Hindi Kahani : Antarvastu Ka Shilp

By highlighting important writers of post-independence Hindi short stories, this book fills a significant gap in the field of short story criticism. While criticism, albeit sporadically, has emerged regarding poetry and novels, such a systematic approach to short stories often fails to emerge. In its own way, this book offers an interesting and meaningful overview of the general landscape of short stories, along with the short stories and their creativity, of a crucial period after independence. Those prominent short stories writers who, with their skill, enhanced the potential of short stories, grappled with the questions of their time, and successfully captured the multifaceted changes in Indian society are at the center of discussion here. Whether its Sanjiv and Swayam Prakash, who are rich in democratic ideas, Priyamvad and Anand Harshul, who use language with artistic flair, Arun Prakash and Naveen Sagar, who possess a deep understanding of the storytelling genre but are relatively less known, Omprakash Valmiki, who enriched the story with Dalit personal experiences, or Uday Prakash, Shivmurti, Akhilesh, and Yogendra Ahuja, who have emerged as phenomena on the narrative horizon, this book offers a discerning critique of all. Each of these storytellers, from their respective fronts, continuously fought for human values, creating a vast galaxy of events and characters to understand and explain the times. Undoubtedly, in the future, their works will serve as documents for understanding India in the latter half of the twentieth century. In each article compiled here, the brilliant young critic Rahul Singh has attempted to highlight each writers unique characteristics while also capturing the socio-political mood of their era, and he has successfully done so.