LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 10 October 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Depiction of Indian Culture in the Works of Bhabani Bhattacharya

Reenu Kumar, M.A. (English Literature), M.B.A. (Finance and Retail)

Abstract

This paper “Depiction of Indian Culture in the works of Bhabani Bhattacharya” discusses post-independence Indian Culture in the works of Bhabani Bhattacharya. Bhabani Bhattacharya is a champion of social change and human betterment. In his novels he tries to understand the problems of contemporary Indian society and portrays the realities of life in the country. The research paper tries to throw light on his perception of Indian society and culture from 1947 to1978 that he has acquired from his keen and critical observation of the life of the common people, especially the rural folks and tribes of India.

Introduction

Bhabahni Bhattacharya is a foremost realist of post-Independence Indian English fiction. He has witnessed the great Indian upheavals in the wake of freedom movement prior to Indian Independence in 1947. His novels and other works have been translated in more than 24 foreign languages and at least 16 of which are European and thus, through the translations, he has attained a worldwide renown. In India, too, he has been conferred with the coveted Sahitya Academy award in 1967 for his novel ‘Shadow from Ladakh’.

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Reenu Kumar, M.A (English Literature), MBA (Finance and Retail)
Assistant Professor
Sagar Institute of Research and Technology Excellence
Bhopal 462021
Madhya Pradesh
India
Reenu.kumar@yahoo.com; Reenu.hora@yahoo.com
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