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Malti touches heart, Charate tickles
THREE NOTED authors, Malti Joshi, Krishna Charate and Kazi Abdul Sattar read out their literary writings before a large gathering at Bharat Bhavan on Wednesday.
THREE NOTED authors, Malti Joshi, Krishna Charate and Kazi Abdul Sattar read out their literary writings before a large gathering at Bharat Bhavan on Wednesday.
The narrative session started with ‘ Shikhar Samman’ recipient Malti Joshi reading out her short story titled ‘Pitah’ which aptly conveyed the pain and grief of a daughter (Namita) who was forced to lead an orphaned life due to the absence of her father and thus deprived of his care and affection.
Joshi touched an emotional chord with many in the crowd with her gripping narration that brought out the dilemma of Namita who is caught between her legally separated mother, her elder sister Sumita and her maternal granny reacting differently to the insensitivity shown to them by the family head.
Surprisingly, the writer has created an inseparable bond between Namita and her maternal granny, (instead of her mother) despite the fact that she always despises her son-in law for leaving her daughter and grandchildren in a lurch while painting an ugly picture of the man who carelessly abandoned them to sulk for the rest of their lives.
Joshi effectively passed on the inner turmoil of the protagonist through her story to the audience when she narrated a sequence where Namita tries to be deliberately rash on hearing the news about the death of her father, thus attempting to break away from the strong relationship that she has weaved with her father - in her dreams.
While listeners gave her a patient hearing, they broke into frequent bouts of laughter through the second session when well-known satirist Krishna Charate read out some of his comic essays called ‘Khula Nimantran’, ‘Shesh Milne Par’ and ‘Dosron Par Nirbhar Rahnewala Aadmi’.
The audience thoroughly enjoyed his two initial compositions where he managed to bring out the funny side of the common man who tends to react in a passive and odd manner when he is confronted with the success of his peers, thus finding it difficult to gulp down his achievements.
The final rendering came in from veteran Urdu novelist Qazi Abdul Sattar who read out his exquisite piece of work called ‘Chengez Khan Ki Maut’ that was greatly appreciated by the audience. Earlier, Commissioner Culture Pankaj Rag welcomed the honoured writers. Notably, all three litterateurs had been conferred with the prestigious cultural awards at a glittering function a day before on Tuesday.
