Samaun : Story about rural and Urban Cultural Differences

(Review of Garhwali Story collection ‘Bwari’ (1987) by Durga Prasad Ghildiyal)

                            Bhishma Kukreti

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                      The story is about mother dividing the ancestral properties among sons for helping a son living in city that he gets his flat free from debt.

              Ghildiyal takes the readers showing the differences emerging between rural and urban culture.

The story is mirror of sixties and seventies of life of Garhwalis living in Garhwal and cities.

Reference-

1-Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna, Gad Myateki Ganga

2-Dr Anil Dabral, 2007 Garhwali Gady Parampara

3-Bhagwati Prasad Nautiyal, articles on Durga Prasad Ghildiyal l in Chitthi Patri

4-Dr. Nand Kishor Dhoundiyal, Garhwal Ki Divangat Vibhutiyan

5- Notes by Prem Lal Bhatt on Ghildiyal

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti, 21/7/2012

[Let Us Celebrate Hundredth Year of Modern Garhwali Fiction]