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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Self-Styled Sovereign, the Judiciary
This is in fact an academic deliberation on the functioning and reality of the judicial system prevalent in India post what they call ‘Independence’. Whose Independence was it anyway? For whom? Except for the ruling class? The lawyers first, and then the hooligans of Chambal. Nonetheless, the judiciary of the free country turned out to be one step further than its new crop of leaders; they usurped the entire authority from the latter in subtle moves one after the other. In olden epochs, the autocratic Sultaans or Baadshaahs dispensed justice purely depending upon their whims and fancies which were incidental to the moods and tantrums of the Sovereign. Historically as well, the Real Sovereign is the one who dispenses justice. The Judiciary in Indian Republic soon realised it.
Videh Arvind Kumar
'Videh' Arvind Kumar
He has published books in both English and Hindi spanning multiple genre that include two English translations: ‘Search for Life’, the English version of Hindi book ‘Hatyari Sadee Main Jeevan Kee Khoj’ by ‘Nirvikar’ Mukesh Kumar; and ‘Reality of Invisible’, that of Hindi poetry book ‘Adrishya Kaa Yathaarth’ by renowned poet ‘Ashwaghosh’ Om Prakash Sharma. Aside from these translations, he has published two English books based on critical appreciation and study: ‘Nagasaki: Bomb & Aftermath’ based on the first novel ‘A Pale View of Hills’ by 2017 Nobel Literature laureate, Kazuo Ishiguro; and ‘Procreation, the Adorable’ based on the study and appreciation of mythological volume ‘Shiv Puraan’ in the present contexts. Besides, five books of the long fiction series entitled ‘Hypocrisy & Reality’: ‘Book 1: Beyond the Pale’, ‘Book 2: In the Wilderness’, ‘Book 3: Advent of Time’, ‘Book 4: Devoid of Shelter’ and ‘Book 5: Price of Refuge’ have so far been published, with the rest to come to light in due course. ‘Bewailing Muse’, the anthology of English poems; ‘Chambellion’ and ‘Self-Styled Sovereign, the Judiciary’, the dramatic deliberations on contemporary topics; and ‘Brainy Beasts, the collection of short stories; are four other English books published by him.
In Hindi, apart from publishing ‘Ambedkar Smriti’ in the genre of drama; and a collection of prayers and inspiring excerpts from poetry ‘Praarthnaa Evam Praanaansh’, he has published three Katha-Sangrah (anthologies of short stories) entitled, respectively, ‘Anpadh Lipi’, ‘Paashaan-Yug’ and ‘Nisarg’; three anthologies of Hindi poems entitled ‘Aart Gaan’, ‘Kaal-krandan’ and ‘Ananubhoot Kaal’. He has also appreciated critically and editorially compiled the first epic of Khadee Bolee Hindi, the ‘Priya-Pravaas’ by legendary poet ‘Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay ‘Hari-audh’.
