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{{Infobox book<br />
| name = The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker<br />
| title_orig = দঁতাল হাতীৰ উঁয়ে খোৱা হাওদা (Dontal Hateer Unye Khowda Howda)<br />
| translator = Indira Goswami<br />
| image = Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker.JPG<br />
| caption = <br />
| author = [[Mamoni Raisom Goswami|Indira Goswami]]<br />
| illustrator = <br />
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| country = {{IND}}<br />
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br />
| series = <br />
| subject = Social<br />
| genre = Fiction, Short Stories<br />
| publisher = Rupa & Co. (English)<br />
| pub_date = 1986<br />
| english_pub_date = 2004<br />
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]])<br />
| price = <br />
| pages = 372<br />
| isbn = 81-291-0336-2<br />
| oclc = <br />
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'''''The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker''''' is a novel written by [[Indira Goswami]] in [[Kamrupi dialect]]. Book deals with different social issues of mid twentieth century Kamrup. Published as ''Dontal Hatir Une Khowa Howdah'' in 1986,<ref name="Delhi2005">{{cite book | author=University of Delhi | title=Indian Literature: An Introduction | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mivv3p-msd8C&pg=PA292 | date=1 September 2005 | publisher=Pearson Education India | isbn=978-81-317-0520-9 | pages=292–}}</ref> it was translated into English by the author in 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050401012746/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2004/11/07/stories/2004110700310500.htm A masterpiece re-launched] (Review by [[A. J. Thomas]]), The Hindu, 7 November 2004.</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Set in [[Palashbari]] in [[Kamrup Rural district|Kamrup]], it revolves around lead protagonist Giribaala and the society around her. As a widow from an [[Assamese Brahmins|Assamese Brahmin]] family, she narrates her experiences between two worlds: traditionalism and liberalism. The novel explores a powerful picture of change and transition.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
In the year 2000, the [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] conferred [[Jnanpith Award]] for this piece of work, among others.<ref name="MFPatel2011">{{cite book | author=M. F. Patel | title=Indian Women Writings in English | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OtL2XNO1vgC&pg=PT334 | date=3 May 2011 | publisher=Pinnacle Technology | isbn=978-1-61820-487-5 | pages=334–}}</ref><br />
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==Adaptations==<br />
Work is adapted in numerous television serials like Ruma Ghosh's ''[[Kamrup Ki Kahani]]'' and in 1996 Assamese language film ''[[Adajya]]'' directed by [[Santwana Bordoloi|Santwana Bardoloi]] .<br />
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==See also==<br />
* ''[[Pages Stained With Blood]]''<br />
* ''[[The Man from Chinnamasta]]''<br />
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==References==<br />
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