Rajkamal Choudhary Rachanawali : Vols. 18

Rajkamal Chaudharys work documents the intellectual hypocrisy, economic turmoil, political disorder, social cunningness, the decline of human and moral values in the first two decades of post-independence India, the conduct of intellectuals devoid of all morality in the pursuit of food, sex, and security, the ugliness of a society shrouded in fragmented existence and crumbling freedom, and the causes of these ugliness. Whether its poetry, stories, novels, essays, criticism, or diaries, this document depicts the true picture of societys deformity, revealing the cruelest face of a horrific reality that persists to this day. In Rajkamal Chaudharys work, a small number of people, unconcerned with language, culture, and society, are usurping the sound, sunshine, wind, and light that are the soldiers share of lifes struggle to achieve their own prosperity. With their sky-high arrogance and dictatorial attitude, they are trampling the lush fields of modesty and civility of the common citizen. Unconcerned with the decency of emotions and language, people are preoccupied with the devious practices of the economy and the body. Considering the political activities of those in power, it can be said that in his mere fifteen years of intense creative activity, Rajkamal Chaudhary perhaps foreshadowed the future of India in his three and a half thousand pages of masterpieces. For Rajkamal Chaudhary, a leading poet of non-poetry, poetry was a weapon of expression for life and its land in these difficult times. This first volume of his collection includes poems from collections that could not be published during the poets lifetime. Manuscripts like Bedag Darpan, Ek Vyakti Pranaheen, Poems for Amrita, Naked Prayers, and Vichitra belong to the same category. Along with Maithili poems, Rajkamals own handwritten poems have also been included. Published works have been arranged according to their publication dates, but the date of their creation is given priority. Works for which the date of creation or publication is not available have been placed separately. Undoubtedly, as readers peruse these poems by Rajkamal Chaudhary, they will encounter numerous questions concerning humanity and its planet that remain unresolved even today.