The Power, Corruption and Insurgency reflected in the novel of Dhruba Hazarika’s Sons of Brahma

Abstract

In the novel, the Sons of Brahma of Dhruba Hazarika, we find the reflection of power, corruption and insurgency in the backdrop of the critical period Assam. Here we find about some insurgents and their activities and their link with a university research scholar named Jongam Hanse and a PG student named Anjan Phukan. The IPS officer, Nilim Kumar comes and takes them with them and finally a police officer encounters the young person named Anjan Phukan. The prominent insurgent group here is named as The Revolutionary Army. The violence done by the rebels are also not acceptable. There are many ways to protest without violence. The act of the police officer is harsh, ruthless as he fulfils his grudge, and here we find many things about the insurgent problem, corruption issue and also, we see how power corrupt people.