Dhuna: an Example of Realism in modern Garhwali Fiction/story

Critical Review of Modern Garhwali Stories -159

Modern Garhwali Stories by Chinmay Sayar -2

‘Dhuna ‘a Modern Garhwali Story (Shailvani, 16/11/2012) by Chinmay Sayar -a critical Review and Analysis

Let Us Celebrate Hundredth Year of Modern Garhwali   Stories!

                              Review by Bhishma Kukreti

[Notes on Realism in modern Fiction/story; Realism in modern Garhwali Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Uttarakhandi Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Mid Himalayan Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Himalayan Fiction/story; on Realism in modern North Indian Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Indian Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Indian subcontinent Fiction/story; on Realism in modern South Asian Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Asian Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Oriental Fiction/story]

Sada Nand Kukreti (1913) initiated realism in modern Garhwali fiction. Thereafter there are examples that Garhwali writers tried realism in Garhwali fiction. 

A few characteristics of realism in fiction are –

1-The realistic story must be real life mirror.

2-The realistic story deals with complex situation.

3-The good realistic fiction deals with people, problems of people and their challenges.

4-The characters of realistic story /fiction should be believable.

5-The realistic story should reflect the culture and class in realistic way

6- The realistic story also deals with results of conflicts as violence, sexual oppression or other negativism as real and not for sensitization.

7-The language of realistic story should reflect the characters

8- There should be sensitivity to all people in the realistic  regardless to race, sex, age, sexual orientation, social group, socioeconomic groups, religion,

9-The place may be imaginative but should look like real in realistic story

10- The time may be of any time or timeless in realistic story.

11- The tone of realistic story should be true

  The present story ‘Dhuna’ by Sayar is a realistic story of a widow. Maya becomes widow. Her in laws harass her and her elder brother in law wants to sell her. She comes to her ‘Mayaka’ for sheltering. However, they remarry her with an alcoholic person. Her drunk husband comes to home in morning and wants to take full benefits of her body.

 'रात कख छया तुम " वीन पूछी दे

" त्वे मतलब !' कुशली खिर्सयुं सि बुलण लगे " रांड ते क्य चैंद ..झुल्ला अर गफ्फा ..." अरजनि उ फिर वीं पर अंग्वाळ ब्वटणै झपटणु छौ व उतडैक भैर चौकं ऐ गे 

 The story ‘Dhuna’ by Sayar is a realistic story from all angles and deals with the pain of a widow remarried to a wrong person.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti 24/11/2012

Critical Review of Modern Garhwali Stories to be continued…160

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Commentary on  Realism in modern Fiction/story; Realism in modern Garhwali Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Uttarakhandi Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Mid Himalayan Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Himalayan Fiction/story; on Realism in modern North Indian Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Indian Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Indian subcontinent Fiction/story; on Realism in modern South Asian Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Asian Fiction/story; on Realism in modern Oriental Fiction/story to be continued…

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