A Journal of
          Mahatma Gandhi
          Antarrashtriya
          Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
                            LANGUAGE
                            DISCOURSE
                            WRITING
                                Volume 4
                            July-September 2010
                                 Editor
                             Mamta Kalia
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                               Published by
                  Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University
                 Hindi : Language, Discourse, Writing
                 A Quarterly Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya
                 Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
                 Volume 4 Number 7 July-September 2010
                 R.N.I. No. DELENG 11726/29/1/99-Tc
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                   Contents
                   Heritage
                   Captain Rashid                        Upendra Nath Ashk             7
                   Dachi                                 Upendra Nath Ashk            18
                   Memoir
                   The Graceful Charmer, Ashk            Rajinder Singh Bedi          25
                   Qissa Khan :
                   A Coloureful Storyteller Named Ashk   Phanishwar Nath Renu         37
                   Muktibodh                             Harishankar Parsai           45
                   Poetry
                   Ten Poems                             Badri Narayan                51
                   Discourse
                   Hindi Literary Journalism Since
                   Bhartendu Age                         Bharat Bharadwaj             59
                   Dalit Saint Poets of Bhakti Movement :
                   Pride and Prejudice                   Subhash Sharma               69
                   Some Great Indian Literary Theorists  Ravi Nandan Sinha            86
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                       Short Story
                       The Bamboo                            Kashinath Singh               94
                       The Brats                             Manisha Kulshreshtha         97
                       Saaz Nasaaz                           Manoj Rupra                 108
                       Pages From A Novel
                       Anitya : Thoughts in Jail             Mridula Garg                134
                       Films
                       Meena Kumari                          Kanan Jhingan               147
                       Book Review
                       Abbu Ne Kaha Tha :
                       Unpacking Swag of Pangs               Rohini Agrawal              155
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