| Year | : | 1967 |
| Publisher | : | Sahitya Bhandara, Bengaluru |
| Reprints | : | 12 |
Jalapaata is the novel of the life of a painter in Mumbai, whose life in the city drains his life and art. He decides to leave the metropolis and settle in his village, but finds the village poverty stricken. Surmising that the economic strings of rural India are controlled by the cities, he decides to return to Mumbai.
