‘I Want You Together, Mummy and Papa’: Detrimental Effect of Divorce
on Children – A Study of Aapka Bunti
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Dec, 2013
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The IUP Journal of English Studies
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Article
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IJES91312
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Anupama Shekhawat
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English Studies
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Abstract
The modern trauma that the children of divorced parents undergo is very painful. With cases of divorce on a sudden rise, divorce has become a major issue in our society. Mannu Bhandari (1931) is a prominent Indian author, popularly known for her two Hindi novels, Aapka Bunti and Mahabhoj. She has played a great role in portraying the society and bringing out its loam to the surface with her effective plot and skillful diction in her novel Aapka Bunti (1971). She sketches the existing world around her so wonderfully that the theme impacts powerfully on the readers. This novel forces us to think that before the parents become impatient and take a decision thinking that only one way out is divorce, they should ponder twice keeping in view the emotions and sentiments of their children. Probably then, they will be able to decide better and live happily. The theme is very popular but never presented with such intense fervor. The novel ends with an unstated message that a child requires love, care and bonding; he does not want to live with a single mother or single father, but wants both his parents to live together to nurture him and protect him. The present paper makes a thematic study of the poignant novel.
Description
Mannu Bhandari is a renowned Indian author, well known for her two Hindi
novels, Aapka Bunti and Mahabhoj. She is the wife of Rajendra Yadav, who
is a famous Hindi writer, with whom she co-wrote many stories. Mannu Bhandari has established herself as an eminent writer with her novel Aapka Bunti (1971). Her works have established her reputation as one of the renowned women writers of India who has a feel of the contemporary pulse of India. She sketches the existing world around her so wonderfully that the themes have a powerful impact on the psyche of the readers. For instance, in the novel Aapka Bunti she picks up the issue of divorce.
Divorce has become a major issue in our society, and many causes have been attributed to the rise in divorce rates. Aapka Bunti is an in-depth character study which presents the plight of a child of divorced parents. The writer also questions the notion and concept of marriage which is prevalent in modern societies. The artistic inclination of the writer makes her weave a chain of events which convey the complexities of divorce and remarriage.
Keywords
English Studies Journal, I Want You Together, Mummy and Papa, Detrimental Effect, Divorce
on Children, A Study of Aapka Bunti, Hindi novels, Aapka Bunti, Mahabhoj, Mannu Bhandari, loving the stories.
