Arogya Niketan

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Arogya Niketan is a celebrated Bengali novel by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay that explores the clash between traditional Ayurvedic healing and modern Western medicine in a rural Indian setting.

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instanceOf Bengali-language novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
explores cultural identity in colonial and postcolonial context ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
social change in rural India ⓘ
tension between faith-based healing and scientific medicine ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasContrastingCharacterType Western-trained doctor ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Ayurveda ⓘ
Western medicine ⓘ
rural Bengali society ⓘ
hasProtagonistType traditional Ayurvedic healer ⓘ
hasReputation celebrated Bengali novel ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century Bengali realism ⓘ
literaryTradition Bengali literature ⓘ
mainTheme clash between traditional Ayurvedic healing and modern Western medicine ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of conflict between tradition and modernity in medicine ⓘ
originalScript Bengali script ⓘ
partOf Bengali literary canon ⓘ
setting rural India ⓘ
settingPeriod 20th century ⓘ
subjectMatter conflict between empirical science and traditional knowledge systems ⓘ
impact of modernization on rural communities ⓘ
medical ethics in a traditional society ⓘ
workOf Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay ⓘ

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