Centenary of the birth of Madiyaraja.

- Window Seat-Udayan Thakkar

- A drop of blood escaped from Rana's nose: But why the pain of this snoring in the face of the pain of dissatisfaction? Rana raised the horns in front of Lakhuda ...

The birth centenary year of Chunilal Madiya, whom U Mashankar Joshi called 'Madiyaraja', begins on August 15. He wrote many novels and plays and brought Saurashtra to life in about one and a half stories. Kirit Dudhat is rightly noted, 'Madiano is special in his village stories and he has written stories with characters like Kumbar, Patel, Kshatriya, Dalit, Koli, Pasayata, Mamlatdar, Teacher, Social Worker, Hotelier, Sharanivalo, Notario, Madari, Chokidar, Ahir. '

This is how his story 'Kamau Dikro' begins:

"Ever since the buffalo was pregnant, Galashet has been serving her like an unmarried woman."

The family was overjoyed when the buffalo became pregnant. From the very first sentence the author suggests that there is an inextricable relationship between man and beast in the village. Paddy was not born but Pado was born, no other cattle was found, the family was disappointed, but Seth is a big man, his mind is also big, so he did not feel embarrassed. Pada started feeding cottonseeds with Chhas by filling the bogharna. The article says, 'What about the Vaniya man? Whatever it was, it remained religious. ' At the end of the story, the greedy Dalasheth puts all Dayamaya aside. But the article does not fail to show the bright side of Seth here and maintains balance in the characterization. The predominance of caste is today, it was special eight decades ago, so the mention of Vaniya caste does not seem unfamiliar.

Seth saved Pada for a year, but then he started to put the cages of non-poisoned cattle in cages without eating any more. The priest found Lakhudo Gowal who was carrying a pot. (Padi means to be a buffalo in a few times.) Now look at the description of Padi, it seems that the author is looking at Pada through the eyes of a man and not Pada.

"All four legs have white circles on the mouth and a funny tilde between the foreheads. The eyes are like black boaz, and the hairs of the skin are made of soft velvet! The whole dill knows that it is full of wool poles and the bones are like a fluffy core that has not been used anywhere. The buffalo is a full-bodied dill and the blood flowing back into it, so even the udder does not fit in the khoba.

Sexuality is depicted in many of Madiya's stories. Going one step further in this story, he depicts the sexual impulse of an animal. Padi Padmani-like chitari is directly related to the next story. Seeing Padi, Seth's shout fell to the ground. Growing up with Lakhu Pada Adari:

'' Shameless! Nakata! Naga, halto tha halto. Not ashamed at all? ”

Doesn't it feel like the head of the family is pushing the village downhill? Shout for the cowherd is no less than man. Shame on you? As Heman Shah puts it:

"Where will the season be?"

Seeing the presence of human beings

What will the mating bird postpone? ”

Lakhudo immediately recognized the texture of this pada. He said to Seth, Panjrapol's mandi, I will feed this pada. Seth Dahi began to assess the value of Pada, the son of Mana: You will take the buffaloes of the village to Pada, what do I get out of this? Lakhudo was not a calculator, he confessed to giving half the money to Seth.

Lakhudo began to feed Pada. Juvanjodh's son Rano was boiled in Kogaliya, and this shout took its place. Lakhuda hoped that Pada would grow up and start feeding buffaloes, then he would fill my cocoon with a kaldar like radish leaves. Now the reader understands the mystery of the story title 'Earned Son'.

"How often do you feel during the day?" Within a few months, the queen was young. The whole 'chest' of the mouth changed. A new gleam came into the eye. The limbs began to rupture. "

Look at the author's short and dynamic sentences, they do not have the effort or dash of literary style. The story unfolds as Barot's mouth tells it.

"One day (Rano) Sundalo filled the corm of an Adad and before night fell, it started ringing in a dark, hoarse voice."

The buffalo in the buffalo enclosure was shouting for mating. Saad for the mating of a panda or a savage is not unfamiliar to the wanderer. 'Ahar nidra bhay maithunam cha samanametad pashubhirnaranam' - The subjects of food, sleep, fear and intercourse are sufficiently animal and human alike. To control such a Rana, Lakhuda tied his nostrils and broke his legs. If you want Pada as a symbol, Kaink Juvania rebels against his father.

"Listening to its chhakota, Lakhuda was afraid that if Coke's day turned Rana's eyes, I would have completed a hundred years in an hour."

The author has slightly missed this writing. They unravel the mystery of the miracle that comes at the end of the story. Now Rana started feeding the buffaloes from village to village. The market price was Rs. Money was coming to Lakhuda. "Lakhuda also inlaid brass hooks on the end of his dang, and yet when the rupee increased, he put a piece of silver on Rana's feet."

One morning, Patel came to Lakhuda with a buffalo. Rana's eye went back, he immediately ran away. Lakhuda stopped him at random. Greed aroused in Galasheth: to knock on the door of such a man. He declared: Eight more of these will sit. Village Patel got chills. On this side, Rana's annoyance increased. Lakhuda Gowal scolded Galasheth, 'Let go of the greed of eight Anardis, look in front of this animal's eye ...' But Galasheth stuck.

Pada's sexuality was suppressed. Humans have dealt brutally with animals for hundreds of years. The cow has lived a lifetime in a room that can only stand, it has wiped out thousands of species like the dodo bird from endless hunting. Other human beings were not spared, during the Industrial Revolution, laborers were treated like animals, in medieval Europe, the 'surf' was made to pay without pay, slaves were kept in America, and there was a practice of vathiya in India. The ruthless treatment of Pada is indicative of the demonic instincts of human beings. Galashet ordered Lakhuda: Take the Rana back by tying the knot!

Lakhuda bravely tied Rana's nose with the tip of his foot. Rana snorted and the thick skin of his nostrils began to tingle.

"A drop of blood came out of Rana's nose: but why the pain of this snoring in the face of the pain of dissatisfaction? Rana raised the horns in front of Lakhuda. Lakhudo ran after paying the lag. "

While fleeing, Lakhuda's knees were broken, but he could not find any refuge. In the end ...

"One of Rana's elephant legs fell on the wooden ribs, and at the second moment, a spear-like horn pierced through the bone fragments mixed with the blood-flesh, and with a loud jerk, the intestines came out. ..Rana smoothed out everything by filling it with the blood of Lakhuda's woolen wool.

Rough and nasty interest is experienced here. The able creator does not hate such drawing. In the Mahabharata, Bhima drinks blood by tearing Dushasana's chest. After killing Hector in the Iliad, Achilles dragged his body behind the chariot.

How the dialect of Saurashtra is spoken to Madiya can be deduced from the eloquent words of this story - Davaraman, Radha, Umbelu, Rupiyarodo, Tollu, Merayu, Rundamal, Ekdhaliyu, Daredo. , Breaking a knee, pounding like a firecracker, playing in the palm, changing eyes, bursting into smoke, calling a goat, chilling, blowing flour in the mouth ...

Happy Birthday to Madiya.