Biography of dhumketu the writer

Often deemed as a difficult literary medium, and packed with heightened emotional intensity, short stories are also the most entertaining kind of literature. In India, the landscape of short stories has been shaped by literary giants like Premchand, R. K Narayan, and Mulk Raj Anand. However, another lesser-known, yet equally talented short story writer, and a famous Gujarati literary figure — Gaurishankar Govardhanram Joshi, who is known by his penname Dhumaketu — has also made a significant contribution to the styles and techniques of modern Indian short stories in the s.

Apart from that, the author has also penned twenty-nine historical novels, seven social novels, numerous plays, travelogues, essays, literary criticism, and memoirs.

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Dhumketu also translated writers and poets like Kahlil Gibran, Rabindranath Tagore, and others. An early version of the story was published in and the story has since then appealed to a wide readership in terms of age, geography, and culture because of its simplicity and pathos. The short story begins with the old man waiting at the post office, early in the morning, as the staff of the office sort out the mails.

Dhumketu writes,. Wrapping his old, tattered shirt tighter around his body to protect against the blasting wind, an old man was making his way through the centre of the city. At this time, the unrestrained, rhythmic sounds of mills grinding, along with the delicate voices of women, could be heard from many homes.

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People were snoring in sweet slumber and the night was more dense thanks to the cold of winter. Bearing the pleasing temperament of a man who can kill without uttering a word, the cold was spreading its tentacles all over, like a deadly weapon. On one side of the street was a row of trees, while the city gardens stood on the other.

Here, it was more chilly and the night was more velvety. The wind pierced right through and the fine brilliance of the morning star, Venus, fell on earth like an icy flake of falling snow.