Question

critical analysis of the story hunger by nasira sharma

Answer 1

Nasira Sharma’s short story “Hunger” depicts the life of the poorest of the poor people of India.They are victims of the political and social injustice. “Hunger” is a striking contrast to the otherwise shining India that we are accustomed to. The story is about a young poor manRizwan, who gets a job in a newspaper company on the condition thathe will come up with five interviews of people with their addresses in the first five days and then the employers will decidewhether he is fit for the job. It is his first dayat his job as a journalist and he meets a poor mancalled Kasirn from whom he learns about his life. The pathetic situation of Kasim and his familyback in the village tells us what real India is all about. The story does not say where it is set – in which town but it does not matter as it can be anytown. It is a story of any part of India. Poorand hungry people like Kasim and Rizwan live in allparts of the world and consequently by not naming the town, Nasira Sharma provides the story a universal parameter.