Volume II, Issue VI, July 2026
Volume-II, Issue-VI, July, 2026 |
Received: 20.07.2026 | Accepted: 28.07.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.07.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.06W. | |||
বাণী
বসুর মহাভারত-সিরিজের উপন্যাসে প্রকৃতি চেতনা ও আধুনিক দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি
প্রাণজিৎ সরকার, গবেষক, কটন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, অসম, ভারত |
Nature Consciousness and Modern Perspectives in Bani Basu's Mahabharata Series of Novels Pranojit Sarkar, Research Scholar, Cotton University, Assam, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
The Mahabharata has been
enriching Bengali literature in various ways for ages. There is an eternal
quality within the tale of the Mahabharata that attracts writers of every era.
In the novels belonging to her Mahabharata series, novelist Bani Basu has not
only reconstructed the narrative of the Mahabharata but has also crafted the
characters from the perspective of the modern era. In this reconstruction, she
has prioritized modern logic and scientific consciousness.Beyond reconstructing
the narrative and characterization, Bani Basu’s novels also portray a
devastated picture of modern social life. To reflect this image, she highlights
the destructive nature of civilization beneath the backdrop of nature in the
Mahabharata. In portraying this aspect, she gives importance to modern logic
and contemporary circumstances. She demonstrates how, in the era of
globalization, human beings continuously destroy nature to satisfy their greed.
In this drive to bring nature under human control, nature's pure essence is being
destroyed.In Bani Basu's novels, behind the characters 'Ganga' and 'Kalindi',
the pure, flowing form of rivers is depicted, alongside a description of how
rivers are losing their true identity at the hands of modern civilization.
Furthermore, as an indication of the destruction of forests in the present era,
she narrates the story of the burning of the 'Khandava Forest'. In discussing
these aspects of environmental consciousness within the Mahabharata narrative,
Bani Basu prioritizes modern reasoning. The essay titled "Environmental
Consciousness in Bani Basu's Mahabharata Series Novels" will present a
research-oriented discussion on these subjects. | ||
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