Dr. Ramkumar Verma: rich in versatility and father of Ekanki plays

Mumbai, September 14 (IANS). There are some writers in the history of modern Hindi literature, of which the Aura has relieved many genres. One of these is Dr. Ramkumar Verma, known as ‘Ekanki -Empire’. Dr Ramkumar Verma was born on September 15, 1950 in the Zechar district of Madhya Pradesh. His father Lakshmi Prasad Verma was a deputy collector. Ramkumar Verma was a famous poet, playwright, junk and critic of the Hindi literature world. It is counted among the important creators of the Post -Shadowy -era. His works give a glimpse of history, social consciousness and nationality. He was best known for his plays, also known as the ‘father of the modern Hindi Ekanki plays’. His language was spontaneous, fluent and full of emotions. He wrote plays such as ‘Prithviraj’s Kum’, ‘Reshmi Tie’, ‘Rajatrashmi’, ‘Rituraj’, ‘Deepdan’, ‘Charumitra’, ‘Vibhuti’, ‘Saptakiran’, ‘Ruparang’, ‘Juhi Ke Phool’. Ramkumar Verma received the All India Sahitya Sammelan Award for the novel ‘Chittrekha’ and the All India Sahitya Sammelan Award for Ekanki Collection. He was also received the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He gave a new direction to Hindi’s short theater tradition and brought Natya literature closer to common life. Ramkumar Verma gave Hindi Ekanki Kala a new structural ideal, in which he coordinated the Indian soul and Western technology. In 1930 he wrote his first Ekanki called ‘Badal’s Death’, which became extremely popular as a fantasy. Not only was this composition the beginning of his Ekanki writing, but it also brought Hindi Ekanki to a new place. He gave different sensations of human life on many levels of psychology in Ekanki. No writing genre was untouched by Ramkumar Verma’s pen. His creativity documents are more than 101 works. According to critics, he appeared as a poet, sometimes playwright, sometimes editor and sometimes as a researcher and a history writer of literature. Some critics even say that if someone wrote the history of authentic Hindi literature to Acharya Ramchandra Shukla, then he is Dr. Ramkumar Verma. Ramkumar Verma raised two main topics in his Ekanki plays – historically and socially. His historical Ekanki was inspired by the golden pages of Indian history, in which he set out the characters who could fill high character rites among the readers. His plays were well contained by the voices of Indian culture and national consciousness. At the same time, his social Ekanki belongs to the problems of love and spiritual conflict, which reaches the object of life in realistic colors. However, his idealistic thinking in these units was so deep that his characters sometimes radiate love and life for the ideal. Dr Ramkumar Verma thus established an ideal in the Hindi literature, which is still relevant today. His compositions prove that none of the letter can define his talent, but he left an indelible mark in every genre. -Ians jp/as