HUMANISM IN THE SHORT STORY “YELLOW ROSE” FROM THE SHORT STORY COLLECTION OF ANJUM HASAN’S A DAY IN THE LIFE

Anjum Hasan is a reputed novelist from Shillong in India. Anjum Hasan’s collection of poems called Street on the Hill, published by Sahitya Akademi in 2006. She has authored three novels – Lunatic in My Head (2007), shortlisted for Crossword Book Award in 2007. Her second novel Neti, Neti (2009), long listed for the 2008 Man Asian Literary prize and short listed for The Hindu Best Fiction Award in 2010. and the Cosmopolitans (2015) and two collection of short story namely A Day in the Life (2008) and Difficult Pleasures (2012),which was short listed for The Hindu Literary Prize and the Crossword Book Award. She has contributed so many poems and articles for publications. She is currently working as the Books Editor for The Caravan in Bangalore. Gulfam is a twenty three year old software developer living in Bangalore. Her native city is Bangalore. She has great passion for electronic gadgets. She likes to spend her time in isolation. Her dreams are like fictionalised fantasies, For example: she desires to go to the moon and she also wants to explore the possibilities of the staying in Mars. She hates to interact with human beings. She likes her mother but she hates her visits to her apartment. Nusrat is the mother of Gulfam who likes to socialize with other human beings. She likes to talk with others. She would get others phone numbers so that she can help them if they are in need. Nusrat is a good-hearted woman filled with humanism whereas Gulfam loves only the digital world. Her only close friend is Mathew from Kerala. He too works with her in the same company. The only reason she likes him is his ability to develope software applications. Mathew is a very talented man in the Technical field and this single quality attracts Gulfam. This novel explicates the condition of modern human beings who are addicted to electronic gadgets and alienate themselves from fellow human beings.