Gaun ki ek Suber: A Garhwali Story about Changing Social Norms

Bhishma Kukreti

   ‘Gaun ki ek Suber’ is one of the stories of Garhwali story collection ‘Banj Ki Peed’ (1987) by famous fiction writer Mohan Lal Negi.

         The story deals with the reasons for disputes. Farms, animals, land-border sign, children are the reasons for disputes among the villagers. However, at the time of happiness, sadness, birth-death, marriages and for other occasions all come together. The villagers help each other when there is natural calamity or other outside problems.

  The story also deals that the cooperative nature in the village has been diminishing with the time.

 The story writer is successful in depicting various day to day works in villages and small types of disputes among villagers. The writer creates images of life in village by using Garhwali phrases effectively. The story is simple but certainly is interesting.

Reference- Dr Anil Dabral, 2007, Garhwal ki Gady Parampara

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti, 17/6/2012