दुश्मन और दुश्मन

by Giriraj Kishore

गिरिराज किशोर मानवमात्र के मनोभावों को शब्दों में उतार कर किस तरह कहानियों का ताना-बाना चुनते हैं, यह उनके इस कहानी-संग्रह हैं में संकलित कहानियों में देखा जा सकता है । 'कविताएँ' कहानी में मृत्युशेवा पर पडी पत्नी के सिखाने बैठे पति की अन्तर्व्यथा, "फाइल दाखिल दफ्तर' में पुत्र और बहू की गुमशुदगी से परेशान पिता की आँखों में कभी खत्म न होने वाली तलाश, या 'पापा, मैं अंग्रेजी नहीं जानता' में दूसृरों के सन्मुख स्वयं को उपेक्षित पाते शिशु का करुंण क्रन्दन-समी का ऐसा जीवंत चित्रषा है कि घटनाएं चलचित्र की तरह आँखों के सामने आ जाती है ।

151 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2009

About the author

Dr. Giriraj Kishore was born on 8th July, 1937 at Muzaffarnager in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He is a well-known Indian novelist, apart from being an accomplished short story writer, playwright and critic.

He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award in 1992 for his novel ‘Dhai ghar’. His novel ‘Pahla Girmitiya (The First Indentured Labour)’ chronicles Gandhijee’s struggle in South Africa.

He was awarded the Padma Shree by the Indian Government on 23rd March 2007 for his contribution to literature and education.

Some of his published works are as follows:
Story collection-neem ke phool, chaar moti beaab, paperweight, Saher-der-saher etc
Plays-Narmegh, Praja hi rehne do
Novels-Pehla girmitiya, Dhai ghar, Chidiyaghar etc

Source: http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/lekha...

Reviews

[Gorab · Rating 4 out of 5]

Published in 2009, this short story collection gives the feel of reading a classic. The writing style and characters build up was very nice.

Themes are like - politician's game to save his criminal son; inferiority complex in a kid; grief of an old man on his wife's departure; daughter suffering domestic violence and father regretting his own days when he inflicted the same; disowned father of NRI sons; bitter sweet love story of a quarrelling old couple; mother and daughter falling for the same guy; a backward class student's frustration on reservation system.

All of the stories are family relations based, and most of them are grim. A couple of them multi layered and a couple of stories deep in emotions touching my heart.

Overall a nice package. Recommended if you like reading such themes.