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सूरज का सातवाँ घोड़ा by Dharamvir Bharati
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bookshelves: z2020, classics, indian, hindi

Literally translated - The Seventh horse of the Sun.

Legend has it that this could be interpreted in many ways:
1. The seven horses of the Sun corresponds to VIBGYOR with each of the color of rainbow depicted as one horse. I guess this is not the context here, as the title focuses on the 7th one alone.
2. According to Hindu mythology, one of the horses pulling the Sun god's chariot is weak which always remains a bit behind the other horses of the same chariot.
3. Alternately in Hindu mythology itself, the seventh and smallest horse guides us towards the future.

Coming back to the book. The protagonist Manik Mulla narrates stories to his bachelor friends every afternoon. The tales are semi-biographical recounting his love interest with three different girls at different times.
All stories are from different economic backgrounds - rich, poor and middle class. There are symbolic references detailed in the book on Marxism, Communalism and how each love story contributes to progressing the society.

Initially it looked like a collection of short stories, but there is more than meets the eye.
Experimental narration and written much ahead of its time, it’s a must read for Hindi lit fans.
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Reading Progress

May 6, 2020 – Started Reading
May 6, 2020 – Shelved
May 6, 2020 –
10.0% "कहाव� मे� चाहे ज़� कु� ह़�, प्रे� मे� खरबूजा चाहे चाकू पर गिरे चाहे चाकू खरबूजे पर, नुकसान हमेश� चाकू का ह़ोत� है� अत: जिसक� व्यक्तित्व चाकू की तर� ते� और पैना ह़�, उस� हर हालत मे� उस उलझन से बचना चाहिए।"
May 6, 2020 –
25.0% "हमारी ज़िन्दगी मे� जर�-सी पर� उखाड� कर देख़� त़� हर तर� इतनी गंदगी और कीचड� छुपा हु� है कि सचमच� उस पर ऱोन� आत� है�"
May 7, 2020 –
70.0%
May 8, 2020 – Shelved as: z2020
May 8, 2020 – Shelved as: classics
May 8, 2020 – Shelved as: indian
May 8, 2020 – Shelved as: hindi
May 8, 2020 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Makrand (new)

Makrand Wow! Nice review! Read the legend you described. Does that mean the book is futuristic (since the seventh horse guides us towards the future) ?


message 2: by Guttu (new)

Guttu There's a movie of the same name and based on same novel by Shyam Benegal with Rajat Kapoor in the lead. Beautiful movie.


Gorab Makrand wrote: "Wow! Nice review! Read the legend you described. Does that mean the book is futuristic (since the seventh horse guides us towards the future) ?"

The book was definitely much ahead of its time. Can't believe it was written in 50s!


Gorab Guttu wrote: "There's a movie of the same name and based on same novel by Shyam Benegal with Rajat Kapoor in the lead. Beautiful movie."

Yes watched the movie a decade back. Forgot what it was about except Rajit Kapur. Lovely movie.
Both are almost the same till the end. Book ending worked better than film endingfor me.


message 5: by Deepak (new) - added it

Deepak Not able to find the books . How to read plz suggest


Gorab Deepak wrote: "Not able to find the books . How to read plz suggest"

ŷ doesn't provides book. For reading the book, you need to grab a copy from your nearest bookseller or online book selling platforms.


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