4/16/2023 0 Comments Sansar serial![]() ![]() ![]() His sharp and penetrating vision does not miss the political events and the catalysts of landmark sociopolitical developments of his times. Partition, rise of communalism as a political force in post-Independence India, the disenchantment that set in among the people, Emergency and the religion-power nexus – all find a prominent place in his works. A closer look would reveal that another issue that is omnipresent in his novels is caste. Rahi was born into a well-heeled, aristocratic clan of landlords. Many of his novels, including Aadha Gaon (1966, Rajkamal Prakashan), Dil Ek Sada Kagaz (1973, Rajkamal Prakashan) and Neem Ka Ped, vividly describe the riches and the lavish life of landlord families. His description of their lifestyle, norms and mindset exemplify the keenness of his observation. He paints an accurate and a realistic picture of the elite by delineating the contradictions and the absurdities of the feudal culture that was deeply rooted in the rural hinterland.įor instance, in his novel Aadha Gaon, the arrogance of the male members of a well-off landlord family is palpable. “When the procession of Dakkin-Patti reached the turn, they were taken aback by the papery Tazia facing them. Can paupers compete with the kings? … Though drunk on power, the landlords of Dakkin-Patti could not have defiled the Tazia.
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