The Novel With An Off Beat Is Set, Like Most Stories Of Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay, In The Red Soil Of Birbhum. On One Level The Theme Is A Clash Between The Old And The New, Between Traditional Medicine And The Western System Of Allopathy. There Is An Effort To Overcome The Fear Of Death, And All This Makes This Novel A Great Work Of Art.

Arogya Niketan: Oriya Translation By Basanta Kumari Devi Of Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay'S Akademi Award-Winning Bengali Novel Of The Same Title.

Arogya Niketan: Maithili Translation by M.M. Thakur of Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay's Akademi Award-Winnig Novel In Bengali.

This Novel Is Based Mainly On The Encounters Of A South African Born Indian Girl, Who Visits India And Is Treated To A Chain Of Ordeals Which Impair Her Vistas Around The Nature Country And People. This Novel Has Been Acclaimed As One Of The Best Contemporary Novels In Modern Tamil Literature, For Its Realism, Narrative Power, Artistic Presentation And The Deep Insight Into The Life Of Tamils In South Africa.