Victims and victimization in the indian milieu With reference to five indian writers In english

Abstract

Bhabani was born on 10th November, 1906, in Bhagalpur, Bihar. At an early age newlineof twelve, he wrote his first article in a Bengali Magazine, MOUCHAK . He is an newlineoutstanding Indian writer in English of the present times. His books have appeared in newlinetwenty-six languages, sixteen of which are European. He also has won Sahitya Akademi newlineAward in 1967 for Shadow from Ladakh. newlineAll his writings have a social purpose because his outlook is always constructive newlineand very much purposeful. He has written five novels: He Who Rides a Tiger, So Many newlineHungers, Music for Mohini, A Goddess Named Gold and Shadow from Ladakh. newlineIn He Who Rides a Tiger, Bhabani attacks the Indian caste system in which an newlineuntouchable masquerades successfully as a Brahmin priest. This novel was written around newline1954, the time when India was making sincere attempts at creating a new social order newlineand came out with a new outlook on life. The novel is based on an ancient saying, He newlinewho rides a tiger cannot dismount. newlineKalo, a humble rural blacksmith, takes his revenge on a rigid caste-ridden society newlineand makes a living for himself and his daughter by faking a miracle that begins as a fraud newlineand ends as a legend when the fraud is detected, as other low caste people him as their newlinebrother for making the outraged panic. newlineSo Many Hungers was published a couple of month after India s independence. newlineHunger for food and freedom are the twin themes of the novel. The story is woven newline24 newlinearound the happenings in the lives of Rahoul and Kajoli and their families: The bridge newlinebetween the two families Rahoul s in Calcutta city and Kajoli s in the Baruni Village is newlineDevesh Basu, addressed with reverence as Devata , the grandfather of Rahoul and also newlinethe godfather of Kajoli. newlineThe novel begins with a radio announcement of the outbreak of war. The younger newlineson of Samarendra, Kunal, joins the Army. The elder one, Rahoul, continues to be influenced newlineby his grandfather, participates in the national movement and is eventually arrested. Kajol s newlinefather, elder brother and Devata are also imprisoned. Re