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"Tula Aru Teja" is a story written by Lakshminath Bezbaruah. It is one of the stories from his Sadhu kotha book named Burhi aier Hadhu. The Book was first published in October-November 1911. Bezbaruah had been one of the literary luminaries of the Jonaki Era, or the period of romanticism in Assamese literature, he gave the then-stagnant Assamese academic industry new life with his essays, plays, novels, poetry, and satires.

Publication
‘Tula Aru Teja’ is one of the short stories that is compiled in ‘Burhi Aair Sadhu’. It is a compilation of many grandma stories by Lakshminath Bezbaruah. This book was first published in October–November 1911.

Plot
The story has a village setting. Tula Aru Teja is a story of two sisters from different mothers, one uncared, Elagi, and the other loves and cared for, Lagi. Both mothers were married to a wealthy farmer. Lagi always envied Elagi and wanted to have all the attention of her husband. To get rid of Elagi, she takes her to the pond under the pretext of fishing; curses her into being a tortoise, and throws her into the pond. Kanai and Teja, Elagi’s children tried to look for their mother and accidentally discovered what Lagi had done to their mother. After a twist in the story, Elagi turns into two trees. One day, a king asks for the tree's flowers and fruits. Kanai put his condition forward, i.e- only if the king would marry Teja, could he get the flowers and the fruits. The story then focuses on the life of Teja with her husband and his first wife. She faces criticism and curses, yet the king remains patient and loving towards her. Lagi out of jealousy plots another plan to destroy Teja’s life and replaces Tula with Teja. She turns Teja into a sparrow with her spell. Later, the king finds out about the same and kills Tula, sending her meat, blood, hands, legs, and skull to her parents in the name of a rabbit’s meat. When they find out about the same, they are horrified and sad.

Characters
Lagi and Elagi are the two wives of a wealthy farmer. The story is mostly about the women in the story. Lagi was the wife who was more loved and Elagi was the one who wasn't loved. - The loved wife of the farmer with one girl child. Tula is Lagi’s daughter; Teja is Elagi’s daughter and Kanai is Elagi’s Son. Tula and Teja enjoyed each other’s company. These two are the actual characters around whom the story revolves. There is also a King and his queen along with the king’s men in the story.