Harilalupadhyay.org Online Tribute To The Great Gujarati Author - Harilal Upadhyay
Title
Online Tribute To The Great Gujarati Author
Description
Excerpted from the website description:
- This site is the official cum tribute website to the Great Gujarati Author Late Shri Harilal Upadhyay. He have presented the Gujarati aka Indian literature with more than a 100 novels in Gujarati.
Languages
English
Address
- Jiten Upadhyay
- Nr. Community Hall, Opp. Bus Station
- Paddhari, Gujarat 360110 India
Additional Information
Late Shri Harilal Upadhyay ((January 22, 1916 - January 15, 1994) is considered as one of the Great Gujarati Authors found ever. He have contributed more than a 100 Books to the Gujarati and hence Indian Literature.
His work includes Historical Novels, Social Novels, Short Stories & Short Story collections, Biographies of well famed larger than the life characters, Children special book to turn them towards ethics, The famous Mahabharat series, Columns & serial stories in news papers, Poems & Poetries and much more...
As we all know Indian society is classified into four VARNAs. Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. Most of the historical novels are based on the tales of Kshatriyas; but all the VARNA's people also are weaved very perfectly there.
The challenge faced when writing a historical novel is you have to stick to the real historical events in one hand and on the other you also have to make it readable and enjoyable. It requires great writing skills and of course a very deep & tough research of history.
Kshatriya can further classified into three streams
1. Suryavansh (Sooryavansh)
2. Chandravansh
3. Agnivansh
Here is a list of books written by him on History of Sooryavansh (survansh) which gets shape on the background of the areas of Mevad (Mewar), Marvad (Marwar) and other areas of Rajasthan.
The book "ShauryaPratapi Chandravansh" must be named on the top of all the hsitorical novels by late shri harilal upadhyay. It can be considered as the encyclopedia of chandravansh. It covers the historical & social events from very ancient era to the modern time (in regards of chandravansh of course).
And of course it definitely doesn't mean other books are less in quality by any means.
Here is the list of some of historical books which belongs to Chandravansh / Kshatriyas of Gujarat
- Padta GadhNa Padchhaya (a set of two books, Part 1 - Part 2) explores the history of Paddhari (Dist: Rajkot, Gujarat, India) along with some places like Morbi and Jamnagar as well.
Social tales based on historical background
Here are some of the social novels based on historical background.
- Otrada Vayara Utho Utho (The history of Modh Brahmins)
- Sonavarani (The history of Modh Brahmins - Sati Shri Sonbai Ma)
The Mahabharat Katha
The great Indian culture have honor to possess the greatest and the biggest EPIC of the world The Mahabharat (or The Mahabharata). Late Shri Harilal Upadhyay have also elaborate the stuff in a set of 7 books. The content in the books is managed in the way a layman can enjoy the stuff and get values from the same (by keeping the qualities of the great epic as is). The seven books are
He have wrote many of the social novels as well, Timeframe for which is spreaded through pre-indepence (india), around the time India just got independence, and the modern era.
Social Novels
- [ Kanchan Lage Na Kaat]
- Antar Khole Ankh
- Nari Hati Ek Namani
- Paras Sparshe Ek J War
- Ugyo Chandra Amase
- Dhabakatu Dhan
