મારો સાહિત્યિક પરિચય

 

મારો સાહિત્યિક પરિચય

 નામ : પલ્લવી ફૂલચંદ ગુપ્તા

વ્યવસાય:  ભાષા શિક્ષક 

અભ્યાસ:  એમ. એ., બી. એડ. (English: Language and Literature),  પી.એચ.ડી. અભ્યાસ ચાલુ 

લેખન :  મેં હિંદી, ગુજરાતી તથા અંગ્રેજીમાં કેટલીક ગદ્ય-પદ્ય કૃતિઓમાં મારી કલમ ઊપાડેલ છે. કાવ્ય, ગઝલ ઉપરાંત લઘુકથા, વાર્તા, પુસ્તક સમીક્ષા, નિબંધ, ચિંતન, જીવન દર્શન જેવા વિવિધ સાહિત્ય-સ્વરૂપો પર મારી શબ્દયાત્રા જોડાઈ છે. ભાષાંતર કાર્યમાં પણ પ્રવૃત્ત છું.

         મારા બ્લોગ Rachana  પર પણ મારી કેટલીક લેખન-કૃતિઓ માણવા મળે છે. લિંક છે: https://pallavigupta83.blogspot.com/?m=1

          શાળા કક્ષાએ કરાવેલ innovative language activities અંતર્ગત Classroom Activities ની YouTube channel પણ કાર્યરત છે. લિંક છે:

https://youtube.com/@pallavigupta1918?feature=shared

મારી પ્રતિબદ્ધતા:

       સાહિત્યજગતના ઉમદા વૈશ્વિક પ્રારૂપમાં લેખનકાર્ય થકી ભારતીય સાહિત્યને વિશ્વસાહિત્ય ફલક પર વધુ તેજસ્વી બનાવવા પ્રતિબદ્ધ છું.

લેખનકાર્ય :

        શૈક્ષણિક, સાહિત્યિક તથા વ્યવસાયિક પ્રવૃત્તિઓ અંતર્ગત મારી ગદ્ય અને પદ્ય રચનાઓ ભારતના અલગ અલગ રાજ્યોથી પ્રસારિત વિવિધ ઉત્કૃષ્ટ સામયિકોમાં સતત પ્રકાશિત થયા કરે છે. જેની વિસ્તૃત વિગત નિમ્નલિખિત છે.

પ્રકાશિત પુસ્તકો:

1. The Global Luminary: Prakash Shah, A Biography, 2025

2. Yugpurush: Narendra Modi, A Professional Biography, 2025

3. लोकनायक: नरेन्द्र मोदी, व्यावसायिक जीवनी, 2025

Phd અંતર્ગત પ્રકાશિત રિસર્ચ પેપર્સ:

◾ The Comparative Study of Language and Cultural Diversity in India with Perspective to NEP 2020, published in Research Matrix 2321 7073, January '24

◾ A feministic study Katherine Mansfield's short story 'Bliss', published in 'Shanti' a Peer Reviewed Journal of Research, ISSN 2278-4381, March '22.

ક્રિયાત્મક સંશોધન:

◾ મિરર ઇફેક્ટ વાળા મૂળાક્ષરોમાં વિદ્યાર્થીઓ દ્વારા થતી ભૂલ અને તેનો ઉકેલ, જિલ્લા શિક્ષણ અને તાલીમ ભવન, ઇડર, માર્ચ '23

બાળ સાહિત્ય (વિવિધ સામયિકોમાં પ્રકાશિત):

◾બાળગીત: 'આવ્યો રક્ષાબંધન તહેવાર', ટમટમ તારલીયા, ઓગસ્ટ '21

◾બાળગીત: 'કોયલ બોલે', બાળસૃષ્ટિ, એપ્રિલ-મે '21

◾બાળવાર્તા: 'મારી માતૃભાષા', બાળસૃષ્ટિ, ફેબ્રુઆરી '21

◾બાળવાર્તા : 'રાષ્ટ્રીય પ્રદુષણ નિવારણ દિન', બાળસૃષ્ટિ, ડિસેમ્બર '20

નિબંધ (વિવિધ સામયિકોમાં પ્રકાશિત):

