Jhaverchand Meghani

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Jhaverchand Meghani


Born
in Chotila, Gujarat, India
August 28, 1896

Died
March 09, 1947

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Jhaverchand Meghani (Gujarati: ઝવેરચંદ મેઘાણી; August 28, 1896 – March 9, 1947) was a noted poet, litterateur, social reformer and freedom fighter from Gujarat. He is a well known name in the field of Gujarati literature. He was born in Chotila. Mahatma Gandhi spontaneously gave him the title of Raashtreeya Shaayar (National Poet).[1] Besides this he received many awards like Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak and Mahida Paaritoshik in literature. He authored more than 100 books. His first book was a translation work of Rabindranath Tagore's ballad Kathaa-u-Kaahinee titled Kurbani Ni Katha (Stories of martyrdom) which was first published in 1922. He contributed widely to Gujarati folk literature. He went from village to village in search of folk-lo ...more

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“સ્ત્રી પુરુષને આપે છે અધૂરું, માગે છે પૂરેપૂરું. બતાવે છે જીવનનો ખૂણો જ એકઃ અને રોકવા માગે છે પુરુષનું સમસ્ત અંતર.

હું સરયુમાં આખો ને આખો સમાઈ, ઓગળી, ઓતપ્રોત નહીં થઈ શકું, ત્યાં સુધી એ જંપશે નહીં, વિશ્વાસ કરશે નહીં, ઈર્ષાએ સળગી ખાક થશે.”
Jhaverchand Meghani, Niranjan

“પ્રકૃતિની આ ચેતનાઓ!” એણે કહ્યું, “પરસ્પર પ્રાણદાન કરવા જેટલી આ તાલાવેલી સ્ત્રી ને પુરુષ વચ્ચે હોય તો સતીત્વના તખ્ત પર વિરાજે: પુરુષ પુરુષ વચ્ચે બને છે ત્યારે ગંદામાં ગંદા આક્ષેપોમાં રગદોળાય ને જિંદગીના ભોગ માગે.

“બંને પ્રકૃતિના સાદ: એ સાદ ક્યારે સંભળાય છે? કોને કાને પડે છે? શા માટે અમુકને જ સંભળાય છે? કોઈ કાયદો છે?

“અભેદ્ય છે એ સમસ્યા, એ સંડાસોની દીવાલ પરના શિલાલેખનો વિષય નથી. નીતિ—સદાચારનાં ચોકઠાં રચાયાં, પણ જીવનનાં નીર એમાં શે બાંધ્યાં રહેશે?”
Jhaverchand Meghani, Niranjan