Arvind Tiwari’s report

Chhatarpur – As per the wishes of Honorable Santosh Choubey, Chancellor of Rabindranath Tagore University and Director of the International Literature and Art Festival “Vishwa Rang”, Vanmali Srijan Peeth was organized by R. Of. Bhardwaj has been nominated as the district coordinator of Vanamali Srijan Kendra Chhatarpur. On this occasion, Bhardwaj expressed his gratitude to Revered Choubey and Vanmali Srijan Peeth and said that as per the wish of Revered Choubey and Vanmali Srijan Peeth, Vanmali Srijan Kendra, through Chhatarpur, aims to highlight regional talents (creators) and provide them a platform at the regional and national level. Will be tried. Let us tell you that Vanamali Srijan Peeth is inspired by the writing journey of Vanamali, which is an honorary initiative created to encourage writers. Based on the basic concept that rural writers should get equal opportunities as urban writers, this initiative organizes meetings, discussions and other literary discourses. Vanmali Srijan Peeth has started the tradition of giving the prestigious Vanmali National Award to the writers writing for the expansion of Hindi and other Indian languages. In this, he is decorated with journalism honors including Vanmali Katha Top Award, National Katha Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Katha Award, Vanmali Science Katha Award, Madhya Pradesh Katha Award and Yuva Katha Award. Vanmali Srijan Peeth has been established all over India. New dimensions of literary and cultural development have been set through Srijan Peeth Headquarters. Vanmali Srijan Kendras, which are continuously active in promoting the activities of art, literature, culture and social concerns of remote rural areas and towns, have been established at the district and zonal level. In which an attempt is made to highlight regional talents and present them at the national level. To share the mutual activities of all the creation centers, “Vanmali Varta Patrika” is being published online. Vanmali Srijan Peeth, Bhopal has made a golden mark at the global level by organizing the International Literature and Art Festival. The award instituted by Vanamali Srijan Peeth is dedicated to the memory of a storyteller (Jagannath Prasad Choubey) who dedicated his life to upholding these values through literature and works. Recipients of the award are selected on the basis of their contribution to Hindi language short story and novel literature over a period of two years.It is noteworthy that between the forties and sixties, ‘Vanamali was an important signature of the Hindi story world. In the year 1934, his first story ‘Jildsaaz’ was published in the monthly ‘Vishwamitra’ published from Calcutta and after that, for about twenty-five years, he appeared in the prestigious literary magazines ‘Saraswati’, ‘Kahaani’, ‘Vishwamitra’, ‘Vishal Bharat’, ‘Lokamitra’. ‘, ‘Bharti’, ‘Maya’, ‘Madhuri’ etc. were published regularly. Due to the intensity of feeling, dramatic effect in the story, subtle psychological understanding and ability of analysis, his stories received appreciation from both the wide readership and critics. Acharya Nanddulare Bajpayee had included his story ‘Man and Dog’ in his collection of best stories. For about twenty years, Vanamali’s stories were taught in many schools and colleges of Madhya Pradesh. He wrote more than a hundred stories, satires and essays. Apart from fiction, his satirical essays have also been quite popular. His stories continued to be broadcast regularly from Akashvani Indore. Apart from fiction, ‘Vanamali’ had a notable contribution in the field of education. He was among the leading educationists of undivided Madhya Pradesh. On the call of Mahatma Gandhi, he remained engaged in the work of adult education for many years. Then he worked as a teacher, headmaster and deputy director in Bilaspur, Khandwa and Bhopal and meanwhile, due to innovation in schools and teaching methods through his books and as a member of the committee of the National Educational Research Council, he made a name for himself in the world of education. Had made an important place. In the year 1962, Dr. He was awarded the President’s Award by Radhakrishnan. Vanmali was born on 01 August 1912 in Agra. He lived his entire life in Madhya Pradesh and died on 30 April 1976 in Bhopal. His first story collection ‘Jildsaaj’ was published after his death in 1983 and his second collection named ‘Pratinidhi Kahaniyaan’ was published in 1995. In the year 2008, the first volume of Vanamali Samagra and in the year 2011, two more volumes titled ‘Vanamali Smriti’ and ‘Vanamali Srijan’ have been published under the editorship of Santosh Chabey.