Download or read book Janani written by Shaukat Osman and published by DKODE Technologies. This book was released on 1993 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of Janani is the tragedy of a poverty-stricken mother, crushed between the conflicting claims of her devotion to her children and her honour. Hence the title Janani, the Bengali word for mother. Janani, Shaukat Osman’s first novel, was partially serialised in 1945-46 in a Calcutta literary magazine, and the book was published in Dhaka fifteen years later, in 1961, by which time Shaukat Osman had established himself as a major writer in East Pakistan (Bangladesh since 1971). In Janani, Moheshdanga, the archetypal Bengal village created by the author, is distanced from the city giving it a timeless quality. The novel’s perspective is implicitly that of a child and Osman’s method, in the early chapters, is one of building up, through a simple narrative, the details, often cinematically conceived, in the life of a peasant family. Azhar Khan is an orthodox Muslim, descended from a Pathan warrior, who settled in Moheshdanga as a fugitive from the revolt of 1857. His wife, Dariabibi, energetic and proud, has a natural dignity to which everybody defers. However, the world of Moheshdanga, like that of Greek tragedy, is governed by unquestionable imperatives and Dariabibi is to become a victim of these imperatives. The inter-relationships of the characters hold Moheshdanga in a stasis until the coming of the seducers from a more urban world in the shape of Yakoob and Rajendra. A word must be said about the historical background to the novel, especially because Moheshdanga, so remote from the city, the playground of history, would seem to be untouched by history. The early forties was a time of great turmoil in Bengal. The anti-imperialist struggle reached its peak in 1942 and 1943 saw the great Bengal famine. What was of even greater significance for years to come was the ascendency of religion-based politics. In 1940 the Muslim League demanded the partition of India. The actual partition, of 1947, following a series of inter-religious conflicts and blood-lettings, was still a few years away when Shaukat Osman started writing Janani. A quarter of a century later, the break-up of Pakistan would reveal the vacuity of the solution sought by the partition. But the politics of religion refuses to die and today in the wake of worldwide crisis of modernity, of the enlightenment tradition, it is once again raising its ‘reptile head’. The history we have failed to transcend remains a contemporary nightmare and the questions Shaukat Osman poses and tries to answer in Janani remain unresolved. What he tries to do can be put in terms of three questions. What is at the root of religion-based politics? What is the nature of intra-religious or sectarian conflict? Is it not possible for Hindus and Muslims to live together in harmony as they have done for centuries? Osman answers the first question in Chapter 22 where the Zamindars, Hatem Bakhsh Khan and Rohini Choudhury, in their selfish interest over the possession of a marshland throw the two religious communities against one another. In Chapter 25, the author gives a droll account of a quarrel between two Muslim sects – the Hanafis and the Majhabis. Osman explores the third question through the relationship between Azhar Khan, an orthodox Wahabi Muslim, and Chandra Kotal, a low-caste Hindu. In this experiment in the possibility of civilisation within the microcosm of Moheshdanga, the author does not make things easy for himself. Azhar and Chandra are by no means kindred souls. Temperamentally, Chandra is the opposite of stolid Azhar; Chandra’s joy of life enlivens the novel like an electric impulse. In their attitudes to life, they are poles apart. Azhar does not approve of his friend’s irreverence, his cavalier attitude to conventional morality, or his addiction to home-brewed toddy. Chandra dislikes Azhar’s timidity, his spirit of seriousness (in the Sartrian sense of the expression) and agrees with Dariabibi that he is ‘a quiet devil’. Yet we find their friendship entirely convincing, and more so for its occasional hurdles. Azhar feels isolated when Rajendra teams up with Chandra to set tip a folk theatre. Their friendship is further threatened when the zamindars incite communal frenzy. Even Chandra falls under its spell. It is a pity that, during this period, Azhar goes into self-imposed exile. When he returns, Chandra refuses to talk to him, but only temporarily. For Chandra has no closer friend, and Azhar returns from his last exile to put himself ‘in Chandra’s hands’. After Azhar’s death Chandra remains a friend of the family. Dariabibi, in purdah, never appears before Chandra, but it is to him she turns in need, and when she sends Amjad demanding his presence, even a drunken Chandra will hoist the boy on his shoulders and totter off across the fields. Shaukat Osman has devoted an increasing amount of his writing to the nation’s struggle against religious bigotry, social obscurantism and political oppression, taking on what he considers to be a writer’s inalienable responsibility. This has not always had a salutary effect on his fiction. janani, however, written earlier and free from any proselytising zeal, remains his most powerful novel to date, achieving something of the status of a modern classic.
Download or read book Janani Janmabhumi cha written by Dr. Dipa Mitra and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Janani Janmabhumiścha: A Poetic Tribute to Mother & Motherland” is an evocative collection of poems celebrating the profound influences of motherhood and the homeland, India. The book is divided into two parts. Part One: Janani - The Mother, delves into the essence of motherhood. Through lyrical beauty, it explores how a mother’s love shapes our lives, capturing the warmth of her embrace and her strength in adversity. The poems go beyond personal anecdotes, retelling tales of iconic maternal figures from Indian epics and history, showcasing their timeless wisdom and guidance. Part Two: Janmabhumi - The Motherland, mirrors the maternal metaphors with the motherland, India. The country is depicted not just as a backdrop but as a vibrant character that moulds its children with its rich history, traditions, and landscapes. The verses traverse India’s freedom struggle, celebrating historical milestones and everyday community life that form the nation’s fabric. Each poem serves as a thread in a grand tapestry, highlighting how both mother and motherland provide identity, strength, and wisdom. The book invites readers to reflect on the nurturing forces that have shaped their own lives, connecting personal stories with the shared narratives of culture and history. “Janani Janmabhumiścha” is a poetic journey that links the personal with the national, individual love with collective heritage. It celebrates roots and pays tribute to the enduring legacies that nurture and define us, promising a journey that enlightens and inspires through its lyrical allure, rich narratives, and universal themes of maternal love.
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Download or read book The Cage of Days written by Michael G. Flaherty and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prisons operate according to the clockwork logic of our criminal justice system: we punish people by making them “serve” time. The Cage of Days combines the perspectives of K. C. Carceral, a formerly incarcerated convict criminologist, and Michael G. Flaherty, a sociologist who studies temporal experience. Drawing from Carceral’s field notes, his interviews with fellow inmates, and convict memoirs, this book reveals what time does to prisoners and what prisoners do to time. Carceral and Flaherty consider the connection between the subjective dimensions of time and the existential circumstances of imprisonment. Convicts find that their experience of time has become deeply distorted by the rhythm and routines of prison and by how authorities ensure that an inmate’s time is under their control. They become obsessed with the passage of time and preoccupied with regaining temporal autonomy, creating elaborate strategies for modifying their perception of time. To escape the feeling that their lives lack forward momentum, prisoners devise distinctive ways to mark the passage of time, but these tactics can backfire by intensifying their awareness of temporality. Providing rich and nuanced analysis grounded in the distinctive voices of diverse prisoners, The Cage of Days examines how prisons regulate time and how prisoners resist the temporal regime.
