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मन्नू भंडारी की कहानियाँ-1 (Hindi Stories): Mannu Bhandari Ki Kahania-1
हिन्दी के कहानी लेखकों में मन्नू भंडारी का अग्रणी स्थान है। उनकी कहानियों में नारी-जीवन के उन अन्तरंग अनुभवों को विशेष रूप से अभिव्यक्ति दी गई है जो उनके नितांत अपने हैं और पुरुष कहानीकारों की रचनाओं में प्रायः नहीं मिलते। वैसे मन्नू भंडारी ने अपने अन्य समकालीन समर्थ लेखकों की तरह ही लगभग सभी पहलुओं पर सशक्त कहानियां लिखी हैं।
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First published April 5, 2014
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About the author
Mannu Bhandari
53 books96 followersMannu Bhandari was born on April 3, 1931, in Bhanpura, Madhya Pradesh, India. She attended school in Ajmer and later she graduated from Calcutta University in 1949, followed by an M.A. degree in Hindi from the Banaras Hindu University in 1953.
She is wife of famous Hindi writer Rajendra Yadav, with whom she co-wrote the book, Ek Inch Muskaan (A Little Smile).
In post independent Hindi literature many new women writers emerged
and attracted the attention of readers and critics but after initial shining some
of them did not make writing of their successful career. Many women writers
have entered the arena of literary writing. Several highly talented writers have
enriched Hindi literature with their creative writings. To name a few Usha
Priyamvada, Malti Joshi, Dipti Khandelwal, Mridila Garg, Mannu Bhandari,
Shubha Verma are some of the most accomplished contemporary Hindi
women writers. Their writing reflect how modernism, contemporary social
situations and currents and cross currents at life have molded their writing and
subject matter as well as impact on them. Moreover these women writers
have written about Indian women, their pains, conflicts, predicaments against
the background of contemporary India. They have focused their attention not
only on the outer situation and conflict but also on inner turmoil of modern
women. In this reference writer like Mannu Bhandari deserves special
attention. Her contribution to the world of fiction dates to the 6os. She has
written in and experimented with varieties of genres of literature like the short
story novel, political novel, literature for children, drama, screen play, and
dialogues for film etc. Mannu Bhandari has also chaired the directorship of
Premchand Srujanpith in Vikram University, Ujjian. In 2008 Mannu Bhandari
was given for her autobiography Ek Kahani Yah Bhi the prestigious Vyas
Sanmaan for year 2008, which is instituted by the K.K. Birala Foundation and
given every year for outstanding literary work in Hindi authored by Indian citizens.
She is wife of famous Hindi writer Rajendra Yadav, with whom she co-wrote the book, Ek Inch Muskaan (A Little Smile).
In post independent Hindi literature many new women writers emerged
and attracted the attention of readers and critics but after initial shining some
of them did not make writing of their successful career. Many women writers
have entered the arena of literary writing. Several highly talented writers have
enriched Hindi literature with their creative writings. To name a few Usha
Priyamvada, Malti Joshi, Dipti Khandelwal, Mridila Garg, Mannu Bhandari,
Shubha Verma are some of the most accomplished contemporary Hindi
women writers. Their writing reflect how modernism, contemporary social
situations and currents and cross currents at life have molded their writing and
subject matter as well as impact on them. Moreover these women writers
have written about Indian women, their pains, conflicts, predicaments against
the background of contemporary India. They have focused their attention not
only on the outer situation and conflict but also on inner turmoil of modern
women. In this reference writer like Mannu Bhandari deserves special
attention. Her contribution to the world of fiction dates to the 6os. She has
written in and experimented with varieties of genres of literature like the short
story novel, political novel, literature for children, drama, screen play, and
dialogues for film etc. Mannu Bhandari has also chaired the directorship of
Premchand Srujanpith in Vikram University, Ujjian. In 2008 Mannu Bhandari
was given for her autobiography Ek Kahani Yah Bhi the prestigious Vyas
Sanmaan for year 2008, which is instituted by the K.K. Birala Foundation and
given every year for outstanding literary work in Hindi authored by Indian citizens.
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January 24, 2016
The short stories are much of education for male readers as for most of the stories protagonist is a female.
I stumbled on the work by this author via a short story "Yahi Sach Hai" on which "Rajnigandha", a Hindi feature film, is based. It was the first Hindi movie for Amol Palekar. Story depicts incapacity of Deepa to decide between two males, Sanjay and Nishith. She flickers between Sanjay, handsome and charming but career wise weak, and Nishith who is well established and she has rejected him once. Nishith extends a hand of help to get her job and he also looks much lost after the incident. This deepens Deepa thought process and leaves everything on stroke of luck.
Her writing style is very natural. She has written extensively about ordinary lives of ordinarily educated and ambitious female protagonists who have to go through extra-ordinarily tough situations.
I stumbled on the work by this author via a short story "Yahi Sach Hai" on which "Rajnigandha", a Hindi feature film, is based. It was the first Hindi movie for Amol Palekar. Story depicts incapacity of Deepa to decide between two males, Sanjay and Nishith. She flickers between Sanjay, handsome and charming but career wise weak, and Nishith who is well established and she has rejected him once. Nishith extends a hand of help to get her job and he also looks much lost after the incident. This deepens Deepa thought process and leaves everything on stroke of luck.
Her writing style is very natural. She has written extensively about ordinary lives of ordinarily educated and ambitious female protagonists who have to go through extra-ordinarily tough situations.
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