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Indranath, a Young Sattradhikar: The Voice of Passivism

Utpal Talukdar, Research Scholar and
Dr. Pandit B. Nirmal, Research Supervisor


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Abstract

The present paper tries to probe into the characteristic features of the male protagonist, Indranath through the lenses of a female writer. It also focuses on the weakness, passivism, timidity and other human virtues of the young protagonist in the sattra society. Indranath is one of the finest male protagonists of Indira Goswami’s novel, The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker. He experiences mental turmoil in a society, mainly dominated by the sattra rituals and feudal system of the pre-independence period of Assam. He faces a powerful picture of change and transition. Being a young Sattradhikar, he has to balance his role between the follies of sattra monastery and the phase of reformation.

Keywords: Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker, Indranath, weakness, timidity, passivism, sattra rituals.

About the Writer

Dr. Indira Goswami (1942-2011) was a versatile writer in the realms of Assamese Literature. She was well-known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and widely as Mamoni Baideo. She belongs to the period of the Twentieth Century during the transitional period of British Colonialism. At the tender age of twenty-five, she became a widow and experienced all the harsh realities of life. Her literary world deals with the theme of oppression and subjugation of the marginalized section of society, especially women and widows. She focuses on women and the cultural and political construct of the Assamese society. She also tries to change social structures through her literary endeavors. Because of her remarkable contribution to the literary world, she received many prestigious awards like the Sahitya Akademi Award (1982), Bharat Nirman Award (1989), Katha National Award for Literature (1993), Jnanpith Award (2000) and Padma Shri (2002).

The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker

The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker is a critically acclaimed novel of Dr. Indira Goswami. It deals with the issues of women, especially widows in Sattra culture society. It mirrors Goswami’s own childhood miseries, her widow life and social deprivation of women by sattra system. The novel is originally published in Assamese in 1988, set in Amronga Sattra in the South Kamrup, during the pre-independence period of Assam. Dealing with the social issues of women suffering in a Vaishnavite Sattra culture, the novelist portrays a rural society of post-colonial Assam.

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Utpal Talukdar (Research Scholar)
Assistant Professor and Head
Department of English
Agia College, Agia 783120 Assam India
utpallotus.assam@gmail.com

Dr. Pandit B. Nirmal (Research Supervisor)
Assistant Professor and Head
Department of English
Sant Tukaram College of Arts and Science
Basmat Road, Parbhani 431401 Maharashtra India
panditbnirmal@gmail.com
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