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| author = [[Khadija Mumtaz]]
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| publisher = [[DC Books]]<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/br/2008/06/03/stories/2008060350021400.htm "New Arrivals"]. ''The Hindu''. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2013.</ref>
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| pages = 190
| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2010)
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'''''Barsa''''' is a 2007 [[Malayalam]] novel written by [[Khadija Mumtaz]]. The story deals with the haunting and agonising questions of Sabida, a devout and educated [[Muslim]] lady, a doctor, who spent six years in a hospital in [[Saudi Arabia]]. It won critical acclaim for its forceful but humorous presentation of the restrictions under which Muslim women are forced to live and was hailed a milestone in [[Malayalam literature]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article1108099.ece?css=print "Writer felicitated"]. ''The Hindu''. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.dcbooks.com/8th-impression-of-khadheeja-mumthss-barsa.html "Barsa—a story unveiling truths"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511091832/http://www.dcbooks.com/8th-impression-of-khadheeja-mumthss-barsa.html |date=11 May 2013 }}. [[DC Books]]. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.</ref><ref>Prema Jayakumar (10 January 2010). [http://newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/article220355.ece "The nectar of burning nerves"]. ''[[The New Indian Express]]''. Retrieved 3 July 2013.</ref> It won many awards including the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2010),<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article1451050.ece "Sahitya Akademi fellowships, awards presented"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216072507/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article1451050.ece |date=16 February 2011 }}. ''The Hindu''. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2013.</ref> [[Cherukad Award]] (2010) and K. V. Surendranath Literary Award (2008).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080914101134/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/11/stories/2008091154300500.htm "Surendranath awards"]. ''The Hindu''. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2013.</ref> A [[Kannada language|Kannada]] translation of ''Barsa'' was released by the Karavali Lekhakiyara Vachakiyara Sangha in February 2012.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/people-cannot-forget-their-roots-khadija-mumtaz/article2912378.ece "People cannot forget their roots: Khadija Mumtaz"]. ''The Hindu''. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.</ref>

==External links==
* [http://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/barsa ''Barsa''] at [[DC Books]] official website
* [http://www.hindu.com/br/2008/05/27/stories/2008052750011403.htm Review of the book by K. Kunhikrishnan] (''The Hindu'')

==References==
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{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:2007 Indian novels]]
[[Category:Malayalam novels]]
[[Category:Novels set in Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award-winning works]]
[[Category:DC Books books]]

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