Set in turbulent post-Partition Bengal, Sabitri Roy's epic novel, Bawdwip, translated into English for the first time, tells the story of people uprooted ruthlessly from their homeland, fighting for a new life in an alien land. It relates multiple stories: of the idealistics communists and their optimism, Dhiman and his family of friends who share the struggle, and of violent opponents who have their own plans for the same land. Sabitri Roy sensitively paints the student and labour movements of the 1950s, the communal tensions and the lives of a displaced community.