Chandrarekha Dhadwal | |
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| Born | 15 April 1951 Dharamshala |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, poet, novelist, retired lecturer |
| Notable work | Akkhar-Akkhar Jugnu Samay Mere Anuroop Hua Seevanein Udhadti Hui |
Chandrarekha Dhadwal (born 15 April 1951, also known as Rekha Dhadwal) is a writer from Himachal Pradesh, India. She is noted for her short stories, poems, novels, and ghazals in Hindi and Pahari. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Dhadwal was born in Dharamshala. She taught Hindi for 34 years, and retired as senior lecturer and the head of Hindi department at the Government College in Dharamshala. [5] [6] [7]
Dhadwal's ouvre is highly regarded for its nuanced portrayal of the struggles and difficulties faced by women in hill societies, as well as their innate power. Her work is noted for its pithy and witty sentences, as embodied in the following two-liner by her: "On a heated pan/by sprinkling water/the woman cooking roti/learns the art of living". [8]
Shriniwas Joshi notices a "stream of feminist activism" in Zaroorat Bhar Suvidha (2016), Dhadwal's first anthology of poems in Hindi. He writes that in these poems, Dhadwal revolts against patriarchal privileges and biases of men, and the lack of alternatives in social roles for women, other than being housewives. [9]
Dhadwal's novel Samay Mere Anuroop Hua and her anthology of short stories Seevanein Udhadti Hui both came out in 2019, and often received critical appreciation together. Shriniwas Joshi considers both works as feminist in nature. He characterizes her position in these two works as being that a woman should not follow the rut of tradition, but must educate herself, be robust, and individual. He compares Dhadwal's writing to Mary Ellmann's Thinking About Women and Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch . [5] Kamlananda Jha of the Aligarh Muslim University positively appraises SamayMere Anuroop Hua for its complex, multi-layered, and uplifting portrayal of female psychology. [10] Of the short story collection, Jha says that Dhadwal develops a compelling narrative style, where her prose frequently becomes poetry, blurring the boundaries between the two genres. A lot gets conveyed through bare, unfinished sentences. But this style never becomes overwhelmingly dramatic, and allows Dhadwal to have a dialogue with the reader through her story. [11] Suraj Paliwal observes a rare sensitivity in Samay Mere Anuroop Hua portrayal of the alienation and lack of consideration faced by women growing up in Indian families, as well as a distinct personal voice in Dhadwal's short story collection. [12] Abdul Bismillah deems the novel to be the modern version of Premchand's celebrated novel Nirmala. [13] The novelist Gyan Ranjan considers the novel to be a realistic depiction of contemporary middle-class Indian households. [13] The poet Namita Singh remarks that in Seevanein Udhardti Hui, Dhadwal locates human values squarely between deep sensitivity and inner contradictions. [13]
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Dhadwal has also collected and analysed endangered Kangri folk songs in three published volumes, in collaboration with the musicologist Janmejai Singh Guleria.
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