◾ 'अनुपूरक', विश्व गाथा, मार्च '24; प्रेरणा अंशु ‘24

◾ 'કોરોના: એક સંક્રાંતિકાળ' પારિજાત, જુલાઈ '21

◾ 'ગાંધી-એક વૈચારિક ક્રાંતિકારી, જનકલ્યાણ, ઓક્ટોબર '20

લઘુકથાઓ (વિવિધ સામયિકોમાં પ્રકાશિત):

◾ અનુભૂતિ, શબ્દ, નવેમ્બર'24

◾ જીદ છોડો હવે!, કુમાર, જૂન'24 

◾ 'સુંદર', વિશ્વા, જૂન '24

◾ 'ચોરી', કલાવિમર્શ, એપ્રિલ '24

◾ 'તો પછી શીદને...!', સમન્વિત, માર્ચ '24

◾ 'ઉપહાર', વિ-વિદ્યાનગર, ફેબ્રુઆરી '24

◾ 'ભૂખ', નવચેતન, જાન્યુઆરી '24

◾ 'ऊष्मा', प्रेरणा-अंशु, जनवरी '24

◾ 'વળાંક', શબ્દસર, સપ્ટેમ્બર '23

◾ 'થરથરાટ', વ્યથા, વાર્તાસંગ્રહ, જુલાઈ '23

◾ 'ઊર્મિ', નવચેતન, માર્ચ '23

◾ 'એ જ...!' તમન્ના, ફેબ્રુઆરી '23; શબ્દસર, જૂન '22

◾ 'ઊડને બેટા', શબ્દસર, માર્ચ '22

◾ 'અને પછી...' સમણું, માર્ચ '22

◾ 'ડાયરી' વિ-વિદ્યાનગર, ફેબ્રુઆરી '22

◾ 'માંગણ' તમન્ના, ફેબ્રુઆરી '22

◾ 'સિસ્ટર્સ', અખંડાનંદ, જાન્યુઆરી '22

◾ 'સ્વતંત્રતા', નવચેતન, જાન્યુઆરી '22

◾ 'ભીખ', છાલક, ઓક્ટોબર '21

◾ 'કેમ કરીને એ..!' શબ્દસૃષ્ટિ, સપ્ટેમ્બર '21

◾ 'ટકોરો', સમણું, સપ્ટેમ્બર '21

◾ 'અવસર', સમણું, જૂન '21

◾ 'સમણું', સમણું, માર્ચ '21

◾'દિવાલ', નવચેતન, માર્ચ '21

◾ 'ગુલાબ', સ્વરાજ્ય' નવેમ્બર '20

◾ 'પ્રતીક્ષા', ગુજરાત છાયા, જુલાઈ '20

◾'ખુલ્લુ આકાશ', સમણું, જૂન '20

◾ 'તડકો અને છાંયડો', સાહિત્ય-વારસો જૂન '20

ટૂંકી વાર્તા (વિવિધ સામયિકોમાં પ્રકાશિત):

◾'સરપંચની ચૂંટણી', સંજોગ, એપ્રિલ '24

◾'ઊષ્મા', તરફ વાર્તાસંગ્રહ, 2023

પુસ્તક પરિશીલન (વિવિધ સામયિકોમાં પ્રકાશિત):

◾ 'ગાંધી-અંતરમન' લે. ડો. ફુલચંદ ગુપ્તા સમણું સપ્ટેમ્બર '21

◾ 'પ્રિયજન', લે. શ્રી વિનેશ અંતાણી, સમણું જૂન '21

◾ 'કૃષ્ણાયન', લે. શ્રી કાજલ ઓઝા વૈદ્ય, સમણું જૂન '20

◾ 'રેતી, છીપલાં અને મોતી...' લે. શ્રી મોતીભાઈ મ. પટેલ, સમણું જૂન '20

અનુવાદ:

◾ 'New Moon: K. K. Shah, a Biography' Wri. Shri Ishwar Prajapati (Gujarati), December '23

◾ 'The Helping Hands: Prakash Shah, a Biography', Wri. Shri Ishwar Prajapati (Gujarati), July '23

◾ 'स्वतंत्रता',  ले. पल्लवी गुप्ता (गुजराती), प्रेरणा अंशु, जून '23

◾ 'કરેલું પાછું આવે છે.', લે. માર્ટીન જ્હૉન (અંગ્રેજી), પરીવેશ, ડિસેમ્બર '22

◾ 'ઓનલાઇન જિંદગી', લે. માર્ટીન જ્હૉન(હિન્દી), પરીવેશ, ડિસેમ્બર '22

◾ 'અંતર અકબંધ છે.', મૂળ લે. માર્ટીન જ્હૉન(હિન્દી), પરીવેશ, ડિસેમ્બર '22

◾ 'शिकार', ले. श्री हरीश महुआकर (गुजराती), Sahityasetu Literary Journal, नवंबर '21

◾'24 कैरेट', ले. श्री हरीश महुआकर (गुजराती), Sahityasetu Literary Journal, अक्टूबर '21

◾ Kartavya: Duty with Dedication, A Police Diary (book under publication) લે. શ્રી ઈશ્વરભાઈ પ્રજાપતિ લિખિત ગુજરાતી પુસ્તકનું અંગ્રેજી ભાષાંતર.

◾ 'Menial to Minister:  An Adventurous Odyssey of Dr Kuber Dindor' A Biography (book under publication) લે. શ્રી ઈશ્વરભાઈ પ્રજાપતિ દ્વારા લિખિત ગુજરાતી પુસ્તકનું અંગ્રેજી ભાષાંતર.

◾The Radiant of Gujarat, succinct story of the philanthropist of Gujarat (book under publication) લે. શ્રી ઈશ્વરભાઈ પ્રજાપતિ દ્વારા લિખિત ગુજરાતી પુસ્તકનું અંગ્રેજી ભાષાંતર.

શૈક્ષણિક લેખ:

◾ 'Making English Easier' articles to teach English easily in classrooms, published in Linguazine magazine continuously.

જીવન ચરિત્ર:

◾ 'મહાકાવ્યો કદી મરતા નથી. Living Legends-શ્રી મોતીભાઈ મ. પટેલ, સમણું, માર્ચ '24

◾ 'બહુમુખી વ્યક્તિત્વ-ડૉ. મફતલાલ પટેલ, ગ્રંથવૈભવ, ઓક્ટોબર '22

પદ્ય રચનાઓ:

◾હિન્દી, અંગ્રેજી તથા ગુજરાતીમાં દેશભરની વિવિધ પત્રિકાઓમાં નિયમિત પ્રકાશિત અનેક છાંદસ તથા અછાંદસ કાવ્ય રચનાઓ

એવોર્ડ:

◾ વિદ્યોતેજક સન્માન એવોર્ડ -2024

શિક્ષણ ક્ષેત્રે કરેલા ઇનોવેટિવ્સ કાર્યો માટે શ્રી બ્રહ્મ સમાજ સેવા ટ્રસ્ટ મહેસાણા દ્વારા એનાયત પુરસ્કાર

◾'મહિલા શક્તિ કાવ્ય રત્ન, એવોર્ડ', 2024

નેપાલ સરકાર દ્વારા પંજિકૃત 'શબ્દ પ્રતિભા બહુક્ષેત્રીય સન્માન ફાઉન્ડેશન, નેપાલ' દ્વારા આયોજિત 'આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય મહિલા શક્તિ કવિતા પ્રતિયોગિતા 2024' માં 'कठिन नहीं है।' प्रेरणा-अंशु मार्च '21 માટે પ્રથમ પુરસ્કાર તથા 'મહિલા શક્તિ કાવ્ય રત્ન' એવોર્ડ.

◾'ગૌરવવંતા ગુજરાતની ભલી ગુર્જરી નાર, એવોર્ડ', 2021

અક્ષર મૈત્રી સાહિત્ય વર્તુળ, ગુજરાત તરફથી 2021 માં મહિલા સશક્તિકરણ તથા મહિલા વિકાસની ઉમદા વિચારધારા' વ્યક્ત કરતી ગદ્ય-પદ્ય રચનાઓ માટે '૫૧-શ્રેષ્ઠ કવયિત્રી પુરસ્કાર' તથા 'ગૌરવવંતા ગુજરાતની ભલી ગુર્જરી નાર' એવોર્ડ.

