After the Deluge - Ray, Pratibha
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The greatest work of Pratibha Ray is definitely her novel Magnamati (After the Deluge) first published in the Odia in 2004, translated into several Indian languages and into English by Prafulla Kumar Mohanty. Based on the 1999 killer cyclone of Odisha which devastated the entire coastal belt, it is one of the most original novels depicting the saga of mother Earth and her relationship with her children, the human race. Which she holds in display as she does trees, rivers, mountains and seas. Man is sustained by this mother, nourished in his destiny. But when man transgresses the epitomic…mehr

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The greatest work of Pratibha Ray is definitely her novel Magnamati (After the Deluge) first published in the Odia in 2004, translated into several Indian languages and into English by Prafulla Kumar Mohanty. Based on the 1999 killer cyclone of Odisha which devastated the entire coastal belt, it is one of the most original novels depicting the saga of mother Earth and her relationship with her children, the human race. Which she holds in display as she does trees, rivers, mountains and seas. Man is sustained by this mother, nourished in his destiny. But when man transgresses the epitomic tolerance of mother Earth, she chastises him with her demonic fury. The cyclone in this novel is symbolic of nature's fury which she lashes out on man and civilization with as much diabolism as she lavishes her love, kindness and divine grace with tenderness. Pratibha creates a world of villages, valleys, rivers, seas and people, tracing the history of the fisherman community to it's a mythical ancestor. This community, in the novel, grows organically, spreading far and wide like a world full of men of all religions, languages and professions, and how it grows and expands into a modern civilized unit despite primitive professions and poverty. After the Deluge is a powerful saga of the jest for life of man on the Earth and how Bikram and Girima unite the survivors into a human group to fulfill destiny's course in a new world called Basumatipur (Mother earth).
Autorenporträt
Pratibha Ray was born in a remote village, Alabol of Odisha state, India in 1944. She studied in the oldest and most prestigious Ravenshaw College, now a University in Odisha. Later she worked as a Professor in the same college and was awarded the 'Gem of Ravanshaw" by the University. After a long and rewarding teaching career, she was elevated to the constitutional post of member, Odisha Public Service Commission. Her doctoral research was on "Intellectual Achievement and Responsibility of slum children" and Post Doctoral research on the Criminal propensity of the most primitive Bonda Tribe of Odisha .Subsequently, she has written a voluminous novel 'Aadibhumi', based on the Bonda tribe, translated into English as 'Primal land'(Orient Black Swan). As a writer she has always been drawn to themes of the oppressed and down trodden people of the society. She is the author of 22 novels and 26 story collections, 10 travelogues, poetry collections, essay collections and an autobiography. The most acclaimed fictional work of the author was 'Yajnaseni' for which she received Bhartiya Jnanpith Trust's Moorti Devi award in 1991. She is the first and only woman writer till date to receive this coveted award. This novel has gone into its 106th edition which is unique in Odisha and rare in India. Apart from various National awards, she is the winner of prestigious national awards like Sahitya Akademi. She is the winner of the coveted Bharatiya Jnanpith 2011, the highest award of India for literature. She is a household name in Odisha and most parts of India due to her translated works. Her creations revolve around various subjects such as racial constraints, mythology, history, social issues and the perennial struggle against violence and terrorism. "LOVE AND LET LIVE" is her motto."GIVE ME YOUR HEART, I WILL GIVE YOU GOD" is her mantra."Basudheiva Kutumbakam" is her philosophy. "My country is my paradise" is the voice of her soul.