Bhalchandra Nemade
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Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade (Devanagari
: भालचंद्र वनाजी नेमाडे) (born 1938) is a Marathi
writer from Maharashtra
, India
.
. He received his bachelor's degree from Fergusson College
in Pune
and Master's degree in Linguistics
from Deccan College
in Pune and English Literature from the Mumbai University in Mumbai
. He received Ph.D. and D.Lit. degrees from North Maharashtra University
.
Nemade taught English, Marathi, and comparative literature
at various universities including the School of Oriental and African Studies
at London
. He retired from Mumbai University's Gurudeo Tagore Chair for comparative literature studies. In the 1960s, Nemade edited Marathi magazine Vacha (वाचा). He received a Sahitya Akademi Award
for year 1990 for his critical work Teeka Svayanwar (टीका स्वयंवर).
(कोसला) in 1963. It is a fictitious autobiographical novel of one Pandurang Sangavikar, a youth from rural Maharashtra
who studies in a college in Pune
; but it is loosely based on Nemade's own life in his youth.
Sangavikar, the narrator in Kosala, uses everyday Marathi spoken in rural Maharashtra and his worldview also reflects that held by residents of rural Maharashtra. Kosala is a chronological autobiographical narration, yet it employs certain innovative techniques. Thus, Sangavikar describes one year in his life in the form of a witty diary. As another innovative technique, the narration describes "historical investigations" often undertaken by Sangavikar and his friend Suresh Bapat, which ultimately uncover to them the absurdity and tragedy of their present condition. "Kosla" is extensive translated in various languages incluging English, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Assami, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Orria, etc.
After “Kosala”, Nemade presented a different protagonist, Changadev Patil, through his four novels Bidhar (बिढार), Jarila (जरीला), Jhool (झूल) and Hool (हूल).
The differences between Sangavikar and Patil them are not confined to just their age, profession, habits, and intellectual and emotional perception: While Sangavikar at times keeps the world at bay or even rejects the world, Patil is all for the world and is forever engaged in confronting and understanding it. Sanagvikar is mercurial; Patil is more realistic.
As a critique, Nemade proposes that short stories are of a genre inferior to that of novels, and that Marathi literature ought to try to be “native”. He has also taken a position against Indians writing in English.
Nemade's latest novel, "Hindu - Jagnyachi Samrudh Adgal"(हिंदू - जगण्याची समृद्ध अडगळ) ) was published in 2010.
Devanagari
Devanagari |deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...
: भालचंद्र वनाजी नेमाडे) (born 1938) is a Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
writer from Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, India
India
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.
Life
Nemade was born in 1938 in the village of Sangavi in KhandeshKhandesh
Khandesh is a region of central India, which forms the northwestern portion of Maharashtra state.Khandesh was the terminal territorial part under the rule of Mughals. The Start of Deccan region demarcated by the boundary of Khandesh....
. He received his bachelor's degree from Fergusson College
Fergusson College
Fergusson College is a degree college in western India, situated in the city of Pune. It was founded in 1885 by the Deccan Education Society and at that time was the first privately governed college in India. It is named after Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of Bombay, who donated a then...
in Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
and Master's degree in Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
from Deccan College
Deccan College
Deccan College may refer to:* Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute * Deccan College of Engineering and Technology * Deccan College of Medical Sciences, a medical college in Hyderabad, India....
in Pune and English Literature from the Mumbai University in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. He received Ph.D. and D.Lit. degrees from North Maharashtra University
North Maharashtra University
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.
Nemade taught English, Marathi, and comparative literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups...
at various universities including the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
at London
London
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. He retired from Mumbai University's Gurudeo Tagore Chair for comparative literature studies. In the 1960s, Nemade edited Marathi magazine Vacha (वाचा). He received a Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
for year 1990 for his critical work Teeka Svayanwar (टीका स्वयंवर).
Literary career
Nemade wrote his first novel KoslaKosla
Kosala is a 1963 novel in the Marathi language by author Bhalchandra Nemade. It narrates the journey of a young man and his friends through his college years....
(कोसला) in 1963. It is a fictitious autobiographical novel of one Pandurang Sangavikar, a youth from rural Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
who studies in a college in Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
; but it is loosely based on Nemade's own life in his youth.
Sangavikar, the narrator in Kosala, uses everyday Marathi spoken in rural Maharashtra and his worldview also reflects that held by residents of rural Maharashtra. Kosala is a chronological autobiographical narration, yet it employs certain innovative techniques. Thus, Sangavikar describes one year in his life in the form of a witty diary. As another innovative technique, the narration describes "historical investigations" often undertaken by Sangavikar and his friend Suresh Bapat, which ultimately uncover to them the absurdity and tragedy of their present condition. "Kosla" is extensive translated in various languages incluging English, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Assami, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Orria, etc.
After “Kosala”, Nemade presented a different protagonist, Changadev Patil, through his four novels Bidhar (बिढार), Jarila (जरीला), Jhool (झूल) and Hool (हूल).
The differences between Sangavikar and Patil them are not confined to just their age, profession, habits, and intellectual and emotional perception: While Sangavikar at times keeps the world at bay or even rejects the world, Patil is all for the world and is forever engaged in confronting and understanding it. Sanagvikar is mercurial; Patil is more realistic.
As a critique, Nemade proposes that short stories are of a genre inferior to that of novels, and that Marathi literature ought to try to be “native”. He has also taken a position against Indians writing in English.
Nemade's latest novel, "Hindu - Jagnyachi Samrudh Adgal"(हिंदू - जगण्याची समृद्ध अडगळ) ) was published in 2010.
External links
- Reviving the true Hindu ethos, The Hindu, July 3, 2010.
- Brahmins, Hindutva have ruined Hindu religion: Bhalchandra Nemade, DNA Mumbai, July 26, 2010.
- ‘हिंदू’ ही भूसांस्कृतिक संकल्पना - भालचंद्र नेमाडे, लोकसत्ता, July 18, 2010.
- Bhalachandra Nemade speaking on his novel Hindu, Star Maaza, July 27, 2010.