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Book Review of “Muna Madan” Title
of the book : Muna Madan Author
: Laxmi Prasad Devkota Muna
Madan is a folk epic written by a famous Nepalese poet,
Laxmi Prasad Devkota in 1935 A.D. It is one of the greatest works of Nepali
literature. The book describes the life
of a man (Madan) who leaves his wife (Muna) and goes to Lhasa to make money.
Madan represents all the youths of Nepal who go abroad to earn money to earn
their living.
The wife of Madan, Muna is the queen of love and sacrifice. She
loves her Madan a lot so she is upset as she has to send him to a place,
Lahsa, where there are lots of obstacles and risks. But finally, she accepts
this challenge and stays in the country with her mother-in-law who is old and
weak. While returning home, Madan
becomes sick on the way. His friends leave him on the road and come back home
saying he has died. Finally, he is rescued by a man who is considered to be
of lower caste in Nepal. That is why it is said that a man is said to be
great not by caste or race but by a heart full of love and humanity. When Madan returns to
Kathmandu after regaining his health, he discovers that his mother and his
beloved wife had already died. Madan comes to realize that money is of no
value at that point. The story also shows the life
of a poor woman who suffered much without her husband and later dies because
of grief. In this poem, Devkota has written about the biggest problems of the
then Nepalese society. Through the story of Muna and
Madan, Devkota wants to stabilize the facts of traditional societies,
unscientific beliefs and the negative impacts of unemployment and poverty in
Nepalese society. The poet has wonderfully defined love
by writing about the relationship of Muna and Madan. It is a must-read book
in Nepali literature. |
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