Whose creation is “Gan Devta”?
“Gan Devta” is a Bengali novel that vividly portrays the socio-economic challenges of rural Bengal in the 1940s. It intricately explores the lives of the marginalized, delving into the complexities of village dynamics and the impact of societal struggles.
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Ganadevata (People as God, first published 1942), is a Bengali novel written by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. The author received Jnanpith Award in 1966 for this novel. In this novel, Bandyopadhyay narrated the lives of Indian/Bengal villages and lives of the villagers affected by poverty, ignorance and primitive instinct.