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BHATT, P.N. "The Impact of Gandhi on Bhabani Bhattacharya's Novels"Triveni 54.3
(1985): 83-85.
Traces the author’s commitment to Gandhi’s beliefs and practices. Claims Shadow
from Ladakh (1966) based on Gandhian philosophy and values. Character study of Satyajit.
BHATTACHARYA, BHABANI. "Women in my Stories." Journal of Indian Writing in
English 3.2 (1975): 1-6.
Identifies "human richness" as the key factor in his women figures. Claims women have
an innate capacity for value adaptation. Traces the importance of the images of the
grandmother in the short story,"Steel Hawk", and the destitute girl in So Many Hungers
(1947). Moral evaluation of women characters finds more depth in them than the male
characters.
CHANDRASEKHARAN, K. R. Bhabani Bhattacharya New Delhi:
Arnold-Heinemann, 1974, 180pp.
Perceives the author advocating a synthesis of Gandhi’s asceticism and Tagore’s
aestheticism producing a philosophy of compromise and reconciliation. Examines the author’s
purpose in depicting truth as he see it. Focuses on the transformation of character operating
within a formulation of synthesis which eventuates in equilibrium and harmony.
DESAI, S.K. "Bhabani Bhattacharya: The Writer Who Rides a Tiger" in NAIK, M.K.
Perspectives on Indian Fiction in English New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 1985: 119-34.
DHAR, T.N. "Bhabani Bhattacharya's He Who Rides a Tiger: The Role-Playing Matrix" in
GUPTA, G.S. BALARAMA., ed. Studies in Indian Fiction in English Gulbarga: JIWE
Publications, 1987: 93-103.
FISHER, MARLENE. "Personal and Social change in Bhattacharya's Novels" World
Literature Written in English 12 (1973):288-96.
Finds Bhattacharya's oeuvre implies that inner personal growth and outer social
change are inextricably interrelated and must keep pace with one another. Reveals the central
motifs in his work as 1) the need for reform, 2) reconciliation of the two conflicting means to
improvement, 3) removal of British imperialism is connected to radically transforming native
greed and selfishness into a better India for all. Traces universalist values in his work.
FISHER, MARLENE. "The Women in Bhattacharya's Novels" World Literature Written in
English 11.1 (1972):95-108.
The author’s representation of women stems from his linking them to the Hindu
worship of the Sacred Cow, Gaumata, and to the Hindu concept of Shakti. Offers character
studies of Chandra Lekha, Kajoli, Mohini, Meera and Suruchi as examples of Shakti in
action. Finds his depiction of women sensitive, sympathetic and successful because they are
able to take on a life of their own beyond the context of their novels.
JAIN, JASBIR. "Coming to Terms with Gandhi: Shadow From Ladakh" Journal of Indian
Writing in English 3.2 (1975):20-23.
Considers Shadow From Ladakh (1966) as a probe of the validity and relevance of
Gandian ethics to postindependence India. Perceives the character of Satyajit as the
representative of the form and Bhaskar, the content, of Gandhi. Gandian moral evaluation
differentiates between the form and content of the guru's message.