Modernism

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Akhil P. Veetil
  Prof. Harish Trivedi, retired professor of English, Delhi University, speaks of Verma’s place in the Nayi Kahani movement, his experimentation with Hindi, and the role of love and silence in his writings. He also discusses the role Verma played in providing Hindi readers access to Europe as…
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Akhil P. Veetil
  Gagan Gill, poet and wife of Nirmal Verma, speaks of Verma’s personality, his life experiences in Europe and Delhi, and how they shaped the themes he engaged with and his peculiar writing style. Gill discusses in particular the role of literature, and how both Partition trauma and the…
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Akhil P. Veetil
  Prof. Nityanand Tiwari, retired professor of Hindi, Delhi University, speaks of the relationship of politics and art as well as the concept of alienation for Nirmal Verma. Comparing Verma to Jainendra and Mukhtibodh, he discusses how Verma differed from them and built on the works of writers…
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Akhil P. Veetil
  Prof. Shashi Kumar ‘Shashikanth’ is an assistant professor of Hindi at Motilal Nehru College (day), Delhi University. He interviewed Nirmal Verma in 2002 and he discusses here some of the questions he posed as well as his impressions of Verma on a personal note. He also provides a brief…
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Akhil P. Veetil
  Novels   Verma, Nirmal. Antim Aranya. 2000.   ———. A Rag  Called Happiness. Translated by Kuldip Singh. Delhi: Penguin, 2014.                         …
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Akhil P. Veetil
  How is it that the feeling of ‘estrangement’ is experienced by societies and individuals who enjoy a relatively stable existence and who have never suffered the misfortune of being displaced from their familiar surroundings? How can one explain the spiritual homelessness of a man who has…
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Akhil P. Veetil
  इसलिए माँ ने यह नोटबुक मुझे दी थी. कहती थीं, देखते हुए हम जो भी भूल जाते हैं, लिखते हुए वह एक बार फिर याद आ जाता है; लेकिन 'याद करना' देखना नहीं है; […]यह एक तरह का सौदा है...देखने, मारने और याद करने के बीच. हम स्मृति में उसे पकड़ते हैं, जो मृत और मुर्दा हैं; जब वह जीवित थी, हम उसे ओझल कर…
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Akhil P. Veetil
One of the most prominent modern Hindi writers, Nirmal Verma (1929–2005) significantly changed thematic concerns articulated in Hindi literature through formal inventiveness. This module is a small attempt at capturing the wide range of topics Verma explored, and the formal elements used…
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