Indira is a very popular novel by Bankim Chandra. It is the story of a young woman who is separated from her husband. The side of women depicted here is unique. Its translator Shriramnath Suman has translated it in such a style that the reader feels that this novel was originally written in Hindi language. Apart from entertaining the reader, this novel also gives the reader amazing information about the social norms and traditions of Bengal society during the time when the book was written; about love and relationships and the way society shapes them, all this has been depicted in this novel.