Volume-I, Issue-III, March 2025
Volume-I, Issue-III, January, 2025 |
বিভূতিভূষণ মুখোপাধ্যায়ের ছোটোগল্পের
আলোকে তৎকালীন বাঙালি সমাজচিত্র
বকুল সাহা, সহকারী অধ্যাপক, বাংলা বিভাগ,
জলঙ্গী মহাবিদ্যালয়, জলঙ্গী, মুর্শিদাবাদ, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Received: 15.01.2025 | Accepted: 25.01.2025 | Published Online: 30.01.2025 | Page No: 601-609 |
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.1.issue.03W.048 | |||
The Social Portrait of Contemporary Bengali Society in the Short Stories of Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay Bakul Saha, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Bengali, Jalangi Mahavidyalaya, Jalangi, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay emerged in the middle of the 20th century. He was born in Pandul in Dwarbhanga district of Bihar. Although he was born in Bihar, his ancestors lived In Chatra region of Srirampur, Bangladesh. So he had to stay in Shivpur, Chatra and other areas of Bangladesh for his studies during his childhood and adolescence. He was able to establish contact with the rugged environment of Bihar and the Crop green desert of Bangladesh. Therefore, he got the opportunity to observe the social environment of Bihar and Bangladesh very well. He was the live-witness of the anti-British movement in pre-independence India, the Second World War and the great Bengal Famine of 1943. Also, he observed the effect of World War II and Bengal Famine on the society of Bihar and Bangladesh very closely.As a socially conscious writer, he was able to portray this social context in his short stories in a realistic manner. Although he was a humorous writer but his social studies beautifully Placed in the short stories behind the humours. As a writer, he has also protested by pen for Bengalis, who lost their homes and became completely destitute refugees due to the partition of India in 1947. In his short stories, perfectly described the Riot of Hindu and Muslim, along with the caste system and British flunkey bengalis. In short, the short stories of Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay become a living document of the Bengali social environment of the middle of the 20th century. | ||
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