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<p>2402:3A80:1F0D:42FC:8075:ECF1:AAAA:EFE5: </p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|1861 book by Kaliprasanna Singha}}<br /> '''''Hootum Pyanchar Naksha''''' (literally &quot;Sketches by a Watching Owl&quot;) is a book by [[Kaliprasanna Singha]] (1841?–1870), first published in 1861. The book has been influential in [[Bengali literature]]. It reflects the tension that arose within several areas of Bengali society, especially in Calcutta. Factors contributing to this tension included the rise in conversions to Christianity, the emergence of [[Brahmo Samaj|Brahmoism]], and the ideologies of social reform adopted by the reformers of the mid-nineteenth century. ''Hootum Pyanchar Naksha'' gives expression to these changes, conveying with irony and bawdy humor how the old and the new coexist in Calcutta.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|last1=Anu|first1=Kumar|title=The Owl's Gaze - Everyday life in early Calcutta|url=http://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/reviews/brAnuKumar_owl.html|publisher=Parabaas.com|accessdate=6 December 2016}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> The first English translation of this book was published in 2008.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|last1=Siṃha|first1=Kālīprasanna|editor1-last=Swarup (translator)|editor1-first=Roy|title=The Observant Owl: Hootum's Vignettes of Nineteenth-century Calcutta : Kaliprasanna Sinha's Hootum Pyanchar Naksha|date=2008|publisher=Black Kite|isbn=8178241986}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Bengali-language books]]<br /> [[Category:1862 non-fiction books]]</div>

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