Sahitya News Desk!! Krishna Sobti (English: Krishna Sobti, born: 18 February, 1925, Gujarat (now in Pakistan) – died: 25 January 2019, Delhi) is known for his clean creativity and expression. He has given unmatched freshness and energy to the Hindi narrative language with his unique talent. Krishna Sobti started his writing work from the fifties itself. His first story was ‘Lama’, which was published in 1950 AD.
work area
In the story collections ‘Badal ke Ghere’, ‘Dar Se Bichuri’, ‘Teen Pahad’ and ‘Mitro Marjani’, Krishna Sobti has inspired women with the power of upscale culture capable of overwhelming a nation frustrated with obscenity, in such a way that The common reader may be perplexed. Stories like ‘Sikka Badal Gaya’, ‘Badli Bars Gayi’ are also not far behind in speed. Among those who praised his courage, even Khushwant Singh, the master of journalism and quick writing inspired by muscularity, has praised the common man who was agitated by the touch of obscenity in English. Punjabi storytellers have been culturally Muslim-dominated due to the circumstances of their native places. Secondly, Hindu condemnation has also been a profitable and fruitful tool to influence big and small leaders from Nehru to Arjun Singh. Namvar Singh has only mentioned Krishna Sobti’s novels ‘Dar Se Bichuri’ and ‘Mitro Marjani’ and has counted Sobti in the line of those novelists, in whose works there is a strong opposition to family-social inequalities, sometimes personal. . Despite all this, there is no dearth of critics who have praised ‘Zindaginama’ adequately. According to Dr. Devraj Upadhyay – ‘If someone wants to get information about the culture, lifestyle, behavior, customs and history of Punjab state, then one should read the legends, popular proverbs and the 18th century. If you wish to be aware of the trends of the 19th century, then there is no need to go anywhere else than ‘Zindaginama’.
Controversy
There was a lot of controversy regarding his stories. The reason for controversy is their muscularity. Being a woman, it is not possible for all writers to write such courageous writing. Dr. Ramprasad Mishra, while discussing Krishna Sobti, has written bluntly: In his novels like ‘Zindaginama’ and story collections like ‘Mitro Marjani’, muscularity has been heavily emphasized. Even half-baked sexy story writers like Keshav Prasad Mishra were left far behind. The thing is that whether the ‘lone’ Krishna Sobti of ordinary body or the name Nihal Dukeli, Mannu Bhandari or generally Kamleshwar could not save his creativity from himself. Krishna Sobti’s lifelong sexual frustrations dominate his characters. Sobti once again came into limelight in 2015 when she returned the Sahitya Akademi Award, angry over the atmosphere of intolerance in the country.
demise
Famous Hindi writer and essayist Krishna Sobti died in a hospital on 25 January 2019 at the age of 93. His last rites took place at Nigam Bodh Ghat in Delhi. In the last few months, his health was deteriorating and he had to go to the hospital often. He launched his new book in the hospital itself last month. Despite her poor health she was always discussing art, creative processes and life.
awards and honors
Krishna Sobti has received the following awards and honors-
1999 – ‘Katha Chudamani Award’ 1981 – ‘Sahitya Shiromani Award’ 1982 – ‘Hindi Academy Award’ 2000-2001 – ‘Shalaka Samman’ 1980 – ‘Sahitya Akademi Award’ 1996 – ‘Sahitya Akademi Fellowship’ Apart from this, he was given ‘Maithili Sharan Gupta Award’ ‘ has also been received.
