Family Life Values in the Stories of Mannu Bhandari

Abstract

Despite being a follower of Jainism, the family of Mrs. Mannu Bhandari was also influenced by the beliefs of Arya Samaj, so all the members of the family were openly and full of national ideas, so they did not lack in any kind of initiation in the education of their daughters, somewhere in Mannu's compositions. There is no lightness or lightness. Mannu ji's stories have been translated into many languages ​​like Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, English etc. The stories of Mrs. Bhandari are the story of a weak girl, lonely, helpless, punished and the primacy of values ​​related to family life in the third man. Here an attempt was made to discover the human values ​​existing in the above stories. After studying it was found that they are discussing, in which they have depicted different aspects of family life. The main character of the story of a weak girl, Roopa, in spite of weak feelings and disconnection, finally revealed the bright side of her character while following the limits of a wife, then in the stories called Akele and compulsion, the author has dealt with the loneliness of old age. has been presented to. In the story of punishment, Mannu Bhandari has depicted the arrangement of a broken family, Whereas in the third man story, even after three years of marriage of the heroine, despite not having children, the wife is tolerant and satisfied, which presents her strong personality.