Sumitranandan-Pant

Sumitranandan pant

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Sumitranandan pant introduction

Thinking about Hindi literature, the first name comes from Sumitranandan Pant. Widely referred to as the pillar third pillar of Chhayawad (neo-romanticism) with Jaishankar Prasad, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala and Mahadevi Verma, Pant was one whose eccentricities were as interesting as his writings.

Verma said that when he met Pant for the first time, he started laughing out loud, because by then, he had admitted, named her, that she was a woman. The name, as he also had long hair, had a story behind it.

After the birth of Gosain Dutt, he changed his name to Sumitranandan Pant while in school as a tribute to Ramayana's Lakshmana, whose mother's name was Sumitra, while the hairstyle was inspired by French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte.

He was not the only name, although he was changed. Many years later, he suggested to fellow poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan that instead of naming his son Inquilab, he might consider Amitabh. The rest, as they say, is history. Pant is also credited with giving the national broadcaster, Doordarshan, its name.

On its 120th birth anniversary, ThePrint explores the life and work of Sumitranandan Pant.

Sumitranandan pant early life

Man of nature

Pant was born on 20 May 1900 in Kausani in Almora district of Uttarakhand. His mother died soon after the child's birth, while his father managed a tea estate. Pant's love for nature and the development of words early in life. At the age of seven, he started writing poetry and songs. His childhood poems on nature are compiled in a collection called Veena.

Famously as the 'Sukumar Kavi of Nature' (Poet of Nature), he spent many years of his life in the hills and outskirts, taking pride in his poetry. He calls the clouds ke gagan ke gan ’(the song of the sky), the shadow created by Surya as his beloved (Sajni) and God, an artist for him.

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Influence of Gandhi and Marx

After completing his schooling from Almora, Pant moved to Kashi to pursue higher education. However, he soon dropped out to join Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha movement.

Gandhi was one of several prominent leaders influencing Pant - including Rabindranath Tagore, Karl Marx and Avindo.

Sample this omen to Gandhi from his collection Chidambar:

"Bapu! You see the sun of Amma, Tejashi

Swan exclaims from Rome, gets life

Nahin jaanat

Para, human is true non-violence, and determination "

(Bapu! Hearing my fiery call of the soul, of every fiber of my rejoicing. I do not know how long mankind will bear, but truth and non-violence will always be the idol of humanity)

Marxism began to appear very subtly in Pant's poetry. With Neo-Romanticism, he became a spokesman for progressive poetry, and his poems showed a deep awareness of class inequality. In his collection Yugavani, he wrote:

"Manav is not affected in Shreni category

Do not let your life go through labor force

(Man should not be divided on the basis of caste and class, money should be earned by hard work and public labor should not be exploited)

Many poets conceived and recreated Bharat Mata through their poetry. Pant's Bharat Mata (Bharat Mata) represents a mixture of Gandhism and Marxism. In his poem Bharatmata Gramvasini, he wrote:

“Bharat Mata Gramvasini

Fila is Shyamal in Khetan

Dusty dirt

Anasu water in Ganga Yamuna

Udasini statue of miti "

His Bharat Mata is a rural Indian woman who works in the fields, whose clothes are dirty, whose tears form the Ganges and Yamuna, a gloomy idol made of mud. She further writes that she is an expatriate at her home, as a woman often feels.

Achievements of Sumitranandan pant

Pant was the first Hindi poet to be conferred with the prestigious Jnanpith Award in 1968, which is the largest literary award. The poet was also awarded the Sahitya Akademi and the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

Cause of death of Sumitranandan pant

He died of a heart attack in 1977.