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The protagonist of this novel, Ruby Gupta, is a
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Bengali expressions in her novels, especially in the speech of Bengali characters, even in her oeuvre the breach between the Hindi- and Bengali-speaking communities remains unbridged.
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119:Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi
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354:. New Delhi: Rajkamal. 2008.
336:. New Delhi: Rajkamal. 2004.
318:. New Delhi: Rajkamal. 2003.
300:. New Delhi: Rajkamal. 2002.
760:(in German). Suedasien.info.
621:. In Saugata Bhaduri (ed.).
175:– published in 2015.
133:Alka Saraogi was born in a
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646:(in Hindi). Star.
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490:Parson 2012
415:Parson 2012
243:Vietnam War
154:Āp kī haṁsī
111:अलका सरावगी
91:Nationality
63:West Bengal
1406:Categories
1227:Kamleshwar
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1041:Trilochan
538:Kumar 2015
502:Gupta 2003
400:Singh 2006
388:References
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1027:1980–1999
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714:The Hindu
625:. Katha.
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