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Railsong : (Record no. 217856)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789361313479 (hardback)
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823.92 BHA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bhattacharya, Rahul.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Railsong :
Remainder of title A Novel /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Rahul Bhattacharya
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Bloomsbury Publishing,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2025.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 402 pages.
Dimensions 23 cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount Rs. 799.00
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1: THESE GRIEVANCES ARE LEGITIMATE:<br/>1 Arrival -<br/>2 Dayin -<br/>3 Notun Dida -<br/>4 Aakaal -<br/>5 Mistake -<br/>6 Jigyasa -<br/>7 Ants -<br/>8 The struggle -<br/>9 One thousand women -<br/>10 The hamlet of the Asurs -<br/>11 Departure -<br/>I1: SMART GIRLS REQUIRED:<br/>I Kings & Queens -<br/>2 The Prasads -<br/>3 Digital time -<br/>4 Dhrubo comes to town -<br/>5 Shameless -<br/>6 Palti kar dene ka -<br/>7 Cosmetics -<br/>8 In the gully -<br/>9 Letters -<br/>10 No objections are certified -<br/>11 The wheels will turn -<br/>III: VACANCIES ARISE:<br/>1 In the P branch -<br/>2 Do you think I was doing nothing? -<br/>3 Impostrous day -<br/>4 The waiting -<br/>5 Booked speed -<br/>6 A short vacation -<br/>7 By the haemoglobin of the atmospheric pressure -<br/>8 Jackals -<br/>9 The Chitalias -<br/>10 A very important matter -<br/>II The perfect day of marriage -<br/>IV: WELFARE INSPECTION:<br/>1 Beat -<br/>2 Eyes and ears -<br/>3 Wives -<br/>4 Missing person -<br/>5 Kamalpur -<br/>6 Census -<br/>7 Incompetence -<br/>8 Into the rain -<br/>9 Chitol's census -<br/>Acknowledgements. <br/>
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In a young country charged with national vigour, Charu, the motherless child of a railway worker, pines for a life freed of oppressive domesticity. As diesel engines replace steam, and the calamitous churn of drought, famine, strike chokes the railway township, she dares to imagine a different future for herself. Boarding a train she flees westwards to Bombay, even as the country rumbles towards Emergency. In the frenetic landscape of the great modern metropolis, Charu, the budding adventuress, seeks the means to live on her own terms.<br/><br/>Tenaciously she fills the blanks in her life – the idealistic, artistic father Animesh whom she abandoned; the enigmatic mother Jigyasa long gone; her funny surname Chitol that no one recognizes; her bank balance – with her own material. Negotiating the treacherous planes of love, she marries a sheltered easy-goer. Fighting tragedy and loss, she becomes, after all, a railway woman. Against the rapidly clarifying prejudices around her, unfazed by everyday discriminations, she remains a small hero, an Everywoman who keeps her heart open – sometimes guilelessly – to her nation's vast possibility.
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Materials specified (bound volume or other part) Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type Public note
    Dewey Decimal Classification HB     . . Circulation Counter 02.03.2026 Purchased - Educational Supplies 799.00   823.92 BHA 40724 02.03.2026 02.03.2026 BOOKs Recommended by Dr. Manpreet Singh Dhillon