Writers'
woes
Sir,
This has
reference to the Sunday Magazine write up
"Woes of J&K writers'' by
Deepak. The author has touched most
sensitive issue which is pricking the
writers from within. He genuinely
prophesies that the time is not far away
when the family members would be
distributing the books among mourners
after the death of the writer. The author
rightly points out that personality
factor always leaves impact on the future
of books. In fact the personality factor
works in every department of life.
Jagmohan's "Frozen Turbulence"
and Sheikh Abdullah's 'Aatish-e-Chinar'
are surely hit at stalls but then these
books are reference books and are almost
must. Instead the books in question, the
author should have given example of other
books like Taveleen Singh's "Tragedy
of Errors'' which is itself a tragedy of
errors. No doubt woes of writers are
multiplying today but at the same time
woes of readers and the fate of books
need attention. Since book is a link
between writer and a reader, therefore,
full length debate on the issue becomes
necessary keeping in view the mindset of
readers and the quality of written
matter. Hardly a day passes when a book
or two are not released. Mushrooming of
literary organisations and books coming
in bundles pose problems for the reader.
More
agonising is the qualitative approach.
Plagiarism and ceasing values, are
responsible for the stooping levels. Mr.
Deepak has artfully induced the sense of
self searching in the nerves has artfully
induced the sense of self searching in
the nerves of authors for exploring the
causes of failures. Apart from casting
aspersions on others for the follies it
is the time for the writers to knock
their conscience.
Since we
are living in a world which is witnessing
continuous erosion of the concept of
love, loyalty, integrity concern and
unity so Dr. Agnishakhar's point that the
writers work on individual levels calls
for thorough introspection. I fully
endorse R N Shastri's frank revelation of
books being sold at higher costs. How
long, how many books a reader can afford?
I am not
in agreement with Dr. R L Bhat when he
says writing means scholarly approach. It
is always scholarly approach then you
have to find out also the scholarly
readers. However, Mr. Bhat is correct
when he puts thrust on the deep
understanding of the subject and the
vision. I do not think it within the
mould of literary ethics when O P Sharma,
a veteran journalist says that the
writers do not know marketing skills. If
you weigh the writing in money minting
balances then the art and philosophy of
writing ceases value.
It is
rightly said that some books are to be
chewed, some swallowed and some to be
digested but the fourth observation which
haunts me for a long time is that some
books are to be thrown away in present
era (Blasphemy be pardoned).
Yours
etc...
Adarsh Ajit
Patoli,
Jammu
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