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कथाकार एस. आर. हरनोट की कथा पुस्तक ‘जीनकाठी’ का लोकार्पण शिमला में सुप्रसिद्ध साहित्यकार डा. गिरिराज किशोर ने २२ सितम्बर, २००८ को श्री बी. के. अग्रवाल, सचिव (कला, भाषा एवं संस्कृति) हि. प्र. व १५० से भी अधिक साहित्यकारों, पत्रकारों व पाठकों की उपंिस्थति में किया। ‘जीनकाठी तथा अन्य कहानियां’ आधार प्रकाशन प्रकाशन प्रा०लि० ने [...]

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Shimla: On the occasion of 125th birth year of popular Hindi writer Chandradhar Sharma ‘Guleri’, a special screening of the film Usne Kaha Tha based on one of his popular stories would be held here on July 19, in the capital city of Himachal Pradesh.
Legendary filmmaker, Bimal Roy made the film in 1960. The story [...]

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एस आर हरनोट की बहुचर्चित कहानी ‘बिल्लियां बतियाती है‘, हिन्दी की कालजयी कहानियों में शामिल की गई है। ‘हिन्दी की कालजयी कहानियां’ का पांच खंडों में साहित्य अकादमी, दिल्ली द्वारा प्रकाशन किया जा रहा है जिसका संपादन प्रख्यात लेखक स्व. कमलेश्वर ने किया है।
उन्होंने इस कहानी का चयन अकादेमी की इस महत्वपूर्ण व वृहद् योजना [...]

By: HimVani
साहित्य अकादेमी, दिल्ली ने शुक्रवार 7 मार्च, 2008 को सांय 6 बजे अपने विशिष्ट कथासंधि कार्यक्रम में सुपरिचित हिन्दी कथाकार एस. आर. हरनोट के एकल कथा-पाठ का अपने सभागार रवीन्द्र भवन, नई दिल्ली में आयोजन किया जिसमें हरनोट ने अपनी बहुचर्चित तीन कहानियों-मोबाइल, नदी गायब है और मां पढ़ती है का पाठ किया। [...]

Kanwar Dinesh Singh has published ten poetry collections in English: Reveries Incessant (1993), Implosions (1996), Asides (1996), Thinking Aloud (1999), The Theophany (1999), House Arrest (2000), Deuce: Haiku Poems (2001: in collaboration with Patricia Prime of New Zealand), The Flow of Soul (2002), Rainbows, Moonbows and Fog (2002), and Scintillations: The Junctures of Satori (2003). [...]

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Shimla: While political parties are playing the blame game regarding providing asylum to controversial Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen, the writer community in Himachal Pradesh has come forward to offer her a home.
Noted Himachali writer SR Harnot on Thursday said if the government allowed Nasreen to stay in Hiamchal, he was ready to offer his [...]

By: Surekha Dhaleta
Akkad bakkad bambe po, assi nabbe poore sau…. The equivalent to this in Pahari (I’m familiar with the Upper Shimla region only) is Idki bidki danda didki, taklo bhai ree botia, suno roopo jotey…
A few months back, noted author and veteran journalist, Khushwant Singh, delved upon such nonsensical verses in India in his [...]

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Shimla: Renowned Himachali Hindi writer S R Harnot’s popular short-story, ‘Darosh‘, has been filmed and will be soon on Doordarshan’s national channel.
The 30-minute archival film will be showcased in Doordarshan’s programme - Indian Classics.
The story profusely depicts the life of ethnic Kinnaur, one of the border districts of Himachal Pradesh and highlights resistance by the [...]

By: Surekha Dhaleta
Anyone would mistake this elderly lady to be one of the ‘spiritual Gurus’ - frail framed, adorning three/four rudraksh malas, many necklaces, numerous rings… and many more ornaments. An intriguing question about her jewellery, sets her rolling. “This is my way of enjoying life,” she tells HimVani.
Defying the age barriers and infirmities of [...]

By: D D Sharma
Shimla: The state award money for the Language and Culture department has been enhanced from Rs 10,000 to Rs 51,000, state Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh announced here. The amount of State Academy Awards has also been increased from Rs. 11,000 to Rs. 31,000.