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'Tilanjali' is a 1944 Bengali language novel authored by Subodh Ghosh.[Das, Sisir Kumar. '[https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA757 A History of Indian Literature. 2.]'. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995. p. 757][Sanyal, Ashis. '[https://books.google.com/books?id=KzVuAAAAMAAJ Contribution of Bengali Writers to National Freedom Movement]'. Calcutta: Model Publ. House, 1989. p. 161] The novel was published serially in 'Desh'.[Chattopadhyay, Suchorita, and Debalina Sen. '[https://books.google.com/books?id=7eVjAAAAMAAJ Tapestry: An Anthology of 20th Century Indian Short Stories]'. Kolkata: DSA Publication, Dept. of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 2004. p. 145]
The novel is a love story set in the backdrop of the 1943 Bengal famine. In 'Tilanjali', the author contrasts the ideological postures of the Indian National Congress and the Communist Party of India (criticizing the position of the communists).[Ghosh, G. K. '[https://books.google.com/books?id=z34aAQAAIAAJ Language, Literature and National Integration]'. New Delhi: Ashish Pub. House, 1995. p. 108]
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Category:Bengali-language books
Category:1944 novels
Category:Novels first published in serial form
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