The Awakening

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The Awakening is written by Anita Agnihotri and published by Zubaan. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9383074396 (ISBN 10) and 9789383074396 (ISBN 13).

Arjun is not a potter by birth. He is a low caste cobbler but he is determined to succeed in his chosen profession which deals with clay and straw instead of leather. Through Arjun’s struggle, the author explores caste and class discrimination that continues to plague society in contemporary India. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the violence of the Naxal movement of the 1960s and ’70s that wiped out an entire generation of Bengal’s youth. Anita Agnihotri sensitively handles a difficult subject and interweaves these two struggles: the one of the idol maker and the other of the families of the young Naxalite revolutionaries whom the state destroyed. Published by Zubaan.