Garhwali Fok Drama-2

Dr Rajeshwar Uniyal lacks trustworthiness in Analysis of Garhwali Folk Dramas
( A critical notes on the article “ Garhwali Lok Natya ki Samikhsha by Dr Uniyal)
Bhishma kukreti

It is author’s observation that many Garhwali writer take Garhwali literature very lightly and write as if they are obliging Garhwali language by writing anything. It seems that learned writer, editor, social activist Dr Rajeshwar Uniyal thinks that Garhwali readers and intellectuals will digest, will admire, will adore what ever Dr Uniyal writes and whatever way he writes. The author wants to caution the analysts as Dr Rajeshwar Uniyal that they should be serious and trustworthy in analyzing Garhwali literature and Garhwali folk literature.
The author was reading the analysis of an article published in hamari Chitthi (January-March, 2009, pages 25-27) named ‘Garhwali Lok Natya ki Samiksha” by Dr Uniyal and was shocked that the learned Garhwali critics are so much ignorant about the way criticism is written .
Rajeshwar uniyal divide Garhwali folk drama into three segments
Lokik Natak (old and contemporary)
Dharmik Natak
Uniyal also briefed the readers for “kalpanik lok natak’ and ‘lok sahitya par adharit natak’
The biggest flaw ,imperfection , blemish, failing, error of the article is that it is an article of generalized writing on Garhwali folk drama. You just omit Garhwali word and replace Garhwali word by Bhutani, Wels , El Salvador or Spanish, there will not be any effect on the writing because Dr Uniyal did not write about Garhwali folk drama but about the general folk drama in generalized way and methodology. The readers will never find any specific characteristics of Garhwali folk dramas in this write up by a so much learned writer and editor. This is painful for thee growth of Garhwali literature that even the learned person as Dr Uniyal take Garhwali criticism in so careless manner and just for passing the time . Or in Garhwali , the work of Dr Uniyal will be compared , “ Tain bwarim kwee kam nee cha at kalod ka kandh malasani cha”
The demand of any type of criticism , analysis, study is that the criticism should be backed by examples. It sad part on Rajeshwar Uniyal that he failed to provide any such examples that could prove the true characteristics, specific nature, unambiguous area of expertise in Garhwali folk dramas. Without focusing on the explicated attributes the analysis of folk dramas can not be complete and Dr Uniyal just wrote generalized view. In Garhwali it is called, , “ hal katan “ or “ bus mund mudenon ban mundena chhan”
The readers and intellectual society of Garhwali literature are not fool that they take every useless matter and without examples, whatever way dr Uniyal wants to offer them. Dr Uniyal should understand that now, the readers are also educated and they require the write up in proper manner and proper proof.
Dr Uniyal totally failed in offering no proofs, examples, saying, references for proving his division or criticism of Garhwali folk drama. He paid more attention on generalized subject and did not touch the main characteristics of Garhwali dramas. Even a ignorant person will tell that the main dramatists of Garhwali folk dramas are/were Badis (A specific class of Garhwali society) and women folks but the so called expert of Uttarakhand folk literature forgets to tell us about the badi’s dramas or women playing dramas in the month of fulon- ka manhina. He focused on ramayan or other dramas which are not main folk dramas of Garhwal.
It is great concern about the wordings of Dr Uniyal,: Jakh tak Garhwali lok sahitya ku sawal cha waiku stah Garhwali lok sahitya geet sahitya man an ka barabar cha. Jab ki Maharashtra ka tamasha godyal, gan gayan natak kala ka ang hondan: It clearly seems that neither he wacthed lavani of Maharashtra nor he watched the fold drama of Badis and women in the moth of Geetun ka maina. He should know or should get knowledge that most of the Garhwali folk dramas created by women are mixed with folk song or contemporary songs and same way, Badis used to mix folk or contemporary songs with prose drama or many times the drams were in poetical and lyric form only.
It is shocking statement from Rajeshwar Uniyal , “ Garhwali lok sahitya man bhi lok geet, gatha va katha ku varnan t bhaut cha par lok natkun ku kakhi ullekh nee cha..” he , clearly means that if some body did not write about folk drama in Garhwal that means there was no culture of folk drama in Garhwali . It is utter ignorance on part of Rajesh war Uniyal to write so. There have been a deep culture of folk drama in Garhwal. It means that dr Uniyal did not watch the folk dramas played at the time of Lang of Badis in the month of Chait. These Garhwali folk dramas created by Badis were in pure prose form and mixed ones too
This author feels that our historian and analysts as Dr Rajesh war Uniyal should take pain in doing research before writing such types of article. Uniyal and other writers shoul understand that by wrong interpretation , the characteristics of folk literature is reflected wrongly for the future generation

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti, Mumbai, 2009