Khabesh: A Garhwali Story Portraying Bus Travel in Garhwal

(Review of Garhwali Story Collection ‘Banj Ka Peed ‘(1987) by Mohan Lal Negi)

                                          Bhishma Kukreti

                  Mohan Lal Negi claims in his introductory note about his story collection“Banj ka Peed’ that he is using newer technique in Garhwali story world through these stories. Dr Anil Dabral endorses that the story is having new story writing technique in Garhwali.  The story is about bus travel and there is suffocation due to crowd of labor workers enter into bus. Many people feel irritation due to bad smell of perspiring workers. There is a person travelling in very bad condition and need immediate hospitalization.  

   The story is in narrative form (Vyas Shaili), opens many areas of psychology and portrays images of people and outside jungle, hills etc too.  The story is said in very sharp satirical genre. The story is having the idea of socialism. The story telling technique, characterization of characters and ending the story is remarkable in Khabesh.

Khabesh types of story in Garhwali took the Garhwali story world into contemporary story world.

Reference-

Dr Anil Dabral, 2007, Garhwali Gady ki Parampara.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti , 20/6/2012