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In 1979, Mridula Garg released her third Hindi novel, Chittacobra, the story of an intense love affair between a young Indian womandisconnected from her home, social milieu, marriage and husbandand a gypsy missionary from Scotland. There was an uproarthe novel was branded obscene and the police came to arrest her. But the controversy also took this remarkably frank and sensitive exploration of love and desire to many thousands of readers. It became, and remains to this day, one of the most celebrated works of contemporary Hindi literature.

Chittacobra

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      Publisher: Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9789354474101, 978-9354474101
      ISBN10: 9354474101
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      Book Synopsis
      In 1979, Mridula Garg released her third Hindi novel, Chittacobra, the story of an intense love affair between a young Indian womandisconnected from her home, social milieu, marriage and husbandand a gypsy missionary from Scotland. There was an uproarthe novel was branded obscene and the police came to arrest her. But the controversy also took this remarkably frank and sensitive exploration of love and desire to many thousands of readers. It became, and remains to this day, one of the most celebrated works of contemporary Hindi literature.

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