Nitya Nand Maithani: A Garhwali Poet, Dramatist and easy writer

Critical and Chronological History of Modern Garhwali (Asian) Poetry –-61

                    Literature Historian:  Bhishma Kukreti

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    Nityanand Maithani is a prominent figure in Garhwali literature for his contribution in Radio plays, Radio essays, dramas, translations. Apart from writing novel in Garhwali, Nityanand Maithani wrote poetries in Garhwali language too. His poetries deal with different subjects related to rural Garhwal and emigrant Garhwalis scattered across India. Nityanand Maithani is famous for avoiding Hindi words in his Garhwali language poetries and he got appreciation for his describing nature, season, and day to day life of Garhwal in his poetries. 

Nityanand Maithani was born on 10th November, 1934 in Shrinagar, Pauri Garhwal; Uttarakhand. His inclination towards music brought him to All India radio and he served in various centers of All India Radio. His transfer to Naziabad center of All India Radio became blessing for Garhwali language. Nityanand Maithani started many programs in Garhwali language from All India Radio Nazibabad relay centre. 
     Nityanand Maithani wrote tens of poems in Garhwali. Latu Gunduru, Ramdei, Ko chu Bal Va’, Mayedi aj Des Vikral are his famous and well heard Garhwali language poems. Using metaphors, memoir, pure Garhwali words, describing the contemporary life style of Garhwal and comparing with the past, personification of animals and plants are some specific specialty of Maithani. The poems are melodious and seemed to be not written by an intellectual but by a common man. Nityanand Maithani is popular poet of Kavi Sammelan too because of his simple wordings, perfect and understandable figure of speech, common symbols and imagery wordings in his poems.

         His poetry collection ‘Ramdei’ is appreciated by critics and readers as well. 

- रामदेई (नित्यानंद मैठाणी की करूँ रस वळी कविता)

 

 

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अब नि छै कख छै बता हे रामदे। 

धोती थेगळया चिर्रीं आंगड़ी टूटीं हंसुळी 

थेंचीं बुजणी खोंसी मोसी छै रामदे। 

कैरी आँखि तिरछा   घुंडा बाळ फुबत्यां 

बर्ड बरड़ करो लबरा जनी छै रामदे। 

छतकोट का वे पौड़ मा पड़ीं रौ 

कुछ न कुछ सुणावो रामदे। 

वींन गाये तीलाधारु बम सरीला 

तब चिड़ावन छोरा त्वे तैं रामदे। 

सिन्नगर से पौड़ी जांदू उंद औंदू 

क्वी न देखु पर तु देखि रामदे। 

ठुल्ला छवाळा नौना बाळा हम क्य जाणां
तब तु छै अस्सी का धोरा रामदे। 

हम गयाँ संगता रिट्या कख कख घुम्यां 

तू पड़ीं रै डाळा निस्सा रामदे। 

क्वी बि दे द्यो नी बि द्यो क्वी बात नी 

कुछ नि छै पर छै मयाळदु रामदे 

बरसूँ पैथर जब गयों वख खुद्यूं मैं 

तब नि पाये हाय से गए रामदे। 

याद औंद थोळळी गिच्ची काठगी गौळी 

ओड्यार मा बी भौण भरद्यो रामदे। 

कमर झुकड़ी लाथो टेकू सुट्ट ट सुट्ट 

उंद आवो उब्ब जावो रामदे। 

आज सब सुख मा दुखी च नित्यानंद 

तू नि पाये कुछ नि पाये रामदे 

 

 

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