The book provides a general survey of the Indo-Anglian fiction and a detailed analysis of the prominent political fictions and the fiction of Bhabani Bhattacharya. Showing Bhattacharya’s position and achievement in the domain of Indian fiction, the book studies his art of writing novels for political and social value.
The book also dwells on the Indo-Anglian fiction of varied themes—social, political, nationalistic, diplomatic, cultural, etc., of pre-and post-Independence periods and shows the significant place of the Indian political novels and those of Bhabani Bhattacharya. The Indian content of these political novels has created a context for the study of Bhattacharya’s novels.
The book also makes a critique on Bhattacharya’s six novels depicting contemporary social, political, economic and religious realities of India before and after Independence. It also highlights his plea for the social and moral function of art and for reality and truth in literature and also his defending of the use of contemporary events as worthy subjects for writing novels.
The author presents a perspective on Bhattacharya as an innovator and a free user of English language in an Indianised style. His authentic tone and Indianness are also shown through the common theme, traditional technique and typical Indian language of his novels.
Dr. Kh. Kunjo Singh, born on 1-3-1952, B.A. (English Hons.) from D.M. College, Imphal, Gauhati University, Assam (1972); M.A. (English) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1976); Ph.D. from Manipur University (1993) on Indo-Anglian Political Fiction; D.Litt. from Gauhati University (1999), is an Associate Professor of English at Manipur University, Canchipur, Manipur and formerly Reader in English at Government Nambol L. Sanoi College, Nambol, Manipur.
At present, working as the President of the North East India Forum for English Studies (NEIFES), the first of its kind in the North Eastern Region of India with its permanent office at Guwahati, Assam and Vice-President of the same for more than 5 years, Dr. Kh. Kunjo Singh has contributed research papers regularly to Dialogue (NEIFES Journal), Points of View (Ghaziabad), Manipur Today (Imphal), Gyan-Vigyan Samiti Journal (Guwahati), Manipur University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Canchipur), MALA Journal (Imphal), Bhabani-Bhattacharya: Some Points of View edited by Dr. K.K. Sharma, M/s K.K. Publications, Ghaziabad and a host of reputed journals throughout the country.
Besides, he is the author of more than 5 novels published in Manipuri, 2 volumes of English Word Book and a number of children’s books on different subjects and themes. He has published several series of travelogues and short-stories in Manipuri and has translated many popular modern Manipuri hit songs, film-scripts and radio plays into English.
Stepping beyond literary confines, Dr. Singh has been working as the Vice-President of the United Nations Association, Manipur (UNAM), the first of its kind in the
North-East India and has been participating in a large number of academic-UGC sponsored seminars and conferences as well as non-academic and political seminars and conferences.
