Kukkut Dhwaj: A Garhwali Story about Breaking Orthodoxy Rules

(Review of a Garhwali Story Collection ‘Ek Dhanga ki Atmkatha by Bhagwati Prasad Joshi ‘Himwantvasi’)

                                       By Bhishma Kukreti

[Notes on stories about breaking orthodox rules; Garhwali stories about breaking orthodox rules; Uttarakhandi stories about breaking orthodox rules; Mid Himalayan stories about breaking orthodoxy   rules; Himalayan stories about breaking orthodox rules; North Indian stories about breaking orthodox rules; Indian stories about breaking orthodox rules; Indian subcontinent stories about breaking orthodox rules; SAARC Countries stories about breaking orthodox rules;  South Asian stories about breaking orthodox rules; Asian stories about breaking orthodox rules]

                   When Kiritimani returns his village Kothi he is shocked by seeing the people are stuck up with same orthodoxy rules those were accepted norms for centuries as Brahmins not touching plough, not having bulls and not to do poultry farm acts.

                   People of twentieth century were living in the norms of eighteenth century. Nobody was ready to live in changed situation.

       Kirtimani faces various unheard hurdles for his own people for changing the conventional wisdoms.

  Story makes you witness for the struggle of Kirtimani. The readers feel irritation, want to laught, feel pity on people and there is small portion of rage due to irritation too. There is hopelessness and hope for future in the fiction ‘Kukkut Dhwaj’. If not today, there is shock for the readers of fifties that a Brahmin family starts poultry farm. The story writer is expert in mixing imagination and reality in the story and making story interesting.

Reference-

Dr Anil Dabral, 2007 Garhwali Gady Parampara.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti , 2/7/2012