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‘It could be said. But he is very clever ... he was telling - if I become Director, then his investment on flattering me will stand him in good stock.’ ‘That means he has also guessed that you have been brought to Delhi to replace Mr. Khanna as Director. ‘ He wanted to say that she was right and that there was nothing wrong in it. After all, Saluja has spent his entire career comfortably in Delhi. He has never faced the dust of the plant. What does he know about the plant. But overtly he said, ‘Nothing can be said. Let us see what happens. If everything goes well, then let us take it as a reward for all our struggles and inconveniences after coming to Delhi.’ Such apprehensions turned any time into voices hovering around him. The cloak of urbanism was spread everywhere. He used to think that people have put with ease the ‘hearing aid’ of cosmopolitan thinking in their mind. This machine is any time more powerful than his real ‘hearing aid’. Even after taking out the ‘hearing aid’, he used to hear loud and strange sounds. That abiding moment of verdict came and passed by too. That evening, he silently lay on the bed after coming home—he was despondent, as if a huge bulldozer had crushed him. He felt like crying his heart out. Otherwise also, he was feeling a lump in the throat. Saroj kept mum. She had already known it through his phone call. ‘How did it happen? Till yesterday, your name was doing the rounds. Suddenly, today...’ He burst out, ‘Oh, Saluja has kept under his thumb Khanna and many other big shots. It is as if he wears the bellmetal ring in his fingers. It is all the effect of this.’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘The meaning is dawning upon me now. When Saluja’s order came out, Raina was telling—Sir, it is an old game. Saluja is Khanna Sahib’s pub-chum. They often drink together in the evening. Saluja has a big hold. His brother is a very big builder. He has got relations in the Ministry. He managed the plot for Khanna Sahib and got his house constructed. He was retiring. Saluja had only one hindrance in becoming the Director in his place that he was not having any site experience. Therefore, in the last moment, he was sent to the site in place of you just to fulfill this formality. You have been used just like a pawn in this game. It was already fixed with Khanna Sahib that Saluja would become the Director.’ ‘Oh, now I get the point.’ Saying this, Saroj also sulked. He became silent. With the stillness, spread the terror. Many sounds started creeping towards him like serpents. He 106 :: January-March 2012
got up and came in the balcony. A dumb uproar was rising far and away. Diabolical, dumb voices were emanating from the high-rise buildings, mansions and streets; he was not surprised - his ears were buzzing; but now he was no longer finding the machine- sound of the heavy boosters unfamiliar. Rajesh Jain, born 1949, has been an engineer by profession and a writer by passion. He has authored a great number of books in Hindi, some of which are— Bird Hit, Sooraj mein kharonch and Baandh Vadh. He has many collections of short stories too. He has penned a few science based books for children. He retired from the post of general manager NTPC. Rajesh has been honoured with Arya Smriti Samman from Kitabghar. He lives in Delhi. Shailendra Nath, is director of National Academy of Defence Production in Nagpur and he likes to translate from Hindi to English whenever he likes what he reads. He lives in Nagpur, Maharashtra. January-March 2012 :: 107
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A Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarra
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L A N G U A G E DISCOURSE W R I T I
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Editor's Note ‘Hindi’ is primar
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Heritage EK TOKRI BHAR MITTI Madhav
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Discourse THE IMPORTANCE OF MADHAV
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nationalism into literature; societ
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1. History of India, and other coun
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anch of knowledge— natural and so
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country, growing indignation at the
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the consciousness of the colonized
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and we rise above religious dogma,
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forces of liberty and patriotism tr
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his thoughts boldly, without fear.T
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characteristics of the age in which
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For, when father having been engage
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and panegyrists going and singing p
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I burst forth, ‘‘Aha, Niuniya!
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aid. The flower was punished forthw
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years in this guileful world I roam
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form. Now, once again there was a s
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Discourse LIFE AND IDEALS OF PREMCH
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and the train also arrived, but cou
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Discourse THE CONCEPT OF INDIANNESS
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of first novel goes to the Genji Mo
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untouchable boy. The boy is from
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eligious leaders. Premchand in his
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· Partition of India and growth of
Page 55 and 56: 2) Ghar ki Raah, Indra Basawada, Sa
Page 57 and 58: Sahai, Nagendra, Bhagwat Sharan Upa
Page 59 and 60: two women (Rekha and Gaura) simulta
Page 61 and 62: significant. Since real aspects lik
Page 63 and 64: Another very major challenge that e
Page 65 and 66: students of Dacca University had ta
Page 67 and 68: Culture THE BHARATNATYAM HERITAGE I
Page 69 and 70: and her husband also migrated to Ho
Page 71 and 72: for her has been the one at Chidamb
Page 73 and 74: long years? Pallav—Did it reflect
Page 75 and 76: publicising myself and my writing b
Page 77 and 78: Short Story BUDHIA Ramvriksha Benip
Page 79 and 80: find her carrying loads of grass on
Page 81 and 82: pat the other’s back, and with he
Page 83 and 84: tea break, it would also be a break
Page 85 and 86: There was a mouth organ in Raka Mas
Page 87 and 88: He was watching me in a strange man
Page 89 and 90: and bowed before the engine. I saw
Page 91 and 92: Climbing down the slope, that girl
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Page 95 and 96: clamp of the sounds is gripping him
Page 97 and 98: The speaker fell silent all at once
Page 99 and 100: That day, he came down from the off
Page 101 and 102: sizes of boats of their respective
Page 103 and 104: in the night?’ ’Yes, you take i
Page 105: sound coming from all the flats. He
Page 109 and 110: “Who’s playing on the piano, Nu
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Page 115 and 116: He thinks we are fools and will nev
Page 117 and 118: “Good evening. You may take this
Page 119 and 120: I want to make sure that everything
Page 121 and 122: When I went to meet the sisters thr
Page 123 and 124: do not want to starve to death befo
Page 125 and 126: admired and appreciated. In the 70s
Page 127 and 128: there, Nishant invited all of us to
Page 129 and 130: Short Story MANTO IN MY DREAM Musha
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Page 133 and 134: Discourse WOMEN’S LIBERATION : UT
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Page 143 and 144: of women’s emancipation will real
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Page 147 and 148: Poetry FIVE POEMS Chandrakant Deota
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Page 151 and 152: IN A CONFLICTING WORLD Far…far be
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The cremation ground too became sad
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them. The author belongs to an army
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