What Is The Nature Of Humanism

Although, Dr. Nazrul Islam identifies this text as an autobiographical novel in his book, Banglar Atmajibonimulak Upanyas, the writer’s noble insight has launched it beyond the space of locality, temporality or particularity, and set it towards the infinite search for humanity. The characters do not remain confined within a known world, but were turned into an ever living sculptured art which speaks nothing particular but suggests a history of humanity. There is a search for the goodness, already in man and consequently, the novel aims to subvert all the gnawing narrow barriers of caste, class, creed and religion. It tells of a time when a human would be treated primarily as a human being, and his social identity will come as secondary. The

It does not need any external sanction, rather is an intrinsic part of human nature. It is also true that human nature and Nature itself include both selfishness and even cruelty on the one hand and sacrifice and compassion on the other. Humanism has a good ratiocination to promote the eternity of these fundamental moral principles for the fortification of human civilization from destruction. Nilkanthha Pakhir Khonje presents us a graphic description of a ruined humanity with an unparalleled accuracy, in delineating a sordid cultural conflict among the people of Bengal on the eve of the partition of the country. While their mother tongue and cultural beauty kept them tied up to the pinnacle of unity for centuries, religious prejudices and social inequalities led them grapple with separation.The biggest question that appeared rotting in their mind, was the question of human dignity, although not in an illuminated form. Therefore, literacy and proper education was prerequisite for the enlightenment of the people of Bengal. But, unfortunately, that did not happen, and instead, what emerged was panicked flurry of fundamentalism and aggression among different communities. However, Atin Bandyopadhyaya has captured this psycho-cultural crisis besetting humanity in his novel and shows that the recognition of simple

Madness, in literature, is an art of looking deep into the truths of reality. Ordinarily, madness is taken as opposite to reasoning, and therefore is not at all a welcome to a humanist, who strongly believes in the application of reason and free thinking. In literature, madness has remained the best artistic weapon to show the real, the original. It is a method of revealing Truth and Beauty of an art and also of presenting the poetic justice to its characters. Shakespeare was the master artisan, who applied madness as the very base of his tragedies. Moreover, in art, madness can refer to an absolute state where supreme creations can take place. It’s a trance-like state when a man seems to be able to unify with the supreme creator and also identifies with his true self, lying within. So, in art and literature, madness is the method of looking into the true spirit of humanism. Six and a half feet tall and handsome Manindranath falls in love with a Christian girl named Polin in his glorious student life. He feels romanticism in the core of his heart, and loves to read Keats’ poems, because they give him a feeling of adulation for nature and noble humanity. His father Mahendranath, who was stunningly a conservative Hindu elite, cannot accept such choice of life for