Translated with an introduction by Kalpana Bardhan from Bengali and published by Zubaan in 2018, Mahuldiha Days is the first novel written by Anita Agnihotri. It was originally published in Bengali by Ananda Publishers as Mahuldihar Din in 1996.
Set in the forests of northern Odisha, Madhuldiha Days is the moving story of a young civil servant caught between her commitment to the tribal communities she knows are the original inhabitants of the forest, and the monolithic state, oblivious to the diverse realities of life on the ground. The monolit Brahmani river snakes through the story with a life of its own while the city of the narrator's childhood retruns to her in her dreams. Agnihotri creates a poignant, intense narrative layered with an awareness of the pressures of motherhood and personal love.