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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