The Exquisite Relationship between Lakha and Bakha
Touching the Strings of Humanity in Anand's Untouchable
- P.Venkata Sudhakar M.A..M.Phil., Bed
ABSTRACT
Mulk Raj Anand, one among the big three, has his own platform in Indo-Anglian Literature. All his major works spill exploitation and humanity. Especially a few encounters in Anand's first novel, Untouchable reflects humanity. Now-a-days, we see a lot of ingratitude between parents and their children and how the sensitive relationships are becoming worse.
In this connection, I feel, Bakha, a protagonist in Untouchable is really a modern Sravana Kumara. We can clearly notice Bakha's sensitive feelings towards his father, Lakha and his sister, Sohini. Though Lakha's abusing words cut Bakha's tender heart throughout the novel, Bakha does not say a single word against his …show more content…
Bakha and Sohini. Based on my paper's title I %yam to focus a few encounters.
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When Lakha was trying to get medicine for his son, he was rejected to enter the room without explaining his son's critical condition. In the same time, he received a blowing message from home to see his son's face for the last time. He ran home and found his son's critical condition and thought that he might die at any moment. Then he ran and ran towards Hakim ji and entered the room forgetting the formalities to be observed and knelt down and held the feet of Hakim ji by saying:
"Still there is a little breath left in my child's body, Hakim ji, I shall be your slave all my life. The meaning of my life is my child. Hakim ji, take pity. God will be kind to you".
In this way Lakha requested Hakim ji. Instead of showring pity on Lakha, Hakim ji simply abused in a high pitch calling Lakha 'a Chandala' (low caste). Lakha begged Hakim ji from many angles to convince and take him to his son. For saving Bakha, Lakha suffered a lot physically and
Touching the Strings of Humanity in Anand's Untouchable
- P.Venkata Sudhakar M.A..M.Phil., Bed
ABSTRACT
Mulk Raj Anand, one among the big three, has his own platform in Indo-Anglian Literature. All his major works spill exploitation and humanity. Especially a few encounters in Anand's first novel, Untouchable reflects humanity. Now-a-days, we see a lot of ingratitude between parents and their children and how the sensitive relationships are becoming worse.
In this connection, I feel, Bakha, a protagonist in Untouchable is really a modern Sravana Kumara. We can clearly notice Bakha's sensitive feelings towards his father, Lakha and his sister, Sohini. Though Lakha's abusing words cut Bakha's tender heart throughout the novel, Bakha does not say a single word against his …show more content…
Bakha and Sohini. Based on my paper's title I %yam to focus a few encounters.
3
When Lakha was trying to get medicine for his son, he was rejected to enter the room without explaining his son's critical condition. In the same time, he received a blowing message from home to see his son's face for the last time. He ran home and found his son's critical condition and thought that he might die at any moment. Then he ran and ran towards Hakim ji and entered the room forgetting the formalities to be observed and knelt down and held the feet of Hakim ji by saying:
"Still there is a little breath left in my child's body, Hakim ji, I shall be your slave all my life. The meaning of my life is my child. Hakim ji, take pity. God will be kind to you".
In this way Lakha requested Hakim ji. Instead of showring pity on Lakha, Hakim ji simply abused in a high pitch calling Lakha 'a Chandala' (low caste). Lakha begged Hakim ji from many angles to convince and take him to his son. For saving Bakha, Lakha suffered a lot physically and