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Gobar Power Relationship

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INVERSION OF POWER RELATIONS: THE REBELLIOUS GOBAR By Dr Laxman Kumar Jain This paper deals in minute detail how Gobar, Hori’s son and another protagonist of Premchand’s masterpiece Godan brings back the ideas of city in the village that results in inversion of power relationship. But no actual transformation takes place. It brings out the city country relationship at cultural plain, without disturbing the stream of ideas presented by Premchand in his piece. Gobar returned to his village after one year sojourn in the city which had brought him good fortune. His mother along with his sister was overjoyed and mother felt like finding a jewel she lost long ago in the stress and struggle of life. Her happiness was reflected in her politeness. Her head bowed in utter gratitude. She made it a point to distribute sweets to the whole village in the welcome of her son’s arrival. She didn’t let her son know of the state of affairs at home but Gobar with a few glimpses had a full view of the situation at home. The torn …show more content…

Gobar blasted another bomb, “you lack nothing Maharaj. You know how to touch others and knock at their doors, rest is easy. In life and deat by imposing fine on others, you rob the poor. Is that money not enough for you or have you hit upon a secret to take it to other world. He had lost his sense of behaving respectfully with elders, Datadin thought. “Gobar doesn’t know perhaps that his father is slave at my place. True, a small stream once full soon overflows”. Datadin remained unprovoked. Gobar then held out a threat of filing a suit against the panchees. His village brother got so impressed that they wanted Pateshwari’s ears to be pulled! Who profited by creating misunderstanding between brothers! But Gobar was in no mood to stay in the village. He asked them to celebrate Holi with a big bang and suggested his village brothers to smear black on headman’s face. “Nobody can speak anything on the day of Holi”, he

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