Shoukat Siddiqui's "JANGLOOSE " Characters.

  • Najeeb ur Rahman
  • Dr. Khalid Khattak

Abstract

Shoukat Siddiqui's monumental "Jangloose" spread over 3 volumes published during 1987 to 1994, brings to fore a total of 786 characters some new faces in each volume identifiable by their names, alias, profession, standing, places and regions and their accent and lifestyle. This novel which not only covers topics such as the establishment of Pakistan, its history, its the requirement, Problems, such as Pakistani but also introduces you to its geography, its cities, rural areas, and even streets and their rituals that also touches on their diction, accent and dialect. The novels characters depict social strata that enslave deprived groups and use them to serve their ends. These groups compelled under culture and tradition act like puppets in their hands. These characters have been created to highlight exploitation and coercion in society. Through them, attempt has been made to promote awakening conscious of the deprived masses so that they may realize the underlying motives of the oppressive attitude of the elite. The novel brilliantly depicts behaviorally different classes of Pakistani social mile. Lali's characters, for instance, bring to light the evils of the small jagirdari society which oppresses the poor while the rich go scot-free as they belong to the elite class. Under such suppressive conditions development of human rights movements for the liberation of the poor masses in rural life is virtually impossible. Masses have neither resources nor know-how. Even external rights movements having no roots in the rural setting remain ineffective. The novel's characters highlight the fact that Pakistani Culture and Society is at the mercy of the elite, excellently portrayed by Shoukat Siddiqui in Jangloose.

Published
2018-06-15
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