Nari Hakk Kyok Na?: Modern Garhwali Poem supporting Equal Rights for Women or poetry supporting Feminism

(Critical History and Characteristics of Garhwali Poetry)

                 Review by: Bhishma Kukreti

The western feminists as C.B. Luce, Chesterton, Andrea Dowrkin;  Shirley Chisholm, Claire sergeant, Marlo Thomas, Evelyn Cunningham, Madonna Ciccone, Joseph Conrad and many more fought for women rights. Same way, there was women right movement in Garhwali literature from the beginning of modern Garhwali Literature specially poems.

 There are tens poems in Garhwali those vouch for women right.  Gyananand Semwal wrote poetry before 1930 about widow marriage. In his poetry collection, Gyananand Semwal also raised the issue of women right as men have.  

The following Garhwali poem was published before 1930 by Gyananand Semwal prove that Garhwali creators were sensitive for women right

  नारी हक्क क्योक ना  ?

कवि ज्ञानानन्द सेमवाल (1930 से पूर्व ) 

मगर बोललो सदा सभी से नारी नर को हक्क सामान।

 नी तो सब नार्यों कू भय्या मारा लीक तीर कमान।.

जनम की दुखिया रावन ये किलै।  तुम कू तो छ सब आनन्द।  

अनुचित उखमा कुछ भी नी छ , बोल्द खुल्ला ज्ञानानन्द । 

Why does society don’t provide equal rights for men and women.

There are all enjoyments for men but there are only pains for women from the birth.

I declare that there is no loss by providing rights to women.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti 9/9/2013

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