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Sarasvatichandra (Gunasundari’s Household) – Part II
by Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi
Description:
A novel of epic proportions written in four parts from 1887 to 1901, Sarasvatichandra is both the enactment and embodiment of the life philosophy of one man, and his sole mission.
Part II, Gunasundari’s Household, details the complex dynamics of a Hindu joint family. Gunasundari and Vidya Chatura, Minister of Ratnanagari, were married as children. Intelligent and eager, Gunasundari learns from her husband to share his pleasures of literature, poetry, philosophy. But this blissful aesthetic conjugality is disrupted when his relatives come to live with them. She must suddenly manage a household of fourteen individuals, each with different needs and idiosyncrasies. Govardhanram’s acute, often delightfully wry observations on human nature, household dynamics, his sharp characterisation and descriptions of a pregnant Gunasundari struggling to keep the family joint’ and content are perceptive and thought-provoking.
About The Author
The Author Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi (18551907) was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He is also the author of Snehmudra (1889), The Classical Poets of Gujarat and Their Influence on Society and Morals (1894), and Lilavati Jivankala (1905). The Translator Tridip Suhrud works at the Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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