Wah Aadami Naya Garam Coat Pahinkar Chala Gaya Vichar Ki Tarah

by Vinod Kumar Shukla

विनोद कुमार शुक्ल की कविता, उस पूरे काव्यानुभव को एक विकल्प देती है जिसके हम अभ्यस्त हैं। हम जैसे सिर्फ़ एक क़दम उठाकर एक ऐसी दुनिया में आ जाते हैं जो बहुत बड़ी है, जहाँ चाहें तो उड़ा भी जा सकता है। यह कविता आपको बदल देती है। आपके पढ़ने और आपके जीने, दोनों की आदत को।वह पहले आपको एक अलग भाषा देती है, फिर देखने का, महसूस करने का एक अलग तरीक़ा। एक सामर्थ्य जो हमें अपने आसपास मौजूद तमाम चीज़ों के प्रति नए सिरे से जीवित कर देती है। विनोद कुमार शुक्ल न आपको विचार देते हैं, न सन्देश, बस दुनिया में होने का एक हल्का, सरल और मानवीय ढंग देते हैं, एक विज़न, जहाँ वह सब ख़ुद चला आता है, जिसे मनुष्यों, पेड़ों, हवाओं, आसमानों, आदिवासियों, समुद्रों, नदियों, मिट्टियों, पत्तियों, चिड़ियाओं, लड़कियों, बादलों और मज़दूरों &

135 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2023

About the author

Vinod Kumar Shukla (born 1 January 1937) is a modern Hindi writer known for his surreal style that often borders on magic-realism and sometimes move beyond it. His works include the novels Naukar ki Kameez and Deewar Mein Ek Khirkee Rahati Thi (A Window lived in a Wall), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award for the best Hindi work in 1999.

His first collection of poems Lagbhag Jai Hind was published in 1971. Vah Aadmi Chala Gaya Naya Garam Coat Pehankar Vichar Ki Tarah was his second collection of poems, published in 1981 by Sambhavna Prakashan. Naukar Ki Kameez (The Servant's Shirt) was his first novel, brought out in 1979 by the same publisher. Per Par Kamra (Room on the Tree), a collection of short stories, was brought out in 1988, and another collection of poems in 1992, Sab Kuch Hona Bacha Rahega.

Vinod Kumar Shukla was a guest littérateur at the Nirala Srijanpeeth in AGRA from 1994 to 1996 during which he wrote two novels Khilega To Dekhenge and the refreshing Deewar Mein Ek Khirkee Rahati Thi. The latter has been translated into English by Prof. Satti Khanna of Duke University as A Window Lived in a Wall.

Reviews

[Mohit · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am not very sure why this has been rated so high.

I also am not very sure if I should read more works of Shuklji.