BAIKUNTHEE: REVIEWED BY RAJNI CHHABRA
BAIKUNTHEE While translation is generally perceived as a conversation between two languages, it can also be, in certain contexts, a conversation between two eras between the past and present. Baikunthee is brain child of literary icon Dev Kishan Rajpurohit Ji. He is well established identity in literary corridors of Rajasthani as well as Hindi and has several accolades to his credit on state as well as National level. This Fiction of writer is responsive to the societal currents of his time as well as the need for reformation in context of present scenario. In 'Baikunthee', the writer presents an impressively diverse cast of characters caught up in both ordinary and extra ordinary situations. His imagination goes wherever life happens; villages, rural life, customs, rituals, obsolete traditions, household, disputes and fractions in family, business trends, corruption, self employment, dowry system, re- marriage of widows, concern for purity of environment, plant...