Characters of Deputy Nazir Ahmed's novel "Ayami" In Postcolonial perspective

Abstract

The first brick of the Urdu novel was laid by Deputy Nazir Ahmed. Marat-ul-Urus is considered not only his but also the first novel in Urdu. Deputy Nazir Ahmed has priority in Urdu novel writing. He laid the foundation of the Urdu novel by writing interesting and instructive stories. The color of objectivity is dominant in his novels. His novels are famous for their reformist aspects, of which "Marat-ul-Uroos", "Taubat-ul-Nasooh", "Ibn-ul-Waqt", "Fasana-e-Mubatala" and "Ayami" are noteworthy. Nazir is the first person who kept his novels away from metaphysical elements and made them a reflection of the world of reality. He took the content and themes of his novels from his own circle and the characters he created were also members of the same society. Simplicity is prominent in his novels instead of pretentiousness and artificiality. His novels are a mirror of the era in which they were written.

Nazir Ahmed's novels depict the streets, buildings and the changing conditions of Delhi in the 19th century. Since he belonged to the middle class, he made the economic and social problems of this class the subject of his novels. The element of objectivity is prominent in all his novels and this is his identity. This objectivity is sometimes based on the education and training of children in "Taubat-ul-Nasooh", and sometimes it encompasses the benefits of the education and training of girls in "Marat-ul-Uroos". Sometimes in "Ibn-ul-Waqt", he proves to be a master in showing the disadvantages of accepting the effects of Western civilization. Sometimes in the novel "Ayami", he makes the remarriage of women the subject. In other words, the element of objectivity is scattered in different colors in all of Nazir Ahmed's novels.