Fakeer of Jungheera
By
Henry Derozio
This is a long
poem by Derozio, he was a poet, novelist and writer. His most of the works
based n the Indian religions, culture, rules and regulations, rigidity etc.. of
Indian society that based on the different religions and castes and its
different belief system which strongly effects more the lives of women rather
than the men.
In India we have
many religions like
and many more. This poem is based on the Hindu philosophy.
Castism also plays vital role on the
lives of Indian people like in earlier time , we have major four Varnas like
These all Varnas are based on the different occupations done
by people. These all are the major sources that affects lives of people.
In this poem,
Derozio has describes one of the inhuman practices that going on in Indian
society that is Sati Pratha in which women are forced to die after the death of
their husbands if they want or not. They don’t have right to start new life. We
have also Sati Temples in which we worship Goddess Sati. Nuleeni is
protagonist who forced to be sati after
husband’s death by Indian society but she doesn’t want to be Sati , so she
escapes with her lover (Fakeer) but her lover killed by that society and she
kills herself after that.
This poem
presents the cruel picture of real society of India and how it treat with the
lives of human only for the sake of the religion ad caste.
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