Name of the Book: Pachas Baras ka Bekar Aadmi (Hindi)
Author: Ravindra Verma
No. of Pages: 136
Year of Publication: 2011 (2nd edition)
Publisher: Bhartiya Gyanpith
About the Book:
The book is a collection of forty short stories by Ravindra Verma. Excepting the last story, that shares its title with the book, all other stories are not more than three to four pages long. In these few pages, Verma has captured and depicted some part of life. Each story is a masterpiece.As a reader, you would often be taken to the world of the characters. You feel as if you can stand and watch the scenes happening in front of you, as if on a movie screen. The language is lucid, a common man’s language that you can connect with.
The stories cover a range of social issues: unemployment, financial struggle, urbanisation, among others. It is the person’s struggle in coming to terms with this fast changing world that is highlighted through these stories. Verma also covers a range of experiences that are deeply personal. The beauty of the stories is in the quiet reservation in which the characters express themselves.
Favourite Quotes:
“Yehi baat sunte sunte main ab budha ho gaya tha. magar woh yahi baat barson se har baar mujhse keh raha tha aur budha nahi ho raha tha. uski aawax mein wahi ummeed aur roshni thi.” – (p. 37, Sagar Chumban)
“Kabhi kabhi mujhe lagta hai ki main apne naam ki qaid mein hun.” (p. 40, Main Pahaad Hun)
“Ya Khuda, jaldi faisla suna. Mukhe phir se duniya mein jana manzoor hai.
Khuda ne hans kar kaha, “Rizwan, main tere liye phir se duniya banata hun.
Phir se hawayen chalin. Khuda ki aawaz goonj rahi thi.” (p. 47, Khuda ki Aawaz)
“Beta Chandu, yeh Dilli hai Yahan laawaris sirf aadmi reh sakta hai. Baaki har cheez ko koi na koi hadapne ki firaaq mein hai.” (p. 108, Pachas Baras ka Bekar Aadmi)
Author: Ravindra Verma
No. of Pages: 136
Year of Publication: 2011 (2nd edition)
Publisher: Bhartiya Gyanpith
About the Book:
The book is a collection of forty short stories by Ravindra Verma. Excepting the last story, that shares its title with the book, all other stories are not more than three to four pages long. In these few pages, Verma has captured and depicted some part of life. Each story is a masterpiece.As a reader, you would often be taken to the world of the characters. You feel as if you can stand and watch the scenes happening in front of you, as if on a movie screen. The language is lucid, a common man’s language that you can connect with.
The stories cover a range of social issues: unemployment, financial struggle, urbanisation, among others. It is the person’s struggle in coming to terms with this fast changing world that is highlighted through these stories. Verma also covers a range of experiences that are deeply personal. The beauty of the stories is in the quiet reservation in which the characters express themselves.
Favourite Quotes:
“Yehi baat sunte sunte main ab budha ho gaya tha. magar woh yahi baat barson se har baar mujhse keh raha tha aur budha nahi ho raha tha. uski aawax mein wahi ummeed aur roshni thi.” – (p. 37, Sagar Chumban)
“Kabhi kabhi mujhe lagta hai ki main apne naam ki qaid mein hun.” (p. 40, Main Pahaad Hun)
“Ya Khuda, jaldi faisla suna. Mukhe phir se duniya mein jana manzoor hai.
Khuda ne hans kar kaha, “Rizwan, main tere liye phir se duniya banata hun.
Phir se hawayen chalin. Khuda ki aawaz goonj rahi thi.” (p. 47, Khuda ki Aawaz)
“Beta Chandu, yeh Dilli hai Yahan laawaris sirf aadmi reh sakta hai. Baaki har cheez ko koi na koi hadapne ki firaaq mein hai.” (p. 108, Pachas Baras ka Bekar Aadmi)
Final Analysis:
Recommended reading. For anyone who likes to smile at life.