Fakeer of jungheera

2. Introduction
The Fakeer of jung
eera is a long poe
m by Henry Louis
Vivian Derozio.
He was born on 18
th April 1809 in Kol
kata,west Bengal.

3. •He was lecturer and poet.He is consid
ered to be an academic and educator
during his time Literary movement of
Bengal Renaissance was undergoing.
•He was an Indian poet and head princ
ipal at the Hindu college of Kolkata.

4. •He died of cholera.Long after his de
ath,his influence lived among his for
mer student,who came to be know
n as young Bengal .
•Inspired by the scenic beauty of the
river The Ganga he started writing p
oetry.

5. • He wrote many wonderful poems in Englis
h before his untimely death.
• The Fakeer of jungheera was one of the m
ost important landmark in History in India.
As he considered India to be his mother so
he worried about Indian Social and religio
us problems and also worried about the cl
ass and caste.

6. Fakeer and Nulee
ni are two star lo
vers like Romeo a
nd Juliet.
It is tragic love st
ory of Nuleeni-a y
oung widow , Mu
slim Fakeer.

7. •Nuleeni an upper caste Bengali woman.
•She didn't love her husband.
•She loved Fakeer.
•Nuleeni's father could not bear the ins
ult of his daughter other.
•Her father believe in cast marriages.

8. •Fakeer is the follower of Islam.
•Her husband dies in an early age.
•Nuleeni's going to be sati.
•She refuses to die of behind her hus
band and she escapes with Fakeer t
o his cave in gungheera.

9. •The upper class widow lived with her l
over Fakeer always waiting for someth
ing unseen to harm them.
•Her father wants to revenge.
•He fight alone but couldn't stand the bi
g army.He dies on the lap of his belove
d.

10. Theme of The Fakeer of jungeera.

11. Emancipation o
f love

12. Nuleeni's Beauty
"The smile co
mes from her
ruby lips like t
he sun rushin
g from eclipse.
"

13. Nuleeni As a Victim
•Widow of her husband.
•Victim of "Sati pratha"
•Victim by society Helpless
•Mentally dead
•Death of her beauty and charm
•Death of her love
•Becomes second widow of her lover.

14. "Sati pratha"
'Sati' is a Sanskrit word m
eaning Virtuous women.
Who was truly love to he
r husband women who s
acrificed themselves to l
ove of her husband.
People beat drum loudly
so that screams of a wo
man can not be heard.

15. Derozio wants st
opped some evil
s of Hindu societ
y especially the
practice of wido
w burning .

16. Indian negative aspect of our cult
ure
•Child marriage
•'Sati ' pratha
•Dowry system

17. Conclusion
In the Fakeer of jungheera Derozio has ob
served Indian society in which the effect o
f religion is very powerful.Religion has pla
yed a major role in Indian society.Nuleeni i
s a young widow with rosy dreams of life s
he has her individual ideas but religion is u
sed as a powerful weapon to condition Nu
leeni's mind.