Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil'
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Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (सुदामा पांडेय 'धूमिल') (November 9, 1936 – February 10, 1975), known mostly as Dhoomil, was a renowned Hindi poet from Varanasi
, who is known for his revolutionary writings and his 'protest-poetry' , along with Muktibodh
.
Known as the angry young man of Hindi poetry due to his rebellious writings , during his lifetime, he published just one collection of poems, 'Samsad se Sarak Tak', 'संसद से सड़क तक' (From the Parliament to the Street), but another collection of his work, titled "Kal Sunana Mujhe" 'कल सुनना मुझे' was released posthumously, which in 1979, went on to win the Sahitya Akademi Award
in [Hindi .
, Uttar Pradesh
. After successfully passing out to tenth standard, he joined the Industrial training institute
(ITI]) Varanasi], where he passed out with a Diploma in Electricals, and later he joined the same institution, as an instructor in the 'Electricals Department' .
He died on February 10, 1975, at the young age of 38 years .
In 2006 the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), a rightwing political party, raised an objection in the Indian parliament over the inclusion of one his radical poems, Mochiram, in the NCERT Hindi textbooks, which, subsequently, was replaced by one of his other poems – ‘Ghar Main Wapsi’ .
The last book of Dhoomil, Sudama Pandey Ka Prajatantra, was published by his son Ratnashankar Pandey.
Varanasi
-Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...
, who is known for his revolutionary writings and his 'protest-poetry' , along with Muktibodh
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh was one of the most prominent Hindi poets, essayist, literary and political critic, and fiction writers of the 20th century...
.
Known as the angry young man of Hindi poetry due to his rebellious writings , during his lifetime, he published just one collection of poems, 'Samsad se Sarak Tak', 'संसद से सड़क तक' (From the Parliament to the Street), but another collection of his work, titled "Kal Sunana Mujhe" 'कल सुनना मुझे' was released posthumously, which in 1979, went on to win the Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
in [Hindi .
Biography
Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' was born on November 9, 1936 in Khewali, Varanasi districtVaranasi District
Varanasi district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, with Varanasi city as the district headquarters. Varanasi district is a part of Varanasi division. The district occupies an area of 1,535 km². The district has a population of 3,138,671 .-Divisions:The...
, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
. After successfully passing out to tenth standard, he joined the Industrial training institute
Industrial training institute
Industrial Training Institutes & "Industrial Training Centers" are training institute which provide training in technical field and constituted under Directorate General of Employment & Training , Ministry of Labour & Employment, Union Government of India.-Structure:Industrial Training Institutes ...
(ITI]) Varanasi], where he passed out with a Diploma in Electricals, and later he joined the same institution, as an instructor in the 'Electricals Department' .
He died on February 10, 1975, at the young age of 38 years .
In 2006 the Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...
(BJP), a rightwing political party, raised an objection in the Indian parliament over the inclusion of one his radical poems, Mochiram, in the NCERT Hindi textbooks, which, subsequently, was replaced by one of his other poems – ‘Ghar Main Wapsi’ .
The last book of Dhoomil, Sudama Pandey Ka Prajatantra, was published by his son Ratnashankar Pandey.
Excerpts
- “Today I’m in Battle” where the poet hopes for a happier time in the future, because “today it is dark / and our hands are bloody.” Tomorrow there might be a different kind of poetry because in the dark present “Chains rattle against the laughter of flowers / Kinships are on the lookout for a change in the script.” Today “children are unfed / Mother’s face has turned stone, / father’s wooden. / It is as if the house burns / in its own flames.” Today “the professional smiles of roses / have cancelled the spring / and blood coursing through the veins of poetry / is more a burden / than a necessity.” Where are the youths, the poet asks, those “fire-wheels of change, / of a hungry history.... Are the breasts of girls / wandering like jokes doing the rounds / artificial? / Do young men wear false teeth? / Why are those jaws jammed / that read the reports of massacres?” And the answer emerges within him “like words on the walls of a life-convict: / Hear me tomorrow / when plants shed milk flowers / on the tongue of a child drinking wordlessly / and in the courtyard / bread is broken with mutton / when the joy of eating what is earned / turns into family and fraternity / Hear me then. Today I am in battle
- “Twenty years after independence” – “Twenty years later/I ask myself......../is freedom only the name/of three tired colours/dragged by a single wheel/or does it have some special significance?” .
- मुझसे कहा गया कि संसद/दे श की धड़कन को / प्रतिबिंबित करने वाला दर्पण है / जनता को/ जनता के विचारों का नैतिक समर्पण है/ लेकिन क्या यह सच है?/ या यह सच है कि /अपने यहां संसद -/ तेली की वह घानी है / जिसमें आधा तेल है/ और आधा पानी है/ और यदि यह सच नहीं है / तो यहाँ एक ईमानदार आदमी को / अपनी ईमानदारी का मलाल क्यों है?/ जिसने सत्य कह दिया है / उसका बुरा हाल क्यों है? – Sansad se sadak Tak
Further reading
- The Tree of Tongues — An Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry edited by E.V. Ramakrishnan. Indian Institute of Advanced StudyIndian Institute of Advanced StudyThe Indian Institute of Advanced Study is a prestigious research institute based in Shimla, India. It was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964 and it started functioning from October 20, 1965....
, Shimla.
- Unfinished Business: Five Modern Hindi Poets (Dhoomil, Shrikant Verma, Raghuvir Sahay, Kunwar Narain, Kedarnath Singh) by Vinay Dharwadker.
- Four Hindi Poets, Journal article by Shrikant Verma; World Literature Today, Vol. 68, 1994
- Contemporary Literature of Asia, by Arthur W. Biddle, Gloria Bien and Vinay Dharwadker. 1996, Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-373259-2.