A Clinical and Psychological approach in analyzing Age Sensibility and Pain in Kabuliwala and Idgah short stories by Rabindranath Tagore and Munshi Premchand

Abstract

Tagore and Munshi Premchand wrote stories in Indian languages in the pre-independence era of India. In both the stories Kabuliwallah and Idgah the protagonists are children around 7-10 years old and other characters revolve around them. This research paper tries to explore that, is there a connection between age, sensibility and pain   or  they are apart from each other .The theory of accomplishment and reward  is connected with Age, Sensibility and Pain . With every accomplishment if there is a reward then happiness increases and pain decreases. Here it is also discussed that with the increase in age comes more sensibility and with more sensibility the person with the negative attitude suffers from more pain. The adage, ignorance is bliss, comes true. Mini a girl of 7 and Kabuliwala ,middle aged,share their feelings and are happy together but Kabuliwala at the same time because of the environmental insult and his developed senses of love and affection is missing his daughter while  Mini due to accomplishment and reward theory and  the less evolved sensibility, is happy with in the given situation. In Idgah , Hamid a boy of 4-5 years, is happy in the given situation .He thinks  his parents are away to earn money while his grandmother is the most unhappy on the earth as she  pretty well knows that her son and daughter -in -law had died .With her aged sensibility and physical and mental incapacity  she can’t find the situation happy.