{"product_id":"bangarwadi-a-timeless-indian-novella-paperback","title":"Bangarwadi {A Timeless Indian Novella} - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVyankatesh Madgulkar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShanta Gokhale\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the edge of a parched upland, Bangarwadi lies almost empty-its shepherds gone with their flocks, its school forsaken to dust and birds. To take charge of this neglected school and unforgiving landscape arrives a young schoolteacher, uncertain of his place and unsure whether learning and education has any meaning in this community at all.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThrough his gradual immersion in village life, Vyankatesh Madgulkar offers a deeply attentive portrait of a community shaped by toil, hunger, and inherited rhythms of survival. The story unfolds through small, intimate encounters-under an ancient neem tree, in a bare classroom, during night-time gatherings lit only by an oil lamp-revealing the moral codes, affections, cruelties, and quiet solidarities that hold the village together. The shepherds' world, resistant to authority yet governed by its own order, emerges with remarkable clarity and restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFirst published in Marathi in 1955, \u003ci\u003eBangarwadi\u003c\/i\u003e is regarded as a landmark in post-independence Marathi literature. It is an unsentimental yet deeply compassionate portrait of rural India that examines education not as an abstract ideal but as a fragile, negotiated presence in lives shaped by necessity. This lucid translation by Shanta Gokhale brings Madgulkar's classic to contemporary readers, preserving its austere beauty and its enduring meditation on belonging, responsibility, and the slow work of trust.\u003c\/p\u003e \n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575097856139,"sku":"9789363363670","price":55.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/shbnup9cky9789363363670.webp?v=1790787038","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/bangarwadi-a-timeless-indian-novella-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}