HAATHIYON KI TOLI
Anil Singh
HAATHIYON KI TOLI by By Varun Grover. Illustrated by Gunjan Bharti Jugnoo Prakashan, an Imprint of Ektara Trust, , 10 pp., INR 45.00
November 2024, volume 48, No 11

Haathiyon ki Toli is a deep and long story written in the form of a short poem. Long because though the words are limited, it says a lot more than just those few words. And deep because the expression in those few words take you to the depths of your own feelings and thoughts.

Varun Grover, who aligns phrases like ‘Moon ka gola’ and ‘oon ka gola’, in this poem brings common facts about elephants to a level where you can feel and touch them. Beginning with the smallest elephant and going to the oldest, the way the poem tells us about them, you get a sense of the character and nature of the entire elephant community.

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