Bwari nai jamana ki: Story depicting social changes and human behavior transformation

Critical Review of Modern Garhwali Stories -110

(Critical Review of Modern Garhwali Stories written by Balendu Badola - 1)

Let Us Celebrate Hundredth Year of Modern Garhwali   Stories

                              Review by:  Bhishma Kukreti

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             Technology is changing fast and changes in human behavior or social changes are occurring dramatically. In every era there are changes in human behavior of society.  In every era there are new social norms. These new social norms are nothing but the result of changes in human behavior due to technical innovations or new types of education. Due to many factors, the family relationship norms are also changing in the society.

       The social change is evident in generation gap between old generation and new generation. There are apparent differences between the values of old generation and social values of new generation. The Garhwali Story ‘Bwari nai Jamana ki’ (Hilans, April, 1984) by famous Garhwali fiction writer Balendu Badola depicts the social changes, human behavior transformations and gaps of values between old and new generations.

  Reethu is in working in the city. In village, his mother is worried that Reethu did not post the letter for many months.  Reethu’s mother discusses the subject of not receiving letter from her son to everybody. Everybody shows sympathy before her but on the back everybody laughs at her and her behavior.  One day her daughter in law who is high school passed woman shows and reads her a postcard and says that this is Reethu’s letter.  In letter, Reethu asks his mother for extreme caring for his wife and not to bother his wife by any means. The letter content is against the nature of Reethu. Reethu’s mother has doubt that the post card does not have post office stamp. In night, Reethu’s mother comes to know the real secret of non post office stamps on postcard and also comes to the conspiracy.

    Balendu Badola is successful in showing the social changes and value changes in the new generation. There is total value transformation in new generation.

  Badola effectively shows the worries of a mother for not receiving timely letters from her migrated son. Badola uses the Cahundkoti regional language dialects. He changed various Hindi words into Garhwali or ‘Hindi ka Garhwalikaran’. The narration style is simple and there are fewer dialogues in the story.

References-

1-Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna, Gad Myateki Ganga (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

2-Dr Anil Dabral, 2007 Garhwali Gady Parampara (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

3-Bhagwati Prasad Nautiyal, articles on Durga Prasad Ghildiyal l in Chitthi Patri (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

(4-Dr. Nand Kishor Dhoundiyal, Garhwal Ki Divangat Vibhutiyan (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

5-Notes of Prem Lal Bhatt on the Stories of Durga Prasad Ghildiyal (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

6- Gaytri Bwe, 1985 Gadh Bharati Sanstha, Delhi (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

7- Bhishma Kukreti, 2012 Garhwali Katha Sansar, Sankalp, Delhi (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

8- Bhishma Kukreti, 2012 Kathaon ki Katha, Notes on Worldwide short  stories  in Shailvani weekly, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

9- Stories of ‘Katha Kumud’, Garhwali Prakashan, Janankpuri, Delhi (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

10-Mini short stories by Chinmay Sayar in Shailvani, Hilans Kotdwara (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

11-Mini short stories by Puran Pant Pathik (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

12- Mini short Stories by Bhishma Kukreti in internet medium (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

13- Minis and Short stories by Dr. Narendra Gauniyal on Internet medium (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

14-21^st issue of Chitthi magazine, Dehradun (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

15- Garhwali Stories in Bugyal magazine, Noida, U.P. (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

16- Bhishma Kukreti, 2011, Adhunik Garhwali Katha Sansar in various Internet sites (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

17 Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna, Garhwali Kahani, Hilans, May 1985 issue. (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

18- Garhwali stories published in ‘Hilans’ Mumbai (Story depicting of social changes and human behavior transformation)

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