International Journal of Engineering and Management Research (IJEMR)
Year : 2012, Volume : 2, Issue : 1
First page : ( 65) Last page : ( 67)
Print ISSN : 2394-6962. Online ISSN : 2250-0758.

Dimensions of Freedom in Bhabani Bhattacharya's so Many Hungers

Chaudhary Neetu

Research Scholar, CCS University Campus, Meerut, India

Online published on 21 November, 2017.

Abstract

The novels written between pre-independence and post-independence period invariably touch upon the national movement for political independence because the long years of struggle and sacrifice have shaped and colored every experience of Modern India. In this scenario Mahatma Gandhi and his ideology can never be lost sight of several writers of this period who have introduced the freedom movement for national independence in their novels. Raja Rao's Kanthapura embodies an earnest record of freedom struggle and the essential Gandhi who led the Indian people. Mahatma's presence is felt everywhere and Raja Rao Projects him through the hero, Moorthy the leading figure of the novel and ‘Gandhi’ of his village folk. It is with this goal in mind that Bhattacharya selects a variety of significant themes of his time, including the theme of political independence, social problems and tradition-modernity conflict Bhattacharya does not think that a writer should not treat a contemporary social or historical event because he lacks the necessary perspective to understand and evaluate its implications. On the other hand he firmly believes that: -“The creative writer has a well developed sensitivity, though this does not mean that he understands or shares all emotions. The things he witnesses, the things he experiences are likely to move him more intensely than what may be called recollection at second hand. Even the historical novel relies as much on the writer's personal experience as an imaginative evocation.” (Literatures and Social Society, Perspective on Bhabani Bhattacharya, 5)

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Keywords

Law, Village, Quit India.

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