Question

“Hunger” though set against the backdrop of Iranian Revolution of 1979 tends to
highlight the issues of universal appeal set in present day context. Validate the
statement with close reference to the text studied.in 250 words plss...

Answer 1

It is absolutely true that the story Hunger by Nasira Sharma has a universal appeal, though it is set against the backdrop of Iranian Revolution of 1979. The author doesn't give a name to the town or city where the story is set, which signifies that the problems of poverty and hunger are not limited to the particular town mentioned in the story, rather such towns and cities can be found all over the world. By means of the characters of Rizwan and Kasim, the author wants to highlight how the government promises various schemes and policies for the poor but they are never kept. Kasim's family has been through worst of situations and the situation of Rizwan's family is also no better. Kasim lives on roads, sleeps under a bridge and sells old clothes to earn his living. Though Rizwan has a hope of getting a job in Khaitan Newspaper as a journalist, he has been asked to submit interviews of five people with their names and addresses and then they would see if they could give him a job. The first interview he conducts is of Kasim, but at the end of the day, he is famished, exhausted and worried. Kasim doesn't have an address, so he writes his own address and submits his interview at the newspaper office. The author wants to rake the issues that the youth faces the problems of meeting the basic needs of life and spread awareness among the reader to think if there any hope for such people.