Nabina Das's "Footprints In The Bazra" is fictional entertainer,anecdotal accounts of several characters and ideologies however aimed at particular readership having no knowledge about reality. Episodes of hinterland appear fictionalized out of Newspaper clippings. Unrealistic appearing journey of central characters from remote tribal village to New York,unbelievable linguistic skills of villagers look comical sometimes. Novel is though Interesting if read for entertainment,but not recommending to buy it.
Books are not primarily written for shelves only, otherwise why these are sold so aggressively.Even if a Book's purpose is only to 'communicate' and be a reference or resource, "Footprints in the Bazra' can't be seen to be representative of anything that truly happens in rural India. Characters fictionalized in the story don't exist even if one wishes them to be.
Books are not primarily written for shelves only, otherwise why these are sold so aggressively.Even if a Book's purpose is only to 'communicate' and be a reference or resource, "Footprints in the Bazra' can't be seen to be representative of anything that truly happens in rural India. Characters fictionalized in the story don't exist even if one wishes them to be.
In hinterlands there are poor , illiterates who may be getting exploited for that very reason by different over zealous proponents of variety of ideologies, but they can't be influenced if they had been capable of churning out intelligent quotes from Byron, Shakespeare, Angeles , Lenin and Mao on drop of hat. The story here is far from reality but nevertheless it is good fictional work and may actually turn out to be a good screenplay material. But sorry, if intellectuals in US need to visualize the reality of Indian countryside , this book can not be a reference.That would be unjust.
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