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{{Short description|Novel by Rita Chowdhury}}

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{{Infobox book
| name = Deo Langkhui
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| image = deu-langkhui.jpg
| caption = The Cover of ''Deo Langkhui''
| author = [[Rita Chowdhury]]
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| country = [[Assam]], [[India]]
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
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| genre = [[Novel]] on [[Tiwa_(Lalung)|Tiwa]] community
| published = 2005 Jyoti Prakashan, Guwahati
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])
| pages = 416
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'''Deo Langkhui''' ('''''The Divine Sword''''') is an [[Assamese language|Assamese]] novel written by Dr [[Rita Chowdhury]]. The book unveils some important aspects of then-contemporary [[Tiwa (Lalung)|Tiwa]] society and a series of their customs and traditions. The novel is based on historical evidence of then Tiwa kingdom, but the protagonist is the royal lady Chandraprabha, queen of Pratapchandra. The book is a detailed account of the time of then [[Assam]]. It is full of romance, conflict, betrayal, aggression and loyalty. The novel can be read as a fantastic story, as a historical novel, or as an epic.<ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/mar1309/mosaic1.html|title=Between the lines|last=Saikia|first=Samiran|accessdate=2009-07-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928145441/http://www.assamtribune.com/mar1309/mosaic1.html|archivedate=2011-09-28}}</ref>

''Deo Langkhui'' brought its author the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Assamese, by the [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's National Academy of Letters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi_awards.jsp|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards listings|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]], Official website|access-date=2 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925203857/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi_awards.jsp|archive-date=25 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
The story is about the life-struggle of Chandraprabha, the banished queen of king Pratapsingha. She was sent to the Tiwa Gobha kingdom to marry with the Gobha king (Kobâ rajâ )in the [[Jonbeel_Mela|Chunbîl Melâ (Jonbeel Mela)]].

The Gobha king reveals his chivalry by accepting Chandraprabha as a member of his kingdom. In the Gobha kingdom, Chandraprabha makes herself familiar with the customs of the people. She even changes her name to ''Konchari'', a Tiwa name. Starting from Chandraprabha, the story goes until her great grandson and, thus, in between there are many characters who are fairly rich in their own qualities.<ref name="ab" />

==Plot summary==
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==The writer's approach==
The writer has shown dexterity in depicting all the characters, their actions, inner conflicts, etc., and gives a message that sex and beauty are not the root of all relations. Besides, she gives a detailed account of that time of [[Assam]]. She throws light on social, cultural and some other important aspects its history. She refers to [[Jonbeel Mela]], a symbol of union between the eastern Assam and [[Western Assam]], which becomes a place for exchanging merchandise and a place for exchanging hearts. Through the writer’s dexterity of descriptive power, the novel delves into the readers’ mind like a vivid picture, meticulously reflecting all the aspects of every incident.<ref name="ab" />

==Kingdoms==
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==Characters==
*Chandraprobha/Konchari: Chandraprabha is the queen of Pratapsingha, banished by him to the Gobha king for she had made merry with the latter. In Gobha kingdom Chandraprobha is highly respected by the subjects and she makes familiar herself with its customs and traditions and changes her identity to Konchari.
*Pratapsingha/Mayamatta
*Xadhukumar, the Gobha king, is an exceptional character with boundless respect for women. He gives shelter to Chandraprabha with immense respect. He even never married with a view to give the throne to the child who is yet to be born from Chandraprabha.
*Jongal Balahu (Jakangka), the son of Arimatta and Gangawati and the husband of Xukumola .
*Xonjira,a maid of Konchari and mother of Samol. She was a lovely and polite woman with great sense of humor.
*Arimatta, son of Konchari and king of Kamata.
*Gangawati, queen of Khola state.
*Ratnasingha
*Fa Badacha, the ruler of Kachari Kingdom.
*Xukumola, wife of Jongal Balahu and daughter of Fa Badacha.
*Ratnawali
*Dhaneswar, an informal advisor to the king Fa Badacha and the mastermind of the invasion against the kingdom of Jakangka.
*Samol , son of Xonjira.

==Awards==
Rita Choudhury won the Kolaguru Bishnuprasad Rabha Award in 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=feb1809/at05|title=Chowdhury, Narzary given Akademi award |date=18 February 2009 |publisher=The Assam Tribune|accessdate=2009-10-22}}</ref> and [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2008 for this much-acclaimed novel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1617166911.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026061213/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1617166911.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-26 |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards for Choudhury, Narzary|date=2008-12-23|accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtimes.org/knowledge-development/2474.html|title=Sahitya Academy award to 2 Assamese litterateurs|last=Editor|first=Assam Times|date=2008-12-23|accessdate=2009-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725022542/http://www.assamtimes.org/knowledge-development/2474.html|archive-date=25 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=156608|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103171719/http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=156608|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-03|title=Royal allowance to community kings of Assam|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Subhamoy|date=2009-01-26|accessdate=2009-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=dec2908/City2|title=Literary feats lauded|date=29 December 2008|publisher=The Assam Tribune|accessdate=2009-10-22}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2005 Indian novels]]
[[Category:Sahitya Akademi Award-winning works]]
[[Category:Novels set in Assam]]
[[Category:Assamese novels]]

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