Showing posts with label Hindi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hindi. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2016

हिन्दी हास्य व्यंग्य संकलन (Hindi Hasya Vyangya Sankalan) - श्रीलाल शुक्ल, प्रेम जनमेजय (editiors: Srilal Shukla, Prem Janmejaya)




भारतेन्दु काल के पहले का काल मूलतः कविता पर केन्द्रित है। 
उसमें हास्य-व्यंग्य की स्फुट रचनाओं का सर्वथा अभाव नहीं है, पर वहाँ हास्य के स्रोत और स्वरूप उतने वैविध्यपूर्ण तथा उन्मुक्त नहीं हैं जितने कि वे आधुनिक साहित्य में पाये जाते हैं।
 भारतेन्दु काल से लेकर आज तक के हिन्दी व्यंग्य की गुणवत्ता के विकास का ग्राफ चकित करने वाला है। 
इस दीर्घ अन्तराल में हिन्दी व्यंग्य के कई आयाम खुले। कई पीढ़ियों के प्रतिभा संपन्न रचनाकारों ने अपने सृजन से इस विधा को पुष्ट किया। 
हिन्दी हास्य व्यंग्य का यह संकलन इस विकास यात्रा की बानगी है। 
इस काल के प्रायः सभी प्रमुख लेखकों, हर पीढ़ी और रचनाधारा के वैविध्य का प्रतिनिधित्व हो सके तथा पाठकों के सामने हिन्दी हास्य-व्यंग्य की एक मुकम्मल तस्वीर प्रस्तुत हो सके - संपादकों ने इसका पूरा-पूरा ध्यान रखा है। इसके संपादक श्रीलाल शुक्ल तथी प्रेम जनमेजय हिन्दी हास्य व्यंग्य के क्षेत्र में ख्यातिप्राप्त रचनाकार हैं। 
(Source:  Book Cover)
My Rating: 3 out of 5

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Kitnay Aadmi Thay - Diptakirti Chaudhuri


Completely Useless Bollywood Trivia
Lights! Camera! Trivia! 
What was the name of the film they were shooting in Rangeela?. 
What was the Amul hoarding when Shahenshah released?.
Who has the longest-winning streak in Filmfare awards?.
Did Johnny Walker get his name from the whiskey or was it the other way round?. 
If Bollywood questions keep you awake at nights, this is the book you want to read. 
Packed with 50 lists and 500+ entries, it is a multiplex of pointless Bollywood gyaan.
Separated in eight logic-less sections and without a contents page(or index), it is a book for dipping into and zipping through.
Remember your favorite Bollywood film- fast, action-packed, mad, packed with colorful characters and a little bit of everything?
Well, they made this book out of it.
[Book Description Source: www.amazon.in ] 

Ratings
Goodreads Rating - 3.56 out of 5 (72 Ratings, 15 Reviews)
My Rating 4 out of 5.  
My Comments: A must for all the Bollywood trivia buffs !  

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Madhushala


Author:     Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Published: 1935
Publisher: Hind Pocket Books (39th Edition)
Paperback: 162 pages

Madhushala (The Tavern/ The House of Wine)  is perhaps the most popular work of the renowned poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan (better known to the masses as the father of the Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan).
If I remember correctly, I had bought a copy of this book way back in 1993 but inexplicably never got down to read it cover to cover till this month.
And when I read it I realized what I had been missing all these years.
On surface Madhushala is a collection of 135 quatrains extolling the virtues of a tavern where wines are sold. But each and every verse of this poem has a deep mystical, spiritual and philosophical thought underlying it. The poet brilliantly employs the words - madhu, madira or haala (wine), saaki (server), pyaala (cup or glass)  madhushala, madiralaya (pub/bar) - as metaphors to convey Soul's longing to be united with the Divine.
Really a gem of a collection of verses  which one needs to dive into  multiple times and enjoy its beauty !


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