Ghanshyam Raturi: A Chipko Poet

Critical and Chronological History of Modern Garhwali (Asian) Poetry –-69

                    Literature Historian:  Bhishma Kukreti

      Modern Garhwali poems have various types of subject and poetic forms. There are poets who created poems about social reforms and awakening subjects.  Sada Nand Kukreti, Gairola, Chandra Mohan Raturi Kanauji were  of initiating era of modern Garhwali poetry. Ghanshyam Raturi followed these poets and Bhajan Singh Singh that poems should be of reforming subject.
 Ghanshyam Raturi belongs to Charigar Village; Kesar Patti of Tihri Garhwal, Uttarakhand.

Raturi expired in 1999

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 Raturi had been involved in improving the conditions of villages of Garhwal. He is social activist and initiated the Banning Alcohol Consumption, protection of Forests, Improving women conditions of rural areas 
     He was  very good singer too and attracted  audience by his melodious songs. His most of the poems are related to awakening subject and reformation subjects.
He published his poetry collection by name of ‘Chola Badal’ and he used to publish his poems in various local papers.  International critics appreciate his poetry collection   “ Ganga Jamuna k Maiti Bate”

His verses are of lyrical and conventional types as he used his poetry for awakening the community and he always used verses for making  his points clear to people. 
  World literature will remember Ghanshyam Raturi for his awakening poems and using his poems for taking community development to the common people.

        Patrick Murphy et all in ‘Literature of Nature’ (page 320) sate “The first documentation of the use of Chipko in the 1970s is marked in famous poem by “Chipko Poet” Ghanshyam Raturi   which calls as -

Embrace our trees

Save them from being felled

Te property of our hills

Save it from being looted  

 Chipko poetries helped the movement spread all over the hills.  "

Vandana Shiva nad Jain etc. also attributed the Chipko poetries by Raturi for Chipko movement being popular in Garhwal.

- गाँव बचौला (घनश्याम रतूड़ी 'शैलानी' की कविता )

-रचना -- स्व. घनश्याम रतूड़ी 'शैलानी ' ( जन्म - 1936 -1999 चरीगाड , केमर , टिहरी गढ़वाल ) 
Poetry by - Ghanshyam Raturi 'Shailani'

( विभिन्न युग की गढ़वाली कविताएँ श्रृंखला -69 )
-इंटरनेट प्रस्तुति और व्याख्या - भीष्म कुकरेती

-हिटा दिदी , हिटा भुल्यौं , चला गौं बचौला। 
दारु को दैंत लग्यूं तै दैंत हटौला 
टिंचरी को भूत लग्यूं , तै भूत भगौला। 
घर हमारा उजड़ी गे छोरि छोरा बिगड़ि गे 
रणचंडी बण जौला दिदी तै दैंत मिटौला 
टिंचरी को भूत लग्यूं , तै भूत भगौला।
टिंचरी की भरमार च ग़ाफ़िल सरकार छ 
क़ानून रिशवतखोरि की तौन सणि बतौला 
टिंचरी को भूत लग्यूं , तै भूत भगौला। 
गरीबी को पार नी क्वी भि रोजगार नी 
दारु को व्यापार बड़्यूं क्या खौंला क्या लौंला 
टिंचरी को भूत लग्यूं , तै भूत भगौला। 
यख बदरी केदार छ गंगा जमुना द्वार छ 
बिगड़ी गये पढ्याँ लिख्याँ तौं सणि बतौला 
दारु को दैंत लग्यूं तै दैंत हटौला

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