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'''''Hootum Pyanchar Naksha''''' (literally "Sketches by a Watching Owl") 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> <br />
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The first English translation of this book was published in 2008.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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