Sunita (novel)
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| Author | Jaynath Pati |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | India |
| Language | Magahi |
| Genre | Social |
Publication date | 1927 |
| Pages |
Sunita is a 1927 Magahi-language novel by Indian writer Jaynath Pati. The first novel written in Magahi its plot is based on social stereotypes of mismatched marriage and its denial. The novel centered on the heroine, who broke social taboos and advocated for inter-caste marriage. It faced tremendous opposition from upper castes of the society after its publication. The novel is no longer available.
Plot[edit]
Sunita is a social and revolutionary novel written in the 1930s. The heroine of the novel, Sunita, is a girl from an upper caste aristocratic family. The family members marry her to a wealthy but old man from an upper caste. Sunita does not like this mismatched marriage. Since childhood, her attachment remains with a low caste boy from the village, which turned into mutual love in her youth. She breaks the bond of marriage made by the family and society and goes to her low caste lover. This step of Sunita is not tolerated by her family and society. Her fraternity wants to punish Sunita and her lover by filing a case in the court. Sunita opposes this social and legal attack. She bravely faces society and trial and eventually emerges victorious.
Criticism[edit]
The first introductory review on the novel Sunita was written by a well-known linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterjee. In The Modern Review of April 1928, he writes, "This is the first publication of its kind in the Magahi language of South Bihar, through which a terrible social evil is exposed before us. Certain aspects of Magahi society, whose picture is depicted in this story, are undoubtedly very believable, but the characters have not developed much in it. It is a small work but is primarily linguistically valuable. This present effort as a masterpiece will surely be remembered by the students of Indian Language and Social Ethnography in the days to come as it is a collection of linguistic and social facts."[1]
Reference[edit]
- ↑ The Modern Review, Issue 43, April 1928, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, page 430
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