Volume II,Issue IV, March 2026
Volume-II, Issue-IV, March, 2026 |
Received: 15.03.2026 | Accepted: 17.03.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.04W. | |||
নিম্নবিত্তীয় জীবন ভাবনার আলোকে সমরেশ মজুমদারের গল্প
অনন্ত বর্মন, গবেষক, গৌহাটি
বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, অসম, ভারত |
Stories of Samaresh Majumdar in the Light of Subaltern Life Perspectives Ananta Barman, Research Scholar, Gauhati University, Assam, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
Samaresh Majumdar is an established wiriter of the 1970s. Although born in North
Bengal, he resided in Kolkata due to professional oligations. Consequently, he
witnessed – on one hand – the lives of the lower classes in Kolkata, and on the
other – the lives neglected, deprived, and impoverished people of North Bengal,
as well as the various indigenous communities such as the Lepchas and
Madeshias. He has portrayed the anguish and struggles of these lower-class
people observed firsthand in various stories throughout his oeuvre.
Furthermore, his stories highlight the economic hardships faced by immigrants in
North Bengal, as well as the financial struggles of the lower classes who depend
on the region’s tea gardens, rivers, and forests for their livelihood. For
instance, in the story ‘Janani’, just as Bindu unhesitatingly plunges into the
river to grasp a floating tree trunk, her husband shows no hesitation in
stripping clothes from a corpse. In the story ‘Char, Shahar ebong Ekti Bekub’ day
laborers, domestic maids, rickshaw pullers, and hand – cart pullers – unable to
find shelter for the night in Jalpaiguri city – find their soler refuge on the riverbank.
Conversely, in the story ‘jathor’ he depicts the abject Poverty of day laborers
living on the banks of the Teesta River. In ‘Yuddha Kshetrey Ekjan’ the
marginalized farmar of North Bengal rise up in revolt against the exploitation
and deprivation inflicted by landlords and feudal estate owners. In the story ‘Octopus’,
he illustrates how certain selfish and avaricious individuals in society prey
upon the lower classes to secure their own interests, intimately pushing the
poor toward the brink of death. Finally, in ‘Jiyono Machh’, he articulates the
suffering and hardships in the tea gardens. In essence, Samaresh Majumdar did
not merely recount the tribulation of the lower classes; he also illuminated
the paths of hope and resilience that enable them to survive. | ||
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