Surprised by Parvati's boldly visiting him alone at night, he also feels pained for her. Devdas has never previously considered Parvati as his would-be wife. When Parvati learns of her planned marriage, she stealthily meets Devdas at night, desperately believing that he will accept her hand in marriage. Parvati's father, Nilkantha Chakravarti, feeling insulted at the rejection, finds an even richer husband for Parvati. 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. The 'trading' label is applied in context of the marriage custom followed by Parvati's family. 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 family.

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. Although Devdas's mother loves Parvati very much she isn't so keen on forming an alliance with the family next door. Parvati's mother approaches Devdas's mother, Harimati, with a marriage proposal. 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 looks forward to their childhood love blossoming into a happy lifelong journey in marriage. Devdas sees that Parvati is no longer the small girl he knew. Suddenly both realise that their easy comfort in each other's innocent comradeship has changed to something deeper. During vacations, he returns to his village. The two families live in a village called Taalshonapur in Bengal, and Devdas and Parvati are childhood friends.Дevdas goes away for a couple of years to live and study in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata). Parvati (Paro) is a young woman from a middle class Bengali Brahmin family. Devdas is a young man from a wealthy Bengali Brahmin family in India in the early 1900s.

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