Hunger for Food and Freedom in So Many Hungers! by Bhabani Bhattacharya
Keywords:
Poverty, Hunger, Exploitation, India, IndustrializationAbstract
The purpose of this research paper is to analyse and evaluate Bhabani Bhattacharya's novel So Many Hungers!, paying particular attention to how the author portrays issues of poverty, hunger, and exploitation. Bhabani Bhattacharya is well-known for tackling contemporary human challenges while maintaining a humanistic perspective. Before it gained its independence, India went through a particularly wretched period in its history. Bhattacharya's ideas were profoundly influenced by recent historical happenings, in particular the Quit India Movement and the Bengal Famine of 1942–1943. As a direct result of this, Bhattacharya's writing is preoccupied with themes related to destitution and starvation. Bhabani Bhattacharya's first novel, titled "So Many Hungers!", was released into the world in October 1947, not long after India attained its freedom. Nevertheless, it includes the entirety of the wartime era, with all of the unpredictability, anguish, brutality, and frustration that it entails. Another purpose of this study is to provide a thematic analysis of the dynamics included within this story.
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