Pratinidhi Kahaniyan : Chitra Mudgal

Some writers expend most of their energy gathering material for their work. They may believe that only an incident can express an important or profound life truth. Chitra Mudgal selects small incidents from life, examines the tensions within them, and places them on the broader social plane. This, in a way, is her skill in expressing the unspeakable. For her, family is the greatest truth. Most of her stories seek to preserve relationships even in adverse circumstances. Chitra Mudgals greatest strength is her unique storytelling, as if someone is fanning the flame of a story within listeners sitting around a low-burning fire. Like Amritlal Nagar, Bhagwaticharan Verma, Kamtanath, and Vijaydan Detha, Chitraji has given a new meaning to storytelling. Her stories do not begin with some shocking device or experimental effort. They move forward by capturing a moment in life. The stories develop an inner depth through the use of various linguistic features, proverbs, idioms, regional words, and pronunciation patterns. Chitra Mudgals stories are written in the art of protest. They reflect the changing times and society. Even those stories that end on a rough patch of reality evoke anger against the current situation.