Savaar Laine

Savaar Laine

coverpage of Savaar Laine
Author Anil Chavda
Cover artist Afaq Maniar
Country India
Language Gujarati
Genre Gujarati Ghazal
Publisher Navbharat Sahitya Mandir, Ahmedabad
Publication date
15 February 2012
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 96
Awards
ISBN 978-81-8440-680-1
OCLC 843085313
891.471
LC Class PK1859.C285

Savaar Laine (Gujarati: સવાર લઈને) (English: Bringing the dawn to you) is the first collection of Ghazals written by Anil Chavda, the leading young ghazal-poet of 21st century in Gujarati literature. The book has won the Yuva Gaurav Award - 2014, Instituted by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi. The book have also got critical reviews by well-known Gujarati poets and writers including Chandrakant Topiwala, Raghuvir Chaudhari, Chinu Modi, Harsh Brahmbhatt and Saumya Joshi.[1]

Content

Kem gumshum thai gayo? Kain bol; ne aa ghav shana chhe?
Shu thayun, tadko tane vagyo? Jara zakal lagavi daun?
English Translation:
Why so silent? Say something atleast, what are these wounds made of?
Did sunray hurt you? Shall I smear the dews drops?

Anil Chavda (Savaar Laine page 29), [2]

There are seventy ghazals in this book, composed in the form of four, five or six shear. Chiefly, The Arabic meters 'Ramal' and 'Hazaj' have been used in this ghazal by the poet Anil Chavda. 'Kataav', the meter, have been used in several ghazals of this book, is lucid and have an easy flow. The two main emotions depicted in this ghazals are Intensity of pain and Discordance with worldly life. He is, However, not a spokesman of westernized modern sensibility, though he has depicted the perplexity and suffocation of modern life. The ghazals, composed in long meters, are also significant work of poet.[3]

References

  1. Purohit, Ramesh (15 April 2013). "Savaar Laine - Anil Chavda". Kavita (A Bimonthly Gujarati Poetry Journal). Mumbai: Janmbhoomi.
  2. Chavda, Anil (2012). Savaar Laine. Ahmedabad: Navbharat Sahitya Mandir. p. 29. ISBN 978-81-8440-680-1. OCLC 843085313.
  3. Sheth, Chandrakant (5 August 2013). "Savaar Laine - Anil Chavda". Olakh (Monthly Gujarati Magazine). Ahmedabad: 10.
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