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The novels of Bhabani Bhattacharya mostly represent a realistic and humanistic view, along with, it contains the outlook of oriental v/s occidental life of human society. His vision of life is very positive. As a novelist he is seriously concerned with the plight of the poor peasants and destitute, the landless and the labourer, the out casts of the society who suffer a great deal simply because they are helpless and their fate is sealed in hands of the rich and influential class of the people. He draw our attention through the scenes of poverty and suffering of the poor people and the cruel and heartless altitude of the rich and affluent people who thwart the prospects of a happy life for the helpless and unfortunate poor, peasant …show more content…

Most of his novels have a social purpose apart from being a work of literary craftsmanship. His very first novel, So Many Hungers, is a realistic study of the Bengal famine of 1943. The novel presents an authentic picture of the life in rural India in sharp contrast with the sophisticated and urban India. It is also a faithful portrayal of the changing social life of the contemporary India. The novel came out in 1947 soon after the independence of the country. The action of the novel covers the war years with Indian people’s gruesome sufferings and frustrations, tension and apparent contradiction of the then Indian society. Therefore, the novel is really a modern Indian classic depicting the inhuman atrocities committed on them by their own fellow beings and countrymen during an almost man-made crisis in the form of famine which claimed the life of many innocent Indians.
Bhattacharya’s next novel, Music For Mohini, deal with the problems of India soon after the independence. The story of the novel ranges from 1948 to the present day India. It deals with a problem which is relevant even today. The conflict between the traditional India and the modern India. The conflict between orthodoxy and modernity makes the central theme of the novel and its treatment is very realistic and

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