Paraja : a novel /
Gopinath Mohanty ; translated by Bikram K. Das.
- Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
- viii, 373 p. ; 19 cm.
Gratis. Rs.175/- "Three Crowns"--Cover.
The Paraja are a peasant tribe living in the hills of Koraput in the Indian province of Orissa. Sukru Jani and his family are successful Paraja tribespeople but the family fortunes decline when a lecherous local official is denied the satisfaction of Sukru's daughter.