2019, the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019, the Crossword Prize 2019 and the Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Prize 2020. The English translation of his novel Chhera Chhera Jibon (Imaan) was longlisted for the JCB Prize 2022. He also received the Shakti Bhatt Prize for his body of work in 2022.In 2021, Byapari became a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45867468292294,"sku":"DADAX9357765220","price":4.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/8142cYVzy4L.jpg?v=1779376019","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/batashe-baruder-gandha-bengali-theres-gunpowder-in-the-air","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}