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== Hindi literature today ==
Shailendra Chauhan :
Now a days in Hindi poetry "Shailendra Chauhan" is known for the sensible and touchy poems. His poetry collections viz; 'Swetpatra' and 'Eashwar kee chaukhat par' were read and discussed on many forums in length. Recently in Hindi India Today ( 10th May 2006 ) there is very short but beautiful review on later collection. He has been widely published and accepted by most of Hindi literary magazines such as Pahal, Vasudha, Ashay, Aksharparva, Abhivyakti, Kriti Oar, Prerana, Swadhinta, sahmat Muktanad, Sahi samajh etc. All the important Hindi newspapers also presesented him on various ocassions eg; Jansatta, Rashtriy Sahara. Amar Ujala, Dainik Bhaskar etc. Many poems have been placed on internet also whom one can get by searching on any popular search engine particularly 'google'. Some of links I know I am pasting here for your reference and reading. www.hindinest.com/visheshank/02samaj/samaj15.htm www.hindinest.com/visheshank/02samaj/samaj16.htm www.anubhuti-hindi.org/sankalan/ guchchhe_bhar_amaltas/29may.htm www.anubhuti-hindi.org/kavi/ shailendra_chauhan/ek%20ghatna.htm www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/snibandh/2002/vigyan.htm http://www.sahityakunj.net/LEKHAK/Shailend...hauhan_main.htm Other poets are also available on net. I think we can discuss one by one. I thank you once again all of you for your interest in the topic. Shailendra is well known contemporary Hindi poet and a powerful critic. His poetry is not only passionate and touchy but most of the time it helps to understand one self at large being subjective and objective both at a time. So every one finds himself in within it. It is satiristic and witty also.It catches a reader like a good friend of him. That is why readability and readership of his poetry is maximum in young hindi world.Same time Shailendra is a sharp and intelligent critic too. His criticism is so wonderful and simple that it analyse everything in very wide but real perspective of human life, nature and dreams of well being of world.
Some of the published works of Shailendra are : Nau Rupaye Bees paise ke Liye, Swetpatra, Aur Kitane Prakashvarsh, Eashwar Kee Chaukhat par (all Poetry collections),Nahin yah koee kahani nahin (short story collection), Editing and Publishing a literary magazine 'Dharati'.
One of his poem is given below :
"Idhar kabhi phursat mile mere ghar aao dekho ghar ki diwal par Maqabul ka chitra
krandan hai jisaki aatma me uski asmita kho chuki hai darwaje par jadee sapt dhatu ki pattiyaan maddhim pad gaee hai jinki chamak
ek purana ped lagaataar patjhar ka ailaan karta hamesha harharata rund mund khada pataali nal yah sab mera ghar dwar
Aangan me khadi patni jiske sapane door gagan me udati chidiya ki tarah mera hriday registaan Teen kanastar cross mariam ki vedna lagataar sochataa hun main phark mere aur doosaron ke ghar ka aur .. ghar aur beghar ka
ghaas phoos ki jhopadi dhibri bujha di garib aurat ne tumhara har beta Eisa masih huaa maan !
Main sochata hun mera ghar muktibodh ki bawadi nirjan bhayaanak veeran jangal ki tarah apna saundarya kahaan pa sakaa mamataa karunaa kahaan kho gaee timtimati roshani kahaan bujh gaee
jhopadi me diyaa jalna aanand ka srot hai surya ki roshani bahut tej hai deewaren parat chhod rahi hain ghar ka moh mitega abb."
"Eashwar ki chaukhat par" (page - 13/14)
"ARTICLE"
""MUNSHI PREMCHAND""
- Shailendra Chauhan
A pioneer of modern Hindi and Urdu social fiction, Munshi Premchand’s real name was Dhanpat Rai. He wrote nearly 300 stories and novels. Among his best known novels are: Sevasadan, Rangmanch, Gaban, Nirmala and Godan. Much of Premchand’s best work is to be found among his 250 or so short stories, collected in Hindi under the title Manasarovar.Three of his novels have been made into films.Premchand’s literary career started as a freelancer in Urdu. He was born at Lamahi near Banaras (now Varanasi) on 31st July,1880. His father Munshi Ajaib Lal was a clerk in the postal department. Premchand’s early education was in a madarsa under a maulvi, where he learnt Urdu. Premchand was only eight years old when his mother died. His grandmother took the responsibility of raising him but she too died soon. He was married when he was 15 and in the 9th grade . His father also died and after passing the intermediate he had to stop his study. He got a job as a teacher in the primary school. In 1919, he passed his B.A., with English, Persian and History. After a series of promotions he became Deputy Inspectors of Schools. In response to Mahatma Gandhi’s call of non-cooperation with the British he quit his job. After that he devoted his full attention to writing. His first story appeared in the magazine Zamana published from Kanpur.In his early short stories he depicted the patriotic upsurge that was sweeping the land in the first decade of the past century. Soz-e-Watan, a collection of patriotic stories published by Premchand in 1907, attracted the attention of the British Government In 1914, when Premchand switched over to Hindi, he had already established his reputation as a fiction writer in Urdu. While writing Urdu novels and short stories he emphasised in presenting the realities of life and he made the Indian villages his theme of writing. His novels describe the problems of the urban middle-class and the country’s villages and their problems. He also emphasised on the Hindu-Muslim unity. His famous works include Godan, Maidan-e-Amal, Bay-wah, Chaugaan etc.It would not be wrong to say that Premchand was the Father of Urdu short- stories. Short stories or afsanas were started by Premchand. As with his novels, his afsanas also mirror the society that he lived in. With a simple and flowing writing some of his works depict excellent use of satire and humour. His later works used very simple words and he started including Hindi words too to honestly potray his characters. His famous afsanas are Qaatil Ki Maan, Zewar Ka Dibba, Gilli Danda, Eidgaah, Namak Ka Daroga and Kafan. His collected stories have been published as Prem Pachisi, Prem Battisi, Wardaat and Zaad-e-Raah. Premchand was the first Hindi author to introduce realism in his writings. He pioneered the new form - fiction with a social purpose.He supplemented Gandhiji’s work in the political and social fields by adopting his revolutionary ideas as themes for his literary writings. Besides being a great novelist,Premchand was also a social reformer and thinker.His greatness lies in the fact that his writings embody social purpose and social criticism rather than mere entertainment. Literature according to him is a powerful means of educating public opinion.He believed in social evolution and his ideal was equal opportunities for all.Premchand died in 1936 and has since been studied both in India and abroad as one of the greatest writers of the century.
