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Daisat : Garhwali Poems of Fear from Unfair Means
(Review of Daisat a Poetry Collection by Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna )
Bhishma Kukreti

Everybody knows that fear is a part of our daily life and even then we are afraid of fear and fearful conditions. Critics call Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna as leader of Garhwali language literature. This is because Bahuguna wrote in most of the segments of prose and poetry. Daisat a poetry collection by Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna is an example for critics appreciating him in Garhwali language literature. The poems of Daisat are related to fear, terror and unfair means of administration or those who command the society. Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna dedicated this volume to separate state Uttarakhand Movement. The exclusive volume of poems related to fear and terror are really the gem for the Garhwali literature.
There are fifty two poems in this volume which speak about fear of common people and surprisingly plants are also afraid of human beings who are destroying the environment without caring for the consequences. The poems came from the heart of the reverend poet because he sees that there is danger on the humanity due to selfish od the leaders of all sections. The poet did not make fear for sensitization the matter but calling the readers to be sensitive to environment and society as whole.
The poems are of subjects of fear and terror but in each poem there is optimism and there is hope too that if the humanity is aware the wrong happenings could be stopped. Each poem awakens the readers for knowing their duties rather than crying for their rights.
Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna is not called a leader in Garhwali literature just because he created maximum literature from the point of view of quantity but critics appreciate him for his delivering the qualitative literature. Daisat is again a historical record of the pain and suffering of separate state Uttarakhand Movement activists . Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna had been successful in creating images of struggle of Uttarakhand movement , dedication, dreams of activists and at the same time Bahuguna is at his best in portraying the suppressions from politicians of Uttar Pradesh, repression of administration (police forces) and indifferent attitude of politicians of Uttarakhand specially Narayan Datt Tiwari.
The poet brought many new symbols, images and figures of speeches for describing different fear or terror at different circumstances.
The language of the poems is definitely for intellectuals and not for common men .
The poetry collection Daisat by Bahuguna is definitely a mile stone in the history of Garhwali poetic field for its all poems focused on fear, terror, alarmed situation in changing time, apprehensions for the future in the mind of deprived ones , awesome situation, fright , nervousness among common people, uneasiness and like that.
Daisat
Poet: Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna
Year of publication: 1996
Publisher: Garhwali Prakashan
B-2, B 48, Janakpuri,
New Delhi, 110058

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