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Himu
A popular fictional character created by the popular Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed
Himu is possibly the first fictional character that recurs in different non-detective stories of the same author. Himu's real name is Himalaya. When Himu was young, his psychopathic father killed his mother so as to prevent her from interfering with the way he intended to bring him up. Himu is a shortened form of Himalaya. His father named him Himalaya because the Himalayas symbolized greatness. Himu is a young man whose age may be between 25 and 32. His appearance is odd. He always wears a yellow Punjabi and walks barefoot. Despite that, in every book Himu is trying to improve the human condition using his `anti-logic'. Himu lives like a vagabond or a gipsy. He does not have a source of income. He walks and walks. He likes to meet people from odd walks of life. He likes to charm people with prophetic comments or counter-intuitive remarks. \Himu is decidedly eccentric. This makes him popular with teenagers. The way he responds to situations is unpredictable and unusual. He attracts people by his great sense of humor. Himu appears to have the power to prophesies. Although he dismisses it as mere coincidences. Himu has a girlfriend named Rupa whom he hardly contacts. The first book having Himu as a central character was Mayurakhi published in 1991 Since then as many as 17 books have been written by the writer with Himu as the protagonist. Himu can be considered as a protagonist that has been created by Humayun Ahmed as a silent but powerful protest to modern human personality. The common traits of modern man, namely, ambition, greed, opportunism, self-mindedness, materialism, compliance, fear of the state and police, lie, hypocrisy and trickery are conspicuous in Himu by their total absence. The author's approach in creating the character is unbiased. Nevertheless it has turned out to be impressionistic. The young adults of Bangladesh are highly inspired by the uncorrupted spirit envisaged in Himu's character.
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