Jidhar Kuchh Nahin

The uniqueness of Jidhar Kuch Nahin is not that it is one of the longest poems in Hindi, but that it is written using a new technique and embarks on a difficult and long inner journey to discover an alternative citizenship. It is indeed a search for an alternative world, but there is no escape from the noise, disparity, and confinement of the Indian earth. In fact, alternative citizenship is hidden behind and beneath the noise, confusion, resentment, fog, and darkness that exist. Thus, the question of discovery is linked to political enlightenment and a larger socioeconomic vision. Devi chooses to walk, and lead the reader, through a social tunnel whose numerous stations and stations have been demolished or burned. This poem was written in difficult times, when the character of the state has been transformed, when post-truths are prevalent, when grand concepts are being destroyed, when blind faith is being replaced by knowledge, when crime is being legitimized, when human insight into social construction is being replaced by hatred, when knowledge is being questioned, and a divisive reading of history is being produced. While this act of devastation may appear to be brutal, this inhuman and anti-citizenship practice has a long and authoritative tradition. Seen in this light, it becomes clear that this poem is by no means merely a reactionary work but a documentary and historical work whose relevance is endless because the abuse of power seems never-ending. In this poem, Devi displays a remarkable skill of narration, begins to engage with various techniques of Hindi, and in the spontaneity of this transaction, acquires a new poetic technique. Traversing a wealth of experience, he often transforms rhetoric into poetic vision and profound empathy. This epic poem is not as difficult to read as its structure suggests, whether it be the result of a solitary adventure in the corner of contemporaneity or the magical ash of originality found by a wanderer. Wandering in search of an alternative, the poems concept and structure are both unique, capable of standing tall among Indian and world poetry. The postscript at the end of the book, which examines the complex relationship between state repression and creation in the light of this poem, is rare in the world of Hindi thought.