05-03-2007, 08:30 PM
Talking about fictions in Historical background. There was a time when Hindi writers wrote several classics in History. Some writers even specialized purely in this niche. Jaya Shankar Prasad's Chandragupta is a classic which related the story of Chanakya and Chandragupta. The famous song 'Ham Karein Rashtra Aradhan' (We worship our nation) which was made so controversial yet famous by the TV serial Chanakya - is from this classic.
Acharya Hajari Prasad was another name, who took Historical background writings to another height. He wrote especially about middle ages, and in a very very scholarly and research oriented manner. His treatment of the history in his very famous 'Kabir' is still treated a classic in Hindi. He wrote several other very scholarly subjects of History - although less fictious more scholarly, yet popular.
Amongst those who leaned towards more fiction-oriented writings is Acharya Chatursen. In 50s and 60s he created several novels on Maratha, Vijayanagar, Rajputana etc, as well as on Mahabharat themes, and became very very popular. His 'Sahyadri ki Chattane' - Rocks of Sahyadri is a very popular Hindi novel , if not classical, deals with the early life of Shivaji through some fictious characters which tie the story together.
Dr Narendra Kohli is another novelist, who comes to mind, who had ventured into historical backgrounds. His 3-volume very lengthy novel 'todo kArA todo!' - 'tear the walls, tear!' dealt with the history using the narrative of Swami Vivekananda as the anchor.
Are we still creating and producing such novels in Indic languages?
Acharya Hajari Prasad was another name, who took Historical background writings to another height. He wrote especially about middle ages, and in a very very scholarly and research oriented manner. His treatment of the history in his very famous 'Kabir' is still treated a classic in Hindi. He wrote several other very scholarly subjects of History - although less fictious more scholarly, yet popular.
Amongst those who leaned towards more fiction-oriented writings is Acharya Chatursen. In 50s and 60s he created several novels on Maratha, Vijayanagar, Rajputana etc, as well as on Mahabharat themes, and became very very popular. His 'Sahyadri ki Chattane' - Rocks of Sahyadri is a very popular Hindi novel , if not classical, deals with the early life of Shivaji through some fictious characters which tie the story together.
Dr Narendra Kohli is another novelist, who comes to mind, who had ventured into historical backgrounds. His 3-volume very lengthy novel 'todo kArA todo!' - 'tear the walls, tear!' dealt with the history using the narrative of Swami Vivekananda as the anchor.
Are we still creating and producing such novels in Indic languages?