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Nil Darpan; or, The Indigo Planting Mirror, A Drama.

by Dinabandhu Mitra

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical21 chapters
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Length
21 chapters
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About this book

In a vivid drama of colonial Bengal, a peasant’s peaceful life is shattered by the brutal Indigo Planting System, exposing the ruthless oppression and moral decay inflicted by greed and arbitrary power on the rural poor.

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Contents

21 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01INTRODUCTION. · Ch.1Free
02THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
03PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.
04FIRST ACT—FIRST SCENE. Svaropur—Goluk Chunder’s Gola or Store-house.
05FIRST ACT—SECOND SCENE. The House of Sadhu Churn.
06FIRST ACT—THIRD SCENE. The Factory of Begunbari. The Veranda of the large Bungalow.
07FIRST ACT—FOURTH SCENE. Goluk Chunder Basu’s Hall.
08SECOND ACT—FIRST SCENE. The Godown of Begunbari Factory.
09SECOND ACT—SECOND SCENE. The Bed-room of Bindu Madhar.
10SECOND ACT—THIRD SCENE. A Road pointing Three Ways.
11THIRD ACT—FIRST SCENE. Before the Factory in Begunbari.
12THIRD ACT—SECOND SCENE. The Bed-room of Nobin Madhab.

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