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{{short description|Bengali children's fantasy novel by Abanindranath Tagore}}
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| author = [[Abanindranath Tagore]]
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| subject = Children's Literature
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| published = 1896
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'''''Khirer Putul''''' ({{lit|Doll of [[Kheer]]}}) is a children's [[fantasy novel]] written by [[Abanindranath Tagore]] in 1896.<ref>{{cite book|title=Children's literature of Bengal|year=1978|publisher=Academy for Documentation & Research on Children's Literature, 1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usM3AAAAIAAJ&q=Khirer+Putul}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Khirer Putul(with Cd)|publisher=Ananda Publishers Pvt. Limited|isbn=9788177564990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60lVPgAACAAJ&q=Khirer+Putul}}</ref> Khirer Putul is considered a masterpiece<ref>{{cite book|title=The Modern Review, Volumes 91-92|date=1952|publisher=Prabasi Press Private, Limited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zyMlAQAAIAAJ&q=Khirer+Putul}}</ref> and landmark by writers in Bengali language children's literature.<ref>{{cite book|title=Khirer Putul(Bangla): Bengali eBook, Children Classic|date=30 July 2014|publisher=Pathok Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=9788192979809|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W3YdBAAAQBAJ&q=Khirer+Putul}}</ref> Khirer Putul is a simple and touching tale about the sugar doll, the fate of Duorani and a tricky and extraordinary monkey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitarastories.com/tocs/khirer-putul-toc.html|title=Khirer Putul|last=Tagore|first=Abanindranath|website=The Pitara}}</ref> Aadi Brahmosamaj press first published this book. Later on, it was translated into other languages.<ref>{{cite book|last1=ঠাকুর|first1=অবনীন্দ্রনাথ|title=ক্ষীরের পুতুল / Khirer Putul (Bengali): Bengali Children's classic storie|date=August 2014|publisher=editionNEXT.com|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FAcBAAAQBAJ&q=Khirer+Putul}}</ref>{{page needed|date=January 2016}} The story was adapted into a film of the same name by Indian writer and director [[Purnendu Pattrea]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GUZ2AAAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]], [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]|page=66}}</ref> [[Khirer Putul (TV series)|''Khirer Putul'']], an Indian television soap opera based on the novel aired on [[Zee Bangla]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Khirer Putul |url=https://www.zee5.com/tvshows/details/khirer-putul/0-6-2574 |website=[[ZEE5]]}}</ref>

It was also adapted into a play by the Indian theatre group [[Nandikar]] in 2017, with Anindita Chakraborty as its director.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Theatre Festival 2017 |url=https://nandikar.net/national-theatre-festival-2017/ |website=nandikar.net |language=en}}</ref>

== Plot ==
The king of Deepnagar had two queens Suo Rani and Duo Rani. The king gave Suo Rani 7 palaces, 700 female slaves, best ornaments from 7 kingdoms, 7 gardens, 7 chariots. He neglected Duo Rani and gave her a broken home, a deaf and dumb maid, torn clothes and a dirty bed.

== Translations ==
The work has been translated into several languages:
* [[French language|French]] – ''La poupée de fromage''<ref>{{cite book|title=La Poupée de fromage ("Khirère poutoul"). Préface de Selma Lagerlöf. Bois dessinés et gravés par Andrée Karpelès|date=1950|publisher=Éditions Ophrys|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zkkKYAAACAAJ&q=La+Poup%C3%A9e+de+fromage}}</ref>
*[[Swedish language|Swedish]] – ''Ostdockan''<ref>{{cite book|title=Ostdockan: en bengalisk saga|date=1949|publisher=K[oop.] F[örb.]:s Bokförl.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_JpMQAACAAJ&q=Ostdockan+:+En+bengalisk+saga}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=OSTDOCKAN: EN BENGALISK SAGA |url=http://www.biblio.com/book/ostdockan-bengalisk-saga-tagore-abanindranath-1871/d/148232653|website=biblio.com/}}</ref>
*[[English language|English]] – ''The Make-Believe Prince''<ref>Sircar, Sanjay. ''Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: Abanindranath Tagore, ‘The Make-Believe Prince’ – Gaganendranath Tagore, ‘Toddy-Cat the Bold’''. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2018.</ref>

== Development ==
Abanindranath who was [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s nephew found this story in Mrinalini Devi's diary after her death. The novel is based on the story written in her diary.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rabindranath Tagore: Puffin Lives|date=15 May 2013|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=9788184759914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMw0RVaoBtUC&q=Khirer+Putul&pg=PT51}}</ref> The illustrations were done by Abanindranath Tagore.<ref>{{cite book|title=Eminent Indians: Ten Great Artists|isbn=9788129127501|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQWcAwAAQBAJ&q=Khirer+Putul&pg=PT67|last1=Ahuja|first1=M. L.|date=18 December 2012}}</ref>{{page needed|date=January 2016}}

==Analysis==
According to scholar Sanjay Sircar, the tale can be classified in the [[Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index]] as tale type ATU 459, "The Make-Believe Son (Daughter)",<ref>Zipes, Jack. "Review of Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance ed. by Sanjay Sircar". In: ''Marvels & Tales'' 34, no. 1 (2020): 121-122. muse.jhu.edu/article/766045.</ref> a tale type "widespread throughout North India and other Asian areas, but never found in Europe".<ref>Flora, Giuseppe. "Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: Abanindranath Tagore, ‘The Make-Believe Prince’". In: ''International Research in Children's Literature'' Volume 14 Issue 1, pp. 123-125. {{ISSN|1755-6198}}. Available Online Jan 2021
(https://doi.org/10.3366/ircl.2021.0388 </ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=TsaDLj1_eq8C&dq=Khirer+Putul&source=gbs_navlinks_s Illustration By Ashish Sengupta]
*{{cite web|title=Khirer Putul|url=http://gaana.com/album/khirer-putul|website=gaana.com|publisher=[[Gaana.com]]}}

[[Category:Bengali-language literature]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian fairy tales]]
[[Category:Indian children's novels]]
[[Category:1890s children's books]]
[[Category:Children's fantasy novels]]
[[Category:Indian folklore]]
[[Category:Indian literature]]
[[Category:Indian legends]]
[[Category:Indian novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:Indian novels adapted into plays]]
[[Category:Indian novels adapted into television shows]]

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