The Man from Chinnamasta

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The Man From Chinnamasta

First English edition cover, painting by Tyeb Mehta
Author	Indira Goswami
Original title	'Chinnamastar Manuhtu'
Translator	Prashanta Goswami
Language	English
Genre	Assamese Literature
Publisher	Katha Books
Publication place	India
Media type	Print (Paperback
Pages	200
ISBN	81-89020-38-2
LC Class	MLCS 2006/01346 (P) PK1569.G578

The Man from Chinnamasta is a novel published in 2005 and written by Indira Goswami, who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award^[1] in 1983, the Jnanpith Award^[2] in 2001 and the Prince Claus Awards in 2008.^[3] Set in pre-independence British Assam, it was written with a specific political vision : to exhort her readers to protest against the practice of animal sacrifice in the ancient Kamakhya Temple in Assam. Once published, it took Assam by storm^[4] because of its subversive nature. The Brahmins especially took offence for her frank demand to remove an ancient practice in the most important Shakti temple of the world.