Garvita Hamare Baba Ki Khoi Hui Kitab

About the Book: The plot and the woman characters of this old story titled Garvita comes as a surprise to modern readers It portrays women of upper class rural North India though barely literate striving to live their lives with self respect and dignity in a highly patriarchal society About the Author: The story Garvita set in early 19th century was written by Thakur Ramashish Singh of Dubhar village Ballia in Uttar Pradesh He worked as a journalist in Calcutta and later as an independent writer The story which was lost and forgotten has been republished by his grand daughter Mala Singh with support from her brother Vijay Pratap Singh and a dear friend Seema Pratap