Alam Shah Khan's Fiction is a rejection of Communalism and Depiction of the Poorest of the Poor: Dr. Ved Dan Sudheer

Udaipur : "Alam Shah Khan's Fiction is a rejection of communal and divisive forces.  He looked at the society around him and tried to depict the poorest of the poor in their true colours. He wrote in their language and was never afraid to call a spade a spade. " This was stated by Dr. Ved Dan Sudheer, political analyst and an expert in narration of folk tales. He was addressing a seminar organized jointly by the department of English, M.V.Shramjeevi College and Dr. Alamshah Khan Memorial Committee as the chief guest. The seminar was organized on the occasion of the sixteenth anniversary of Dr. Alam Shah Khan.The guest of honour Dr. Manju Chaturvedi described the fiction of Alam Shah Khan as a protest against the status quo. She said that Alam Shah Khan depicted the downtrodden sections of the society and never felt shy in using their language for writing stories about them. She said that Khan's stories do arouse a feeling of anger towards the system but beyond that they arouse a feeling of compassion for the suffering humanity in the heart of the readers.  Presiding over the function noted poet Dr. Jai Prakash Pandya " Jyotipunj" narrated his experiences with Dr. Khan  and stated that he was a fearless man who never compromised on his principles. Dr.Tarana Khan , daughter of Dr.Alam Shah Khan read out his story titled " Parayee Pyas Ka Safar". She was preceded by Dr. Indira Jain who read a paper on the short stories of Dr. Khan. Dr.Himanshu Pandya, noted literary critic stated that Dr.Alam Shah Khan was a leading figure in Samantar Kahani Andolan. Later he wrote other stories which were far ahead of the limitations of the movement. His name was so tightly tagged with Samantar Kahani Andolan that his total contribution to Hindi Short story was never appreciated sufficiently. Prof. Hemendra Chandalia, department of English, M.V.Shramjeevi College initiated the discussion by comparing the realism of Dr. Alam Shah Khan with John Steinbeck , Charles Dickens and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas.  Dr. Sadashiv Shrotriya, KIshan Dadheech, Ugrasen Rao, Dr. Shri Krishna " Jugnu" and Dr. Indra Prakash Shrimali reflected on various aspects of the life and works of Dr. Alam Shah Khan. Prof. Mukta Sharma, Dr. Mehzbeen Sadriwala, Dr. Kalpana Bhatnagar, Prof. Arun Chaturvedi, Prof. S.R.Vyas, Dr. Farhat Banu, Dr. Kalpana Bhatnagar, Dr. Jagriti Bhatnagar, Dr. Shobha Devpura, Dr. R.K.Dashora etc. were also present in the programme. D.S.Paliwal of the Alam Shah Khan Memorial Committee offered a vote of thanks. The programme was convened by Prof. H.S.Chandalia.