A Layered Kinship: Premchand’s story, “Bade Bhai Sahab”
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Familial relationships form the bedrock of our social persona, giving us a lifelong benchmark against which we measure subsequent relationships. For this reason, the tensions of a parent-child relationship have been amply explored. However, the compositions and complexities of sibling relationships remain largely uncharted. Perhaps the most profound influencers in childhood, siblings can be a source of great joy or distress; they can be a dependable source of companionship and security, but also of envy and conflict. This layered kinship is captured beautifully in Premchand’s short story,
A Layered Kinship: Premchand’s story, “Bade Bhai Sahab”
A Layered Kinship: Premchand’s story, “Bade…
A Layered Kinship: Premchand’s story, “Bade Bhai Sahab”
Familial relationships form the bedrock of our social persona, giving us a lifelong benchmark against which we measure subsequent relationships. For this reason, the tensions of a parent-child relationship have been amply explored. However, the compositions and complexities of sibling relationships remain largely uncharted. Perhaps the most profound influencers in childhood, siblings can be a source of great joy or distress; they can be a dependable source of companionship and security, but also of envy and conflict. This layered kinship is captured beautifully in Premchand’s short story,