When Pandit Chhabilal's son Habilal was nine years old, he married six-year-old Rupamati, the only daughter of Mohan Prasad Luitel. He is benevolent. Her mother-in-law Ugra Chand Chotha is miserable and temperamental and tortures Rupamati. Having learned patience and endurance from her mother, Rupamati quietly endures her mother-in-law's circus behavior in tears. The novel presented a portrait of an ideal Nepali woman.[4]
Translations
The novel has been translated into multiple languages. The novel was translated into English by Shanti Mishra in 1999.[5] It was translated into Urdu language by Prof. Dr. Tahira Nighat Nayyar.[6]
