Plot: Seemin Shah, hailing from an upper middle class family, falls in love with her handsome class fellow Aftab in the MA Sociology class at Government College Lahore. Every sensitive reader who has attended a college or a university in a Pakistani setting is bound to find some similarities between themselves and one of the characters. Her characters are not black and white ones as some of the critics would like to suggest. But she does not sacrifice the flow of the narrative anywhere in this novel. The nostalgic narration of the historical Government College Lahore and of the Lawrence Garden Lahore lights upon the days of seventies and eighties.īano Qudsia is among those Urdu writers who would think ten times before writing a sentence. She seems to suggest that the abnormality is transferred genetically to the next generation.Īpart from the above implication the novel has many social, emotional and psychological aspects.
In the opinion of many readers and critics she manages to convince them that the pursuance of Haraam, be it financial, moral or emotional, results in the deterioration of a person's normality in some sense. Naturally the plot is woven to support the thesis. Many readers tend to interpret Raja Gidh as a sermon, in which Bano Qudsia puts forth her theory of hereditary transmission of Haraam genes. The metaphor of the vulture as an animal feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead animals is employed to portray the trespassing of ethical limits imposed by the society or by the religion.īano Qudsia has written this novel drawing on the religious concept of Haraam and Halaal. In fact, parallel to the main plot of the novel, an allegorical story of such a kingdom is narrated. The name anticipates the kingdom of vultures. Gidh is the Urdu word for a vulture and Raja is a Hindi synonym for king. Raja Raja Chola had established several departments such as police and disaster management centuries ago, speakers said.Raja Gidh (Urdu: راجه گدھ) by Bano Qudsia is one of the most widely read and acclaimed Urdu novels. “My aim was to reach out to the younger generation about such rich history,” he said. He was the first king to provide a postal address system and contributed immensely to temple architecture. Deivanayagam said he made several reforms for his people. Noting that it was befitting to describe the emperor as ‘Sri Raja Raja Chola The Great’, Mr. Vimala, retired judge of the Madras High Court, said the book brought forth facts from the past that were relevant today. “Such books help in nurturing Tamil and its culture and learning about its roots.” Natarajan, director, Passport Authority of India, said Prof. The event was jointly organised by the Thanjavur Thamil Sangam and the Heritage Inspired.
In Tamil, spoke about the emperor’s administrative system which was still relevant and revealed several well-researched facts about the Chola dynasty, noted speakers. The great emperor of India - Sri Raja Raja Chola The audience at a book launch held in the city on Saturday got a slice of Chola history as the significant contributions of emperors Raja Raja Chola and Rajendra Chola were discussed at length.Īuthored by Tamil scholar and historian G.
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