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Thursday, 4 February 2016

The Fakeer of Jungheera

The Fakeer of Jungheera
The Fakeer of Jungheera is written by Henry Louise vivien Derozio. It is a tragic love story of a Nuleeni- a young widow and Muslim Fakeer.
Husband of Nuleeni was died, so people were preparing for ritual of becoming Sati.In this , widow is burn alive on the funeral pyre with her husband. Other women were telling to Nuleeni that now you will get place into heaven with your husband.
This is a great satire on mentality of contemporary society. this concept of going in heaven sounds stupid and nonsense.

But Nuleeni was waiting for his lover- a Muslim Fakeer. He comes and both runs away. Nuleeni prefers to die with Fakeer than with her husband. But peole follows them& kills them. story of these two lover ends in the tragic way.

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