''Naiki Duniya'' ( Transl.: ''The New World'') is a

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...

play written by

Rahul Sankrityayan Rahul Sankrityayan (born Kedarnath Pandey; 9 April 1893 – 14 April 1963) was an Indian writer and a polyglot who wrote in Hindi. He played a pivotal role in giving travelogue a 'literary form'. He was one of the most widely travelled scholars ...

in 1942. It was written during the time of world war when Rahul Sankrityayan was in

Hazaribagh Hazaribagh is a city and a municipal corporation in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is considered as a health resort and is also popular for Hazaribagh ...

jail. The play has four acts and promotes the idea of

Communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

. In this play, a communist society is imagined where every one is equal and there is not any distinction of rich and poor and everyone worships labours. The village is fully developed with all the required facilities.

Characters

* Batuk : The main character *Sona : Batuk's wife *Ramdhani : Batuk's father *Jagrani : Batuk's Grandmother *Ramdeo Singh: An old man *Ramesar Tiwari : An old Brahmin *Khusari :

Sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

*Other Characters: Sukarulla, Visnudeo Parsad, Sugiya, Batuliya, Mahdei

References

1942 plays Indian plays Bhojpuri-language culture Works about communism {{1940s-play-stub