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Dharohar – Seshwat Kal Se 1920 Tak

By Pushpal Editor Singh

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About the book

A series of six volumes of the most significant short stories from as early as 1900 till now The history of the Hindi short story is over 112 years old now. Veteran critic and writer Dr Pushppal Singh has made a selection of stories representative of the historical context Tthat informed the themes and styles of the noteworthy writers of the time. The series is divided into six volumes, with stories starting as early as 1900. An entire volume is dedicated to the star women writers – such as Mrinal Pande, Indu Bali, Kavita, Pratyaksha, Maitrayi Pushpa and Sudha Arora – of the last fifty years. So while you begin with stalwarts like Madhav Rao Sapre, Nizam Shah and Acharya Ramchandra Shukla in the first volume, you go on to Jayshankar Prasad and Premchand, Yashpal, Bhagwaticharan Verma, Nirala, Amritlal Nagar, Agyeya and Ashk in the second. The third volume presents you with the ‘Nayi Kahani’ writers like Kamleshwar, Renu, Nirmal Verma, Krishna Sobti, Bharati, Rajendra Yadav, even Doodhnath Singh. The fourth volume brings us to the ‘Samkaleen Kahani’ with stories by Giriraj Kishore, Uday Prakash, Kashinath Singh, Govind Mishra, Gyanranjan and Hridayesh. The last volume acknowledges young talents such as Ajay Navaria, Kunal Singh, Prabhat Ranjan and Tejendra Sharma. This is a very important series of anthologies for anyone who wants to say he’s read all Hindi short-story writers worth their salt.

Pages: 230

Available in: Paperback

Language: English

Pushpal Editor Singh

Dr Pushppal Singh is a renowned Hindi critic, and has been researching the Hindi short story and its trends for the last thirty-five years. He has published many books on Hindi literary criticism. The important ones are Samkaleen Kahani: Naya Paripekshya, Samkaleen Kahani: Rachna Mudra, Samkaleen Hindi Kahani: Soch Aur Samajh, Bhoomandlikaran Aur Hindi Upanyas. His collection of Hindi short stories is called Taarekh Ka Intezar from which some of the stories have been translated into many Indian languages.

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