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Satkahon PDF Download by Samaresh Majumdar. Satkahan is a social novel written by Samaresh Majumdar. This novel is based on women’s right. The novel narrates about a girl named Dipa & her brave struggles against all the odds that the society throws at her. In this novel Dipabali is a symbolic character.
Let’s get some crucial information about this novel :
Book Name : Satkahan
Author : Samaresh Majumdar
Genre : Novel
Publish in : May 1964
Publisher : Ananda publishers
Language : Bengali
ISBN : 9788177568387
Now discuss the main characters of this novel :
- i) Dipabali
- b) Sattya Shadhon Babu
- c) Anjali
- d) Amarnath
- e) Khokon
- f) Bishu & many more.
Story in Brief
The story is about a girl Dipabali who wants to free from the dark society’s rules & all the bindings since her childhood. Her name is also the symbol that can remove the darkness. In her childhood her mother passed away. But his father doesn’t take care of her & doesn’t want to take her responsibility. So her aunty took her at her home.
Her aunty Anjali & uncle Amarnath raised her as like their own children. When she is growing up she realize that the society including her uncle aunty differentiate girls & boys. Her friend khokon & Bishu can do anything but she can’t do the same thing. Her aunty always keep her at home. Many question came to her mind & her this curiosity was understand by master Sattyasadhon babu.
When Dipa is 11 years old her uncle get her married with a sick man because they are wealthy. The next day of her marriage the man died & she become widow. Then Dipa’s in laws send her to her uncle’s home. That day not only her husband died but also her childhood is dead.
As she is a widow she can’t eat onion ,meat she can’t wear colourful dress. Again many question came to her mind why this rules, why the society neglect her what is her fault. If the Creator makes her a girl is it her fault why she can’t live like a man. Her uncle understand his fault & get her admitted into a school.
She started study & ignore the superstitions of the society. She does her study attentively thats why she did a great result. As we know that Dipa’s in laws are wealthy so her uncle asked financial help for Dipa’s study & they helped him. When her in laws are dead she inherited all the wealth but she refused to take them.
She wants to do a job. Because of this some problems create with her aunty. They are not happy with this decision. One day Amarnath died & her family blamed Dipabali for this incident. So she left the house & started fight against the superstitions & the societies so called rules.
A girl how she become an exceptional women that is the story of Satkahan. This novel is not only about dipa but also about the all girls who suffers from this type of problems. This novel give us the inspiration that all girls should fight for their rights because all human beings are equal.
“Satkahon” is written by the famous Indian writer Samaresh Majumdar. By this novel, the writer became famous to the literature lover. In this novel, he portrays a struggling women in 1950s. The central character of the novel is Dipaboli Bandapadhya.
She is a courageous and independent woman. But in the early of the novel she is a simple woman. Some different situations and experiences make her very independent. She makes a struggle against the darkness of the society. In this novel, the west Bengal tea garden, forest, Angurvasa River are depicted by the writer very excellently.
Dipaboli is grown up with Amaranth’s family. She knows Anjali and Amaranth as her parents. But Dipaboli is Anjali’s sister’s daughter. After Dipaboli’s mother death, she is brought up her aunt’s family. She is also brought up with the same carefulness as their own child.
Day by day, Dipaboli grows up with her friends, Bishu and khokhon. But as a woman, a marriage proposal comes to Amaranth. With the permission of the other family members, Dipaboli is married off. But Dipaboli finds out that her husband is a man of bad health. He will die suddenly at any time.
For putting the family inheritance, Dipaboli’s father-in-law does his son marry off. At the first night, Dipaboli’s husband becomes very sick and he is hospitalized. Dipaboli is informed that her husband will died of. She, with the help of maid servant, flees up to Amarnath’s house.
The next day of her marriage, her husband dies of. She becomes widow. According to hindu religion, she Maintains widow rituals with the force of her grandmother. She starts a new type of life. She losses her early desperate life. With the help of Sattasadhaon master, she re-starts het study.
Being very attentive her study, she has passed Secondary exam very successfully. Then she comes to Jolpaiguri and starts her College life. She introduces many of friends in college. The writer very eloquently describes novel. Many important story depicts in the novel which represents the society. Amarnath meets with Dipaboli’s father in law and he offers money for Dipaboli’s next life.
Amarnath accepts the money. Dipaboli gets money from AmarNath without knowing the source. But, when she knows the fact of money, she refuses to get it. But her study’s purpose, she accepts it in the condition of returning the money.
When her father in law died of, the all property’s belongs to Dipaboli according to law. Dipaboli accepts it but she doesn’t spend her own necessity. She donates all the money for social welfare. In many times she needs of money, she leads a miserable life but doesn’t compromise with anybody.
When she breaks up relation with her family, she spends her days alone. But her sufferings doesn’t know anybody. She completes her study and gets a job. She also does not compromise in her job sector. At last, she resigned from her job. Then she came back Kolkata and prepares herself for next Govt. exam.
She gets the job for her hard study. Then she married off. But her marriage life doesn’t go well. At last she lives a single life with her grandmother, Monoroma. Throughout the novel, we see a struggling woman who doesn’t compromise dishonest subject.
For gaining woman independence she tries her best. The writer of the novel portrays women’s hopes, desires and struggling bright life very efficiently. Every literature lover and woman should read this book to know Dipaboli’s life.
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