Themes in Song of the Little Road include the political determination of the domestic sphere, identity formation, and the maintenance of dignity. The autobiographical tale was adapted for film in 1955 with the directorial debut of Satyajit Ray, who would become one of India’s most prominent movie makers the movie is often considered to be India’s equivalent of Casablanca (1943). It takes place in regions that were once considered India, but are now East Pakistan and Bangladesh. It follows a family’s quest to better their lives by moving from an impoverished Bengal region to the larger city of Kashi/Varanasi in more central-north India. Indian-Bengali author Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay published Pather Panchali ( Song of the Little Road) in 1929.
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