Aranyer Adhikar

{{short description|1977 novel by Mahasweta Devi}}

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| author = Mahasweta Devi

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Aranyer Adhikar (Rights over the Forest, first published 1977) is a Bengali novel written by Mahasweta Devi.{{cite book|author1=Susie J. Tharu|author2=Ke Lalita|title=Women Writing in India: The twentieth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&pg=PA234|year=1991|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=978-1-55861-029-3|pages=234–}} For this novel Mahasweta Devi received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979.{{cite news |title=Google doodle on Mahasweta Devi on her birth anniversary |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/google-doodle-on-mahasweta-devi-on-her-birth-anniversary/article10032213.ece |accessdate=7 September 2018 |work=@businessline |language=en}} The novel narrates the life and fight of Indian tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda.{{cite book|author=G. N. Devy|title=Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMF2PL7HgeEC&pg=PA224|year=2002|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-2022-6|pages=224–}}