{"product_id":"pahala-padav","title":"Pahala Padav","description":"\u003cp\u003eShrilal Shukla, author of timeless novels like Raag Darbari, is a senior and distinguished Hindi storyteller. The first chapter elevates the depth of his pens unwavering satire, revealing contemporary social reality layer by layer. Shrilal Shukla focuses his new novel on the lives of laborers, masons, contractors, engineers, and educated unemployed individuals, and has crafted a captivating narrative to tie them together. Santosh Kumar, alias Satte Parmatma Ji, working as a clerk in the fourth building under construction, not only delves into his daily commute, an average village, and the life of an unemployed person, preying on high-pitched greetings like Chal Chal Re Naujavan, but also introduces us to a vibrant female character like Jashoda, alias Memsahib. Furthermore, the author has imbued almost all the novels major characters with deep empathy and psychological insight, and through them has artfully exposed various socio-economic contradictions, the forces that influence and drive them, and the weaknesses of human nature. In fact, this work of fiction by Shrilal Shukla portrays the tragedy of man becoming a mere brick and mortar in the final decades of the twentieth century in a highly human and realistic light.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rajkamal Prakashan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877799551174,"sku":"DADAX8171785271","price":11.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/71xDRCSZ_vL.jpg?v=1779676775","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/pahala-padav","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}