Umal: Importance of Sharing own Story (affliction)

 (Review of Garhwal Story Collection ‘Mwari’ by Durga Prasad Ghildiyal  

                                         Bhishma Kukreti

[Notes on Stories about Importance of Sharing own Story /affliction ; Garhwali Stories about Importance of Sharing own Story/affliction; Uttarakhandi Stories about Importance of Sharing own Story/affliction; Mid Himalayan Stories about Importance of Sharing own Story/affliction; Himalayan Stories about Importance of Sharing own Story/affliction; North Indian Stories about Importance of Sharing own Story/affliction; Indian Stories about Importance of Sharing own Story/affliction; South Asian Stories about Importance of Sharing own Story/affliction; Asian Stories about Importance of Sharing own Story/affliction]

  Durga Prasad Ghildiyal is different in storytelling methodology among Garhwali story writers. ‘Umal’ story tells the universal truth that very body wants to empty the mind by telling something to somebody.

 The story teller concludes his story theme at the beginning of story in following words

 "ह्याँ बोडि , जब मन मा उमाळ उठद ट वे उमाळ भैर गाड़ीक सच्ची इ भरि शांति मिलदी . मन हळको ह्व़े जांद "

   Daya Nand meets his friend Veer Singh’s eighty years old mother. She shows her mental agony about peace of mind. Eighty years old woman wanted to tell something. Daya Nand does not have time. Daya Nand comes again when she was alone and she tells her story. Bodi feels satisfaction after telling her story to somebody. She was feeling weightless.

Bodi dies after a few days of this incident.

     Durga Prasad is successful in portraying a psychological point of the importance of sharing to another person by a person about affliction, pain, happiness or achievement- non achievement.

Reference- Mwari, 1986, Garhwal Adhyayan Prathisthan , Dehradun (pp 13-24)

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti, 12/7/2012

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