Bipradas  Odia Book By Sharata Chandra Chottapadhyaya
                     Bipradas  Odia Book By Sharata Chandra Chottapadhyaya
Set against a rural backdrop of 20th century Bengal, the story Bipradas (1935) revolves around the 
life and family of the central protagonist Bipradas, who is also the charismatic hero of the novel. A 
conflict of cultures is at play here—ancient Indian Hindu versus the modern culture, influenced 
mainly by western education and reformatory ideas.
 
While Biprads comes forth as a man of firm determination and high principles, Dwijadas, 
Bipradas’s younger brother, is portrayed as a freedom-loving person with his own set of thoughts. 
Then enters Bandana—Bipradas’s wife Sati’s cousin—a young, beautiful, modern-day girl, who 
immediately gets attracted by Biprads’s personality and courage of conviction.
A series of tragic events follow. Bipradas has to leave home with his wife and son, practically 
penniless. Bandana gets married to Dwijadas to hold the Mukhujye family together. And a 
shattering news rocks the family.Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was a legendary Bengali novelist 
from India. He was one of the most popular Bengali novelists of the early 20th century.