The Bull

The Bull

  •  Nepali poet Bhimnidhi Tiwari is the author of the one-act play The Bull.
  •  The performance demonstrates Ranabahadur Shah’s passionate affection for creatures with four legs. He enjoyed bulls.
  •  The play mocks the feudal order of the 18th century, which dehumanizes people.
  • The drama is around the death of the bull that belonged to King Ranabahadur and the subsequent panic that the bull doctor and cowherds experienced.
  • The yard of Laxminarayan serves as the play’s location. In the month of Ashwin in 1854 B.S., it occurs at sunrise.
  • Laxminarayan is seen abusing his wives because it’s been a while he ordered to get a hookah and nobody is bringing it for him.
  •  Here, Male dominance can be seen towards the females those days.
  • Gore and Jitman, two cowherds, arrive there feeling extremely anxious and uneasy.
  •  They travel there to inform people of the passing of King Ranabahadur Shah’s bull.
  • Laxminarayan, Jitman, and Gore are currently all quite concerned about the potential penalty from the king as he has the plan for authority to execute.
  • Laxminarayan fears that he won’t be able to stop it from happening.
  •  According to Gore, the bull died because it didn’t consume enough food (grass) and was unable to properly digest fine rice and split grain soup.
  •  The bull has perished, Gore and Jitman are advised by Laxminarayan.
  •  Additionally, he advises them to visit the bull, tend to it, and then visit the palace to inform the authorities of the bull’s ailment.
  •  Laxminarayan arrives in the courtyard of Basantapur Palace to let people know that the bull is sick.
  • In place of declaring the bull has passed away, Laxminarayan bows down to the King with complete respect while pronouncing Swosti.
  • He claims “The bull never gets out of bed or eats breakfast, stays motionless and silent.
  • The bull appears to be at ease as he sleeps “.
  • Maybe due to climatic change, Laxminarayan suggests taking the bull to the hill to cure its positive behaviour and restore bull’s health.
  •  The monarch then sends a caravan to the cowshed at Thulo Gauchara where he goes to inspect the condition of the bull himself.
  •  Jitman and Gore anxiously await word of the king’s decision before he arrives.
  •  They are standing next to the dead bull in the cowshed.
  • They even consider escaping to protect themselves, but they fear being arrested once more and getting killed.
  •  At Thulo Gauchara, Laxminarayan runs ahead of the caravan to direct Gore and Jitman to rub the bull’s back feet and wave a fan at it.
  • They follow Laxminarayan’s advice. Laxminarayan prepares the bull’s medicine.
  •  When Ranabahadur arrives there, he hails the bull, but he remains still.
  •  They have been taking care of the bull since midnight, Laxminarayan informs the king but in actuality, the bull is lifeless on the bed. It isn’t eating or breathing anything at all, its ears have dropped, and its tail has become loose.
  •  However, out of fear, Laxminarayan and the cowherds are unable to disclose their demise.
  •  According to King Ranabahadur Shah, the bull has passed away.
  • Jitman breaks down in tears and claims that since the bull’s demise, he has been an orphan.
  • Guard is asked by the King to comfort him and the King also announces a 400 rupee tip and orders everyone to keep silent seeing this Gore performs the same actions as Jitman.
  •  The tip of 500 rupees is once more announced by the king for Gore.
  •  Finally, Laxminarayan begins crying and acting as though he is in incredible pain.
  •  He is told to stop talking and given the task of using his own hands to bury the bull by the monarch.
  •  He also requests that he administer the funeral rites and present offerings to the priest.
  •  Jitman and Gore finally exhale deeply in relief at their survival. 
  •  This brings the one-act drama to a close. The aristocratic society of the time is shown in the drama. 
  • Additionally, it demonstrates the suffering of common people and how the monarchs exploit them.

 

Sarvesh SJB Rana
PhD in Political Science
               &
Honours in Literature

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