Prabhodhanam Chapter 1

PRABODHANAM Chapter 1 — The Boy Who Questioned Everything Genre: Philosophical Drama • Sociology • Spiritual Mystery • Coming-of-Age Setting: Mumbai and Mathura–Vrindavan Written and Created by: Nihir Dhuri The Chapter introduces Nikhil Deshmukh, a young Sociology student whose greatest habit is also his greatest conflict: he questions everything. He does not accept an idea simply because society accepts it. He does not reject an idea merely because others believe it. Instead, he wants to understand why people believe what they believe. His questions revolve around faith, society, culture, tradition, identity, and the meaning people give to their lives. The chapter establishes Nikhil not as someone who simply denies religion, but as someone searching for an explanation beyond unquestioned belief.