Human Relationship With Nature, By Aribam Chitreshwar Sharma

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Aribam Chitreshwar Sharma is a great writer who portrays how the society has changed from good to worse in terms of human relationship with nature. Most of his novels and short-stories talk about how humans tend to forget nature which had given him the comforts of life—food, water, air and shelter. He further suggests that if human wants to live a better and good life, the only way of achieving it is to have a good and caring relationship with nature. Aribam Chitreshwar Sharma is one of those writers of Manipur who witnessed the great 2nd World War. He got Manipur State Kala Akademi Award for his work “Lupthakhraba Hinao” in 1989. In 1991, he got the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his book “Tharoshangbi” given by Sahitya Akademi, New …show more content…
This was usually performed nearby forest or place where lot’s of greenery. Here the author wants to show that people in the name of tradition take chances to glorify themselves as a dance teacher with some certificates and earn a lot. In the name of the festival, people use to clear forest and build temple and platform where they can perform rituals and dance. With the increase in the festivals in different parts of the society various greenery portions are carved out thereby hampering the natural environment. On the other certain people in the society take chances in the name of festivals. So, the author wants the readers to realise the need of natural conservation and be less attractive to festive …show more content…
Here the author portrays how the society views a widow from different angles. In the story, there is a conversation between the widow’s brother and his wife. Where the former tells to the later that the colony is telling ill about their sister and the former gives a reply that there was nothing wrong in their sister and tells him that seeing and hearing is different things. The author tries to show how a widow is seen by various people in the society of Manipur. If the widow starts earning and takes good care of their family then, the people in the locality would feel jealous and talks of rubbish and unrelated makeup theories about the widow which in turn will bring confusion among the family members. Seeing such confusion, some of the people in the society specially people in the locality feel the pleasure while others spread wrong ideas on why such a family gets disturbed in their own

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