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HOHOLIKA (AADHUNIK BHAVAI)

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Chandravadan Mehta • GUJARATI

Manuscript No: OMS - 393 TMC: OMS - 393

Description (English)

‘Hoholika’ is a Gujarati folk-style comedy (Bhavai) by Chandravadan C. Mehta that parodies a corrupt court system. When a man’s borrowed ox accidentally loses its tail, the foolish, bribe-taking judge rules that the borrower keeps the ox, the owner gets only the severed tail, and the owner must also farm his brother's land for free until a new tail grows.

Description (Gujarati)

ચંદ્રવદન ચી. મહેતા લિખિત ‘હોહોલિકા’ સડેલા ન્યાયતંત્ર પર કટાક્ષ કરતું એક ભવાઈ શૈલીનું હાસ્ય-નાટક છે. કચેરીમાં જ્યારે એક ભાઈના બળદની પૂંછડી તૂટી જવાનો કિસ્સો આવે છે, ત્યારે લાંચિયો કાજી સાહેબ અજીબોગરીબ ચુકાદો આપે છે કે – "જ્યાં સુધી નવી પૂંછડી ન ઊગે ત્યાં સુધી બળદ બીજા ભાઈ પાસે રહેશે, માલિકને ફક્ત કપાલેલી પૂંછડી મળશે અને તેણે મફતમાં ખેતી પણ કરી આપવી પડશે!"

Manuscript Details

Author

Chandravadan Mehta

Author Introduction

Chandravadan Chimanlal Mehta, also referred as C. C. Mehta or Chan. Chi. Mehta, was a Gujarati playwright, critic, self-writer, poet and travel writer, based in Vadodara.\nBorn: 6 April 1901, Surat\nDied: 1992\nLanguage: Gujarati\nNotable awards: Padma Shri (1962); Sahitya Academy Award (1971); Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (1984)\nAwards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre - Playwriting (Gujarati)\nBooks: Bāndha gaṭhariyāṃ

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GUJARATI

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