I had been recommended this book by one of my colleagues as part of some serious reading novels. Two Leaves and a Bud is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand which revolves around a peasant who tries to protect his daughter from a British soldier, based in the tea plantations of Assam.
It is the story of a coolie, named Ganju, and his family who were forced to leave their house and premises in Hoshiarpur district of Amritsar. This is my first book by Mulk Raj Anand. Mr.Anand has very well portrayed in his book the miserable condition of coolies in the tea plantation and how they are trapped by the planters. After facing so much attrocities from the Europeans, still at the end, they get convicted of the crimes, which shows how the underpriviged are always deprived of their basic necessities of food, health and security. The writing depicts the empathetic situation of the workers and peasants. Would definately recommend this book who enjoy serious writings.