Sutar as a Hegemonized Character in Govinda Raj Bhattarai's Muglan
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Abstract
This thesis is a study of the working conditions of Nepali immigrants as
reflected in Govinda Raj Bhattarai's, Muglan. There in Bhutan, their dehumanization,
exploitation and misery knew no bound. Their working conditions and thwarted
passions are doubtless heart-rending. When the base of the national economy of
Nepal was still feudalistic, thousands of Nepali immigrants went to different regions
of Bhutan and India for different purposes. Poverty, Superstition, threat of feudal
lords and the hope of getting recruited in British Army pushed a large number of
Nepali immigrants to different territories of Bhutan and West Bengal. Despite their
repeated efforts and struggle to actualize their dream, they are doomed to suffer. They
are so cheated and manipulated by the organized network of middlemen, agents and
brokers that they had to beg money for survival. They are taken to Bhutan and forced
to do a back breaking work. Some immigrants die of consumption whereas others
managed to return to their homeland.
Key Words: Immigrants, Subordination, Hegemony, Exploitation, Settlement,
Brokers, Homeland, Recruitment, Dehumanization