Representations of the Village through Religion and Society: A Study of Lalsalu(Tree Without Roots) by Syed Waliullah

A community is a social category of people who shares common culture, common language or dialect, a common religion, a common norm, practices, customs and history. Harmony holds firmly together the various relationships of ethnic groups or institution in a detailed manner through the bonds of contrived structures, norms and values and religious belief. The term religion is also known as a social psychological condition. Not to mention, it serves a crucial role in controlling the belief system and cultural and social practice in a community. The chosen text is Lalsalu(Tree without Roots) by Syed Waliullah which was written before the partition of India and was published after it. The patriarchal power of the Bengali Muslim society of the 20th century has been represented by Majid. As the novel has showed us, the political, religious and social order of its making onto the community are imposed by patriarchal paradigms. Any challenge to such order is mercilessly counteracted. Consequently the protagonist of the novel in his clever dutiful role of a religious and holy man with aids from the patriarchal superstructures is able to create hegemony in Mahabbatpur, and capitalizes the religious faith of the poor villagers by establishing his spiritual monopoly. Thus the hegemony in various levels, such as religion, gender, and class are betrayed in the text and forms the matrix of the study. Dr.Madhumita Chakrabarty"Representations of the Village through Religion and Society: A Study of Lalsalu(Tree Without Roots) by Syed Waliullah" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-4 , June 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd13052.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/english/13052/representations-of-the-village-through-religion-and-society-a-study-of-lalsalutree-without-roots-by-syed-waliullah/drmadhumita-chakrabarty