Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language , Online ISSN 2348-3083, SJ IMPACT FACTOR 2016 = 4.44, www.srjis.com UGC Approved Sr. No.48612, DEC-JAN 2018, VOL- 5/25
CHUNILAL MADIYA’S LILUDI DHARATI: A NARRATIVE CENTRED ON SAURASHTRA REGION Bhagvanbhai H. Chaudhari, Ph. D. Assoc. Professor, Dept. of English, The KNSBL Arts and Commerce College, Kheralu Gujarat (India)
As the inheritor of Jhaverchand Meghani, Madiya has narrated the old districts of Saurashtra (Sorath, mid-part of Saurashtra and Halar Region). Liludi Dharti is considered his ambitious Janpadi (of Rural Life) novel. It is his experiment based novel in which he has combined together the individual and group life to narrate the story of Sorathi life. Gundasar, a village located in the lap of the Girnar mountain of Junagadh in Saurashtra region is at the centre of the novel. The novelist aims at depicting realistic portrayal of rural culture. The event occurred in mistake develops the pitiful situation. The poverty of rural culture, their sexual desire, enmity, envy and conspiracy against each other show its genuine expression in context to the entire set-up. The writer employs the local dialects of Saurashtra region in its indigenous form. As he himself is the soul of that land, hence could efficiently utilize the local colours. Keywords: period novel, Saurashtra region, social realism, traditions, community, folk-mentality Scholarly Research Journal's is licensed Based on a work at www.srjis.com
Chunilal Madiya (1922-1968) earned bright fame as a writer of Gujarati literature in his short life (died at the age of 46). He was born at a village called Dhoraji in Rajkot district of Gujarat. He rendered his valuable services in the editing department of a daily called Janmabhumi in Bombay and Gujarati Department of the United States Information Service (USIS) since 1950 to 1962. He was also awarded Ranjitram Suvarnachandrak in 1957 and won many prizes for his collection of short stories. His creativity confirms that he has a special talent to judge the vein of folk-mentality and has a good combination of poetic power to translate the minute observation and wide experiences of life through artistic substance. Instead of traditional plot and customary narrative style, he has invented a new trail in most of his novels. As the inheritor of Jhaverchand Meghani, Madiya has narrated the old districts of Saurashtra (Sorath, mid-part of Saurashtra and Halar Region). Liludi Dharti Part: 1, 2 (1957) is considered his ambitious Janpadi (of Rural Life) novel. The novel actually covers two parts, but its plot has been extended even to Shevalna Shatdal, hence, remains the trilogy. It is Copyright Š 2017, Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies