Description
- Title Paraja
- Type Novel.
- Language Odia
- Publisher Vidyapuri.
- Author Gopinath Mohanthy
- About Paraja is a celebrated Odia novel by Gopinath Mohanty that realistically portrays the decline of a Paraja tribe family in Odisha due to exploitation by a moneylender and corrupt officials. The story follows patriarch Sukru Jani and his family as they are stripped of their livelihood and freedom, becoming serfs (gotis) in a process that symbolizes the erosion of a traditional way of life. The novel is known for its deep social commentary, poetic language, and portrayal of a struggle that elevates the social to the metaphysical.
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