Volume II, Special Issue, February 2026
Volume-II, Special Issue, February, 2026 |
Received: 06.01.2026 | Accepted: 09.02.2026 | ||
Published Online: 28.02.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.specialissue.W. | |||
ছেঁড়াতার: শাস্ত্রের অন্তরালে ভিন্নভাষ্য ড. কঙ্কণ দত্ত, রাজ্য সাহায্য প্রাপ্ত কলেজ শিক্ষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, সামসি কলেজ, সামসি, মালদা, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Chheratar: An Alternative Interpretation Behind the Scripture Dr. Kankan Dutta, SACT, Department of Bengali, Samsi College, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
Tulsi Lahiri’s play Chheratar (The Torn String) is set against the backdrop of a contemporary famine. In the drama, the love between Rahim and Fuljan gradually becomes helpless amid the devastating famine, and the artistic portrayal vividly presents how their attempts to resist this helplessness ultimately prove futile. The play highlights how the famine intensifies the familial crisis of Rahim and Fuljan. In Chheratar, both scripture and love are distinctly present. Due to ignorance of religious law, a storm descends upon their love; yet that very love does not remain confined within scriptural boundaries. Even while acknowledging scripture, it blossoms with great intensity. The love between Rahim and Fuljan is marked by crisis, conflict, and emotional oscillation. They had been living a peaceful married life, but rural exploitation combined with a terrible famine devastates their household. Out of ignorance regarding religious injunctions, Rahim mistakenly divorces Fuljan by pronouncing talaq. However, bound by deep affection, he cannot endure the separation from her. Ultimately, he embraces death. In the lives of Rahim and Fuljan, love emerges as an innovative interpretation beyond the rigid confines of scripture. | ||
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