When Hinduism fell into the blackhole of irrationalism, caste system, untouchability and illiteracy, Sree Chaitnya’s concept of humanism brought in a fresh air for the salvation of the downtrodden. The authentic knowledge of the ‘sastryas’ (scriptures) and the emotion of devotion of Sree Chaitanya penetrated the Bengali mind deeply. The writers in Bengal, later on, were profusely influenced by this concept of humanism. Bamkim Chandra Chattapadhaya, Sarat Chandra Chattapadhaya, Rabindranath Tagore were among them. Atin Bandyapadhaya very artistically used the method of ‘madness’, a fanatic state of mind to illuminate a halo of humanism in Nilkanthha Pakhir Khonje. Furthermore, Humanism in Bengal was also developed in the form of social reformation
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He strongly believed in an infinite mind which is already in man and which provides all measures of a good life for him. He was in search of a man, who would be noble, the eminent, the manly, the wise, the pure, the sinless and the enlightened one. Religion, he thought, is no abstract idea, but exercising the principles of humanism. Hard work and sacrifice are the two basic principles of humanism, which can make man immortal. In an atmosphere of mutual suspicion, hatred and conflict, humanism according to him, is the best way …show more content…
Art, architecture, literature and music produced in Bengal give the same message of humanity, love and nonviolence. To keep that tradition of humanism alive, the writers on partition of Bengal could not describe the realities of violence openly because they thought, as Sunil Gangopadhaya has pointed out in Ananda Bazar Patrika (13th March,1988) that it may fuel another riot. Description of violence often increases the degree of violence and decreases the chances of peace. The writers in partition literature in Bengal, therefore, mostly focused on the undulations in the mind of its victims and earnestly showed how a human mind is divided, fractured and destroyed gradually in silence. It is more than for art’s sake, but for humanity’s sake that partition fictions are less about violence and inhumanity and more about the triumph over violence and victory of
He strongly believed in an infinite mind which is already in man and which provides all measures of a good life for him. He was in search of a man, who would be noble, the eminent, the manly, the wise, the pure, the sinless and the enlightened one. Religion, he thought, is no abstract idea, but exercising the principles of humanism. Hard work and sacrifice are the two basic principles of humanism, which can make man immortal. In an atmosphere of mutual suspicion, hatred and conflict, humanism according to him, is the best way …show more content…
Art, architecture, literature and music produced in Bengal give the same message of humanity, love and nonviolence. To keep that tradition of humanism alive, the writers on partition of Bengal could not describe the realities of violence openly because they thought, as Sunil Gangopadhaya has pointed out in Ananda Bazar Patrika (13th March,1988) that it may fuel another riot. Description of violence often increases the degree of violence and decreases the chances of peace. The writers in partition literature in Bengal, therefore, mostly focused on the undulations in the mind of its victims and earnestly showed how a human mind is divided, fractured and destroyed gradually in silence. It is more than for art’s sake, but for humanity’s sake that partition fictions are less about violence and inhumanity and more about the triumph over violence and victory of