Vichar Ka Dar

The nature of Hindi prose had begun to change in the sixties. This change manifested itself in many genres in the seventies. In addition to the tensions created by the spread of democratic consciousness, the expansion of modern means of education and communication was preparing prose to break new ground in curiosity and understanding. Forces that frustrated this developmentthe dominance of English, the state-dependent politics of Hindi, and the feudal tendencies prevalent in northern societywere also being nurtured; The Fear of Thought can help us understand these forces. The poetry collected in this book not only provides a glimpse of Krishna Kumars ideological creativity published over the past two decades but also reflects the dynamic trends of this entire period. In terms of subject matter, these articles, essays, and memoirs can be considered a measure of the concerns of Hindi society. The examination of contexts ranging from technology, language, film music, women, communal violence and journalism, amidst rapidly changing structures of economy and politics to literature, communication and entertainment, gives this work a new and wide-ranging readership.