Pratigya (novel)
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| Author | Premchand |
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| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Literature |
| Published | 3 March 2006 |
| Publisher | Diamond Pocket Book |
| Publication place | India |
| Pages | 168 |
| ISBN | 81-7182-620-2 |
Pratigya is a novel Written by Indian Novelist Premchand.It depictis the compulsions and destiny of an Indian woman living in suffocating circumstances. The widower Amritarai, the protagonist of the vow, wants to marry a widow so that the life of a young man is not destroyed...Poorna the heroine is an unsupported widow. The hungry wolves of society want to break its accumulation. In the novel, Premchand has presented the widow problem in a new form and has also suggested alternatives. This book also contains Premchand's last and incomplete novel Mangalsutra. He was able to write only a very small part of it. It is the work immediately after Godan in which the author was at the climax of his powers.[1][2]
Summary of Pledge
A gentleman named Amritarai lives in Banaras. He is a lawyer by profession but he likes social service more than advocacy, charity is his friend. Amrit Rai is married to the first daughter of Lala Badri Prasad, a well-known nobleman of the city, but he and the child also die in childbirth. Amritrai returns from country after two years and by then Lalaji's second daughter Prema has grown up. Amritarai forgets his anguish with the introduction of Prema and the two fall in love with each other. Lalaji wanted to marry Prema with Amritrai's friend Dananad, but after seeing Prama's attachment to Amritarai, changes his decision. Amritrai and Prema are about to get married, but one incident changes everything.
After listening to a lecture in the templeAmritarai Arya vows that he will only marry a widow . Lalaji is angered by this pledge that it is against the sect. But Prema welcomes his decision and renounces her love for him. Now Prema's marriage is fixed with Dananad again, Dananad hesitates that…
Vasantkumar, the neighbor of Lala Badriprasad, drowns in the middle of the flow, so Poorna becomes a widow. He has none of his own. Therefore, Lalaji, seeing him shelter in his house, protects him. Lalaji's son Kamalaprasad is mischievous and dissolute. He is stunned by Poorna's beauty and keeps trying to get her by adopting a wrong policy. He wants to implicate Poorna by laying a trap and tries to win her mind by saying many false things. Sumitra, who is his wife – gives Poorna patience and inspires her to fight against injustice. Don't get satisfied on seeing Prema, they become suspicious. They suspect that Prema has not yet come out of Amritrai's love. They start going against Amritarai with Kamalaprasad's friendship and also start criticizing him. Amritarai sells his land and property and builds 'Vanita-Bhawan', which is a refuge for widows and orphan girls, Amritarai wants to collect donations for its operation, then Kamalaprasad and Dananadh criticize it too. In a program, the good men sent by Kamalaprasad attacked Amritarai.
Review
In this novel, Premchand portrayed the problem of widowhood prevailing in the pure Indian society. Poorna Patra, a touching depiction of the compulsions of the despised and suffering widows in the society. The characters of Sumitra and Prema are ideal female characters, while Kamalaprasad is the representative of the wicked who oppress the Ablas. Premchand showed the solution of the widow-problem in economic self-reliance, which is practical. Premchand himself presented an ideal in front of the society by marrying a child-widow in his life. The language of the novel presented is simple and practical. The novel came alive with the use of proverbs and idioms. This novel is one of the best works of Premchand in every respect.
Reference
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