A Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya

· Partition of India and growth of
communalism afterwards.
· Progress of democracy in India.
· Problems of the emerging Urban
Middle Class in post independence era.
· Problems of marginalized and
oppressed groups and struggle for space
for them in Indian society.
These are peculiar Indian problems
and above mentioned novels confront these
problems candidly. Maila Aanchal is a
political commentary and a real picture
of future India in which a follower of
Gandhi is murdered by a merchant (read
capitalist) who is also a merchant turned
politician and member of a national political
party under whose leadership India got
independence. The murder of Gandhi was
a turning point in Indian politics and the
whole vision is changed dramatically. It
is obvious from this novel that power
is being captured by the rich persons and
Gandhi’s vision of India is dropped. This
is a ‘true’ story of India where the caste
oriented society and its struggle and fighting
with each other can also be seen in this
novel.
Aadha Gaon is the manifestation of
the partition of India where everybodyindividual
as well as community- is confused
by the decision of the leaders of those
times. The village in this novel represents
India where everybody is confused by
the idea of partition. It is not division
of nations, countries, land or geographical
area but in reality it is the division of
hearts which makes India a sorrowful
independent nation. The novelist Rahi
Masoom Raza has opposed vehemently
the two nation theory based on religion
upon which India was divided.
Raag Darbaree is the most popular
and critical novel of post independence
India. This is the best selling novel of
Hindi. This is the first novel of Hindi where
the story is told in a satirical way. The
story of novel starts, progresses and
concludes with metaphors by which the
novelist criticizes the bad shape of
democracy, judiciary and educational
institutions which turn every thing into
mockery. This novel is an introspection
of the Indian society.
Here I would like to attract your
attention towards Hindi novels which tell
the horror story of partition of India and
its implication afterwards— Tamas (The
Darkness/1973/Bhishma Sahani), Jhootha
Sach (Untruthful truth in two volumes-
Vatan aur Desh (homeland and country)/
1958, Desh ka Bhavishya (future of a
country) /1960/Yashpal), Kitne Pakistan
(How many Pakistans/Kamleshwar/2000),
Inhee Hathiyaron se(With these
weapons only/Amarkant/2003).
Amritlal Nagar’s Novel Nachyo Bahut
Gopal (Lord krishna dances/1978) and
Giriraj Kishor’s Novel Parishishta
(Appendix/1984) are two other important
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