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Gita milindam contains 15 gunjans (songs) in different melodious rhythms. The poet swept over untouched horizons and speaks for the common mass. The couple of bumble-bees are the natural singers and enjoyers of life's honey. By taking them as anchors of his presentation of poetic message, the poet
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who wishes to live away his life in sensuality. Parallels are drawn between him and a
Tennysonian "lotus eater" - heedless to the closure of the lotus flower at sunset and even its resultant death. The female partner warns him, reminding him of the contemporary social and economic crises such as
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The male and female bumblebees are the hero and heroine of the poem. They present their dialogues in different cantos. The male bee is a passionate lover of sensual enjoyment whereas the female bee opposes it. The male is the hero of the
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to moving from door to door. Doctors are taking the lives of living human beings while the god of death takes away only the lives of the dead. We are reminded of the
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of bygone days. The female bee is not a materialist, but certainly a representative of the
Marxist socialism objecting to the feudalistic luxury and courtly ideology so typical of the age-old
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has not only shown a creative technique but also suggested his attitude to life. Looking at his off-beat theme, none can deny that he is projecting the voice of the mass and hence he is a
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translation by Prof. R.N. Mohapatra. The 3rd edition was published as an
English translation, Song of the Bumblebee, by Bernad Ambrose and Ramashish Acharya on Scribd on July 12, 2010.
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child labour, unemployment and political corruption that shatter society as a whole, resulting in severe and pitiable conditions that compel an old woman like archetypical
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has overcome the challenging task of reorienting the
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tradition he has composed a parody that ridicules lyrical romantic love in its lyrical structure, typically popular in the
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