Karch- Kabarch a Garhwali Ghazal collection: Remarkable Evolutionary Step in Garhwali Ghazal Genre

(Review of Modern Garhwali language Literature Series)

                   Review by: Bhishma Kukreti (Regional Language Promoter)

                    Ghazal is not original genre of Garhwali poetry as also found in other Indian regional languages. Ghazal came in Garhwali poetry in seventies. Netra Singh Aswal is supposed to be one of the outstanding Ghazal makers of initial stage. The veteran critics and drama maker Rajendra Dhashmana named Garhwali Ghazal as Ganjeli Kavita. Ganjeli means pestle. As the last part of pestle grinds the cereal same way the last Nukta makes Ghazal meaningful.

           After Netra Singh Aswal, many Garhwali poets tried in Ghazal creation in Garhwali but Madhusudan Thapliyal, Madan Duklan, Uma Bhatt and Virendra Panwar could impress the critics.

         Madhusudan Thapliyal is first Garhwali Ghazal maker who published Ghazal collection ‘Harbi-Harbi’.  

   Karch –Kabarch by Jagmohan Singh Bisht is second Ghazal collection in Garhwali language.

             The present Ghazal collection has more than 600 Ghazals divided into 56 subject Parts. Each part has around 10 Ghazals or more.

    The subjects of each Ghazal part are varied in nature and color. The subjects are philosophical, love, romances, political, social reforms, social changes, social stagnancy,     environment, culture geographical beauty of Garhwal, Uttarakhand movement , selfish interests at various levels, present situation of Uttarakhand and other topics and issues.

  Bisht has been successful in raising various issues. The Ghazals by Jagmohan Singh Bisht are serious in nature and provoke the readers to think and act.  

 Usually, Ghazal makers in other languages (than Urdu) push Urdu forcibly and make those Ghazals difficult to understand or those Urdu words do not match the soul of the language. Jagmohan Bisht uses simple routine Garhwali phrases and make those Ghazal interesting and easily under stable by common men too.

  The present Ghazal collection by Jagmohan Bisht is evidence that day by day Garhwali Ghazal is evolving towards its fineness. The phrases and subjects are from realistic world and make this collection the well blend of philosophy and realism.

The following Ghazals in the collection will offer the strength of Ghazal making expertise of Jagmohan Bisht –

गजलकार -जगमोहन सिंह बिष्ट की कुछ गजलों के उदाहरण 
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मन्था मा किताब नी

 प्रीती की जन

२- जगदु बुझदु अंगार छौं दगड्या

आर छौं अब न पार छौं दगड्या

३- ठण्डु मट्ठू हिटदु रौ  , अपणु बाटु  नपदु रौ

जिंदगी च भली किताब हर्बी हर्बी पढ़दु रौ

 ४-  जय श्री राम , जय श्री राम

उतणडंड दयब्तों कु धाम

५- गिल्लू सि अखबार ह्वेगिन  ब्वेइ  -बुबा

कतगा अब लाचार ह्वेगिन ब्वेइ  -बुबा

 ६-उच्ची धारु धुप्प अन्ध्यरु

रौली गाड तेज घाम

 ७-खैरि  का झैड़ मा सुकिन आंसू

'बिष्ट ' कन ज्यु जगांद रै

८- धन धन हे भीड़ तंत्र

तेरी सब कथा निराली

९- हवा च , घाम च पाणी च , चैत की रुत च

ई फूल फिर बि किलै इन सुक्यां सुक्यां सि रंदिन

१० -अपणि ढपली अपणु राग

कसकै होलु हेल मेल

 ११-जै का बान मि उतरी ग्यों जमीन मा

उभी उच्चु निसाण ह्वे गे आजकल

१२- द्याखा हमरी अंगुळी काळी

भैजि हमनु भोट डाळी

१३ -खैर मंगद सब्युंकि खैर

जिंदगी च दिन की  चार

१४-बुरांश की लगयीं बडांक

भ्याळ भ्याळ धार धार

१५ - हम बि बचला , तुम बि बचिल्या , सब्बि बचला

जु आम ख़ास कि नजर से जंगळात बचला

              International Ghazal critics will remember and praise the contribution of Jagmohan Bisht in Garhwali Ghazal genre with same respect and reverence as the international critics praise Robert Bly, Francis Barbizon, Lorna Crozier, William Mathews Judith Fitzgerald, Rob winger for their contributions in developing English Ghazals.  

 Karch-Kabarch

Garhwali Ghazals Collection by Jagmohan Singh Bisht

Year of Publication – 2014

Pages - 80

Publisher: Jagmohan Singh Bisht

Siddhbali Colony, Village Lalpur, P.O.- Padmapur, Kotdwara, Pauri Garhwal. Uttarakhand , North India

 jsbisht27@gmail.com

Price – Rs. 150   

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti 16/62014

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