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Manoj Nigam
GHODA AUR ANYA KAHANIYAN by Vinod Kumar Shukla Jugnoo, 2022, 56 pp., 175.00
November 2022, volume 46, No 11

Vinod Kumar Shukla’s Ghoda aur Anya Kahaniyan has six stories apart from the one titled ‘Ghoda’. These are : ‘Bahiya’, ‘Cinema Line’, ‘Heera’, ‘Kotwar’, ‘Sacchai ki duniya’ and ‘Gali-mohalle ki Jalvayu’.

‘Bahiya’, alias a madman, replies to all questions people ask him in a particular pattern. The mystery of his unique ways and the pattern of his answering questions is revealed later in the story. Taposhi Ghoshal’s illustrations present a particular image of Bahiya. Another image of Bahiya is etched in the reader’s minds in the process of reading. Interestingly, these two images of Bahiya walk together as we move with the story, and then much beyond it.

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