Contents • • • • • Plot summary [ ] Devdas is a young man from a wealthy family in in the early 1900s. Parvati (Paro) is a young woman from a middle class Bengali merchant family. The two families live in a village called Taalshonapur in Bengal, and Devdas and Parvati are childhood friends.

Devdas goes away for a couple of years to live and study in the city of (now Kolkata). During vacations, he returns to his village. Suddenly both realise that their easy comfort in each other's innocent comradeship has changed to something deeper. Devdas sees that Parvati is no longer the small girl he knew. Parvati looks forward to their childhood love blossoming into a happy lifelong journey in marriage. According to prevailing social custom, Parvati's parents would have to approach Devdas's parents and propose marriage of Parvati to Devdas as Parvati longs for. Parvati's mother approaches Devdas's mother, Harimati, with a marriage proposal.

Although Devdas's mother loves Parvati very much she isn't so keen on forming an alliance with the famiy next door. Besides, Parvati's family has a long-standing tradition of accepting dowry from the groom's family for marriage rather than sending dowry with the bride, which was and still is established custom in many parts of India. The alternative family tradition of Parvati's family influences Devdas's mother's decision not to consider Parvati as Devdas' bride, especially as Parvati belongs to a trading (becha -kena chottoghor) lower caste family. The 'trading' label is applied in context of the marriage custom followed by Parvati's family. Devdas's father, Narayan Mukherjee, who also loves Parvati, does not want Devdas to get married so early in life and isn't keen on the alliance. Parvati's father, Nilkantha Chakravarti, feeling insulted at the rejection, finds an even richer husband for Parvati.

Download Tripod Beta Software Updates there. When Parvati learns of her planned marriage, she stealthily meets Devdas at night, desperately believing that he will accept her hand in marriage. Devdas has never previously considered Parvati as his would-be wife.

Surprised by Parvati's boldly visiting him alone at night, he also feels pained for her. Making up his mind, decides he tells his father he wants to marry Parvati. Devdas's father disagrees.

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In a confused state, Devdas flees to Calcutta. From there, he writes a letter to Parvati, saying that they should simply continue only as friends. Within days, however, he realizes that he should have been bolder. He goes back to his village and tells Parvati that he is ready to do anything needed to save their love.

By now, Parvati's marriage plans are in an advanced stage. She refuses to go back to Devdas and chides him for his cowardice and vacillation. She, however requests Devdas to come and see her before he dies. He vows to do so. Devdas goes back to Calcutta and Parvati is married off to the widower, Bhuvan Choudhuri, who has three children. An elderly gentleman and of Hatipota he had found his house and home so empty and lustreless after his wife's death, that he decided to marry again.

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After marrying Parvati, he spent most of his day in Pujas and looking after the zamindari. In Calcutta, Devdas's carousing friend, Chunni Lal, introduces him to a named. Devdas takes to heavy drinking at the courtesan's place; she falls in love with him, and looks after him. His health deteriorates through excessive drinking and despair - a drawn-out form of suicide.