Narayan Gangaram Surve was an outstanding Marathi poet who created a unique style of writing poems using the colloquial language of workers using a conversational prose-like style.
I first meet him when I was in 1st year B.Sc. at Ismail Yusuf College, Mumbai. He was guest poet for a function & I still remember his poem "Asa patrat liha" he sang at that time. On 14th Dec, 1995, he replied to my letter. He gave me blessings & New Year greetings in his Marathi reply letter.
On 10th Oct, 1996, I again got opportunity to meet him at a multilingual Kavi Sammelan organised at Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Chawopati,Mumbai. That time I took his autograph.
In my book collection I have his famous book Majhe Vidyapeeth (My University) which is consider as his first poem collection published in 1966.
Narayan Surveji was born on October 15, 1926. Orphaned or abandoned soon after birth, he grew up in the streets of Mumbai, sleeping on the pavement and earning a meager livelihood by doing odd jobs. He taught himself to read and write. He actively worked in the workers' union movement in Mumbai and supported himself as a schoolteacher.
In the 1970s, he was often championed in India as well as in the Soviet Union and some Eastern bloc countries as a proletarian poet.
Narayan Surve received for his poetry Golden Lotus Award and Kabir Sammanin 1999 from the Madhya Pradesh government. He was a Convener of the Marathi Advisory Board of Sahitya Akademi. He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Parbhani in 1995.
In 1998, he received a Padma Shri award for excellence in Literature & Education.
The following is a partial list of compilations of Narayan Surve's poems and essays:
- Majhe Vidyapeeth (1966)
- Jahirnama (1978)
- Aisa Ga Mi Brahma
- Sanad
- Manush Kalawant
- Ani Samaj
- Sarva Surve (Editor: Vasant Shirwadkar)
- Mastaranchi savli
On the Pavemenu of Life (1973) is a compilation of English translations of Surve's early poems.
He died due to old age and after a brief illness on August 16, 2010.
Marathi Short Film "Narayan Gangaram Surve" based on his life & directed by Arun Khopkar won the Golden Lotus – National award in the Short Film category.
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आई म्हणजे आई असते
आई म्हणजे आई असते
जगा वेगळी बाई असते.....
तिची हक़ म्हणजे
मन हराव्नरी असते......
तिची प्रेमळ बोली
मनाला जिंकणारी असते.....
आई म्हणजे आई असते
जगा वेगळी बाई असते.....
घरातली तुलस तिच्या
मायेने वाढत असते....
बगिच्यातला निशिगंधा....
तिच्या हसण्याने फुलत असते....
आई म्हणजे आई असते
जगा वेगळी बाई असते.....
तिच्या सुरांवर
घर रमत असते.......
तिच्या तलवार
घर चालत असते...
आई म्हणजे आई असते
जगा वेगळी बाई असते.....
आपल्या बलाचे आश्रू पुसयला
ती सतत तयार असते....
आपल्या बलाला सुखाचे क्षण मिलावे.......
म्हणुन ती सतत तलमलत असते...
आई म्हणजे आई असते
जगा वेगळी बाई असते.....
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असं पत्रात लिवा
तुम्ही खुशाल समदी हावा , असं पत्रात लिवा।।
कोण्या मेल्यानं तुम्हा कळविलं, मी ठुमकते रस्त्यावर
संशय माझा आला तर , नाही जाणार मी बाहेर
पाणी आणाया जाउ का नको, काय ते पत्रात लिवा।।
शंभर रूपायचा हिषोब मागता , मी काय एकटीनं खाल्ले
लाईटचे वीस दिले, पाण्याचे तीस दिले, पंचवीसचे राशन आणले
दूधवाल्याचे पन्नास देउ का नको , काय ते पत्रात लिवा।।
बाळाला आला ताप अन् खोकला, प्रायवेटला घेउन गेले,
त्याला जे. जे. ला नेउ का नको, काय ते पत्रात लिवा।।
बेबीला आताशा शाळेत घातलय, अभ्यास चांगला करते
आयाबायांनी शिकायला पायजे, वस्तीच अख्खी बोलते
मी बी शिकायला जाउ का नको, काय ते पत्रात लिवा।।
जवापासून तुमी गेला परदेषी, माजलेत इथे लफंगे
घडून मिळून राह्याच सोडून, धर्माच्या नावावर दंगे
समद्या वस्तीला समजावू का नको, काय ते पत्रात लिवा।।
नारी मुक्तीच्या मरतात सभा, मीटींगला आम्ही जातो
बहिणीला तुमच्या मारतो नवरा, सगळयाजणी धमकावतो,
तिला सोडवाया जाउ का नको, काय ते पत्रात लिवा।।
कोण्या मेल्यानं तुम्हा कळीवलं मी ठुमकते रस्त्यावर,
मीटींगला जाते, मोच्र्याला जाते, त्याविना कसं जमणार,
या तुमीबी साभ द्यायाला, असं पत्रात लिवा।।
Important Link
Marathi Short Film Narayan Gangaram Surve - Part 1
Marathi Short Film Narayan Gangaram Surve - Part 2
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ReplyDeleteRead yr blog tdy, you seem like a fan of Surveji. I'm new to Mumbai and a firm believer that LIterature is the best insight into the culture of any place. Is Surveji work available translated into either Hindi or English language. Is yes where can I find such work?
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