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'Nijer Shonge Nijer Jiboner Modhu' (, ) is a Bengali novel written by Bangladeshi author Humayun Azad. It was first published in February 2000 in Ekushey Book Fair by Agamee Prakashani. The novel deals with rural life of Bikrampur of 1950s decade and believed to be inspired by author's own childhood life as Azad was also born and brought up in Bikrampur which is now known as Munshiganj District, however the fictitious character Jalkador, who is the main protagonist of the novel, is an illiterate boy.

Subject



The main subject of the novel is about growing-up of a boy named Jalkador in Rarhikhal village of Bikrampur (the village is now in Sreenagar Upazila of Munshiganj District) in 1950s decade when Bangladesh was part of Pakistan. The novel tells the story of his journey as a rural Bengali boy from boyhood to adolescence. The story begins when he is ten years old and ends when he is fifteen.

Author Humayun Azad dedicated this novel to his childhood rural friends and compared the novel to Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novel 'Pather Panchali'.

Plot



Jalkador lives in Rarhikhal village with his parents and siblings; he has one brother and one sister who are named Abju and Moyna respectively. Though his family is well-off in the village, Jalkador comes from a farming background; his father is a farmer and he is a cowboy who raises cattle who does not go to school and speaks local dialect of the Bengali language. He grows up gradually but his penis remains uncircumcised, circumcision is compulsory according to the village rituals.

When monsoon comes, Jalkador sees flood, their whole village is affected by the flood, flood also attacks their house. As Jalkadors family is well off, flood-affect recovery is easily done in their house.

Jalkador sees canoe sprint and kabaddi game in their village, he takes part in the kabaddi game. His friend Majid teaches him to smoke cigarette and they talk about when to get circumcised, they see each others penis secretly. From Majid Jalkador learns basic knowledge about sexuality.

Autumn season comes, Jalkador learns to masturbate, before it he faces nocturnal emission; he is already a teen-ager during this time. He gets sexually aroused seeing female snake-charmers.

Setting



This novel was set in the 1950s decades Bengali rural life of East Pakistan. At that time East Pakistani villages had no electricity, nor had any advantage of good sanitation, however well-off families of Bengali villages sent their children to schools but Jalkador and his siblings dont go to school nor Jalkadors parents have literacy.

Characters



*Jalkador - The main protagonist of the novel, a young Bengali rural boy

*Abju and Moyna - Jalkador's siblings, junior to Jalkador

*Majid - Jalkador's friend

*Rokman - Jalkador's family's servant

References




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