A Journal of
           Mahatma Gandhi
           Antarrashtriya
           Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
                             LANGUAGE
                             DISCOURSE
                             WRITING
                                 Volume 7
                              January-March 2012
                                  Editor
                              Mamta Kalia
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                                Published by
                Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
                  Hindi : Language, Discourse, Writing
                  A Quarterly Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya
                  Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
                  Volume 7 Number 1 January-March 2012
                  R.N.I. No. DELENG 11726/29/1/99-Tc
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                                           LANGUAGE
                                           DISCOURSE
                                           WRITING
                                             January-March 2012
                    Contents
                    Heritage
                    Ek Tokri Bhar Mitti                 Madhav Rao Sapre                7
                    Discourse
                    The importance of
                    Madhav Rao Sapre                    Manager Pandey                  9
                    Life and Ideals of Premchand        Namwar  Singh                  41
                    The Concept of Indianness in the
                    Hindi Novel                         Satyakam                       45
                    The Novels of Agyeya : A Sociology
                    of Literature Perspective           Subhash Sharma                 56
                    Women’s Liberation :
                    Utopia vs. Reality                  Rajeev Ranjan Giri            133
                    Classic
                    Baanbhatta Ki Atmakatha             Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi 28
                    Language
                    The Language of the Subcontinent    Vibhuti Naraian Rai            62
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                        Culture
                        The Bharatnatyam Heritage in
                        Suriname                            Bhawna  Saxena                 67
                        Interview
                        Pallav in conversation
                        with Swayam Prakash                 Pallav                         72
                        Short Story
                        Budhia                              Ramvriksha Benipuri            7 7
                        Paani                               Gyanprakash Vivek              82
                        The Booster is On                   Rajesh Jain                    94
                        The Piano                           Rekha                         108
                        Manto in my Dream                   Musharraf Alam Zauqui         129
                        Memoir
                        To Be Baba Nagarajun                Bageshri Chakradhar           124
                        Poetry
                        The New Epitaph                     Bhavani Prasad Mishra         144
                        Five Poems                          Chandrakant Deotale           147
                        Book Review
                        Her Piece of Sky : A Critique       Subhash Sharma                156
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