A sequel of two books .This is one of the epic novel of all the writings by the author. This is about the Jamindar era starting from the begining till the end. Tarasankar being born to a zamindar family. He has himself has experienced the complete floursing of the so called "sat taka baro anna " zamindar to a "Bittoban" zamindar. To sum up in this novel he has summed up the rise and fall of a zamindar family. One of his best books.

Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (23 July 1898– 14 September 1971) was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language. He wrote 65 novels, 53-story-books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies, 2 travel stories and composed several songs. He directed one Bengali feature film (Amrapali) in 1959. He was awarded Rabindra Puraskar, Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.