Ardhanarishwar

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Ardhanarishwar

Novel by Vishnu Prabhakar

Ardhanarishwar (meaning The Androgynous God or Shiva) is a Hindi novel by Indian writer Vishnu Prabhakar, published in 1992. It won the 1993 Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi, given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[1][2] Prabhakar was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in 2004 for it.[3][4] It is about 1200-pages long and was well received by the readers.[5]

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Reception

Dr. Subhash Rastogi writing for Hindi daily Dainik Tribune, says, "In Ardhanarishwar, Vishnu grapples with the most burning issue of rape today. The author has investigated many fundamental reasons for this problem from a psychological perspective. This novel is also different from the traditional structure of Hindi novels. The author has divided 'Ardhanarishvara' into three sections - individual-mind, society-mind and inner-mind."[6]

Awards and recognition

Koi to Ho Ardhnarishwar, a Doordarshan's Hindi daily TV soap was the adoption of the novel, Ardhanarishwar. It was originally aired in 2010 on Doordarshan.[5][9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Vishnu Prabhakar death anniversary: All you need to know about the Gandhian writer". The Free Press Journal. April 9, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Sahitya Academi Winners (Hindi)". Sahitya Akademi.
  3. [3]
    "Heartfelt remembrance". Ministry of Culture, India. April 11, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "End of an era". Tribune India. April 26, 2009.
  5. [5]
    "महिलाओं पर केन्द्रित है 'कोई तो हो अर्धनारीश्वर'" (in Hindi). Hindustan newspaper. November 27, 2010.
  6. [6]
    "अर्द्धनारीश्वर : यौन शुचिता के प्रश्न से मुक्ति" (in Hindi). Dainik Tribune. August 11, 2015.
  7. [7]
    "साहित्य अकादेमी अनुवाद पुरस्कार (1989–2021) (Punjabi)". Sahitya Academi.
  8. [8]
    "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (1989-2021) (Rajasthani)". Sahitya Academi.
  9. [9]
    "Koi Toh Ho Ardhnarishwar". The A.V. Club. 2010.
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