Reinterpreting the pauranic myth of seven horses of the Sun to essay a powerful indictment on the disrupted, struggle- filled, hypocritical and deceitful life of the lower middle class, the novel, The Sun's Seventh Horse, breaks new grounds in the art of storytelling. Each of the story in the novel, brought to life and strung together by the narrator who is also the common link, is told through the six afternoons representing the six horses. While the seventh horse, with its chest wide and head held high strides along the desolate lifescape bringing with it the much needed hopes and literature. dreams. A unique and significant novel from modern Hindi literature.
Dharmavir Bharati (b.1926-1997) is a poet, novelist, play- wright and essayist of modern Hindi literature. He is the author of five collections of poetry, two novels, three short story collections, one act play and four collections of essays. He is also the recipient of Padma Shri Award.
Sachchidanand Hiranand Vatsyayan 'Ajneya' (1911-1987), honoured with many awards including Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith, India's highest literary award, for his varied contributions to the world of letters is also a fine translator with six books of translations to his credit.
Main cover based on the still from the film 'Suraj Ka Satwan Ghora by Shyam Benegal
Dr. Dharmavir Bharati's novel Suraj Ka Satwan Ghora (The Sun's Seventh Horse) is an innovative endeavour in modern Hindi narrative literature. The subject, skill, literary style and felicity of expression used in the text is unique. Despite not having a vast framework, the subject matter which the writer has expanded in this novel through the speaker and listeners has a base which is whole, enriched and solid like the seed to tree. To grasp the basic meaning of the story we have to keep in mind the middle-class strata of society after the second world war; their financial condition and mental state arising therefrom.
Gunahon Ka Devta, Dr. Dharmavir Bharati's first novel, also became very popular and was much raved about at the time of its publication. The critics wanting to dismiss it as a romantic expression of a young mind, outcast it from the periphery of mature writing. However till date it retains its popularity because of the fascinating subject it dealt with. The Sun's Seventh Horse is a altogether different from Gunaho Ka Devta in its subject, treatment and style. An emphasis on dialogue predominates the language. Apart from this, there is no sort of similarity in the conceptual background. The writer himself indicates the reason for this about maximum possible social enhancement in my outlook. Whatever I write certainly has a social message but it also gives personal satisfaction". To construe the main purpose of The Sun's Seventh Horse it is essential for the reader to keep in mind this remark of Dr. Bharati.
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