◾ પારિજાત એવોર્ડ 2021

'કેર કોરોનાનો' નિબંધ સ્પર્ધામાં 'કોરોના-એક સંક્રાંતિકાળ' નિબંધ માટે પારિજાત એવોર્ડ 2021નું પાંચમું ઇનામ પ્રાપ્ત થયું છે.

◾ સાહિત્યનો વનવગડો વાર્તા સ્પર્ધા 2021 માં વાર્તા 'થરથરાટ'ને દ્વિતીય ઇનામ પ્રાપ્ત થયું છે.

◾ઉપરાંત 'ન્યૂઝ ઓફ ગાંધીનગર', 'સાહિત્ય વારસો', 'શબ્દ સુરતા' જેવા વિવિધ whatsapp ગ્રુપ દ્વારા વખતોવખત યોજાતી વિવિધ સ્પર્ધાઓમાં મારી ગદ્ય અને પદ્ય રચનાઓ માટે પ્રથમ અને દ્વિતીય સ્થાન પ્રાપ્ત થયું છે.

 YouTube channel પર પઠિત રચનાઓની લીંક:

◾आवाज़ अनसुनी द्वारा निबंध अनुपूरक का पठन:

https://ansuniawaaz.com/10-16/

◾વિસ્મય ચેનલ દ્વારા લઘુકથા 'ભૂખ' નું પઠન:

https://youtu.be/rgJktNM02Cg?si=-nEOt6QqOusxziu5

◾ વિસ્મય ચેનલ દ્વારા હિન્દીમાંથી ગુજરાતીમાં અનુવાદિત લઘુકથા 'ઓનલાઇન જિંદગી' નું પઠન:

https://youtu.be/3ox3BOYkfUE?si=_QoHkAdUXTvnzw-B

◾વિસ્મય ચેનલ દ્વારા હિન્દીમાંથી ગુજરાતીમાં અનુવાદિત લઘુકથા 'કરેલુ પાછું આવે છે.' નું પઠન:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jjbG1lDlPWw&feature=share7

◾વિસ્મય ચેનલ દ્વારા લઘુકથા 'થરથરાટ' અને 'ઊર્મિ'નું પઠન:

https://youtu.be/bgYHms22ZtM

◾વિસ્મય ચેનલ દ્વારા લઘુકથા 'ટકોરો' અને 'એ જ...'નું પઠન:

https://youtu.be/zq0iN0zFXk0

◾વિસ્મય ચેનલ દ્વારા લઘુકથા 'માગણ' અને 'ડાયરી'નું પઠન:

https://youtu.be/wmdAzm8QD3o

◾વિસ્મય ચેનલ દ્વારા લઘુકથા 'સ્વતંત્રતા' અને 'અને પછી...'નું પઠન:

https://youtu.be/nWYCVeSr9b8

◾ માસ્ટરની મનગમતી વાતો ચેનલ પર લઘુ કથાઓ 'ટકોરો', 'કેમ કરીને એ' અને 'ઉડને બેટા' નું શ્રી સુનીલભાઈ ગોહિલ દ્વારા પઠન:

https://youtu.be/RIOiDE7fpY0

◾Storytelling by Harshadray Padiya channel પર: લઘુકથા 'તડકો અને છાંયડો' નું પઠન:

https://youtu.be/mhWH7DeOM24?si=_MrmX3nNueW9CzGs

 

 

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डॉ. मफतलाल पटेल और हिन्दी के मनोवैज्ञानिक उपन्यास (शोध कार्य)

डॉ. मफतलाल पटेल और हिन्दी के मनोवैज्ञानिक उपन्यास

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        कोई शिक्षक होता है, तो कोई समाज सेवक । कोई लेखक होता है, तो कोई संपादक । कुछ राजनीतिज्ञ होते हैं, तो कुछ शिक्षणविद । कोई शिक्षा के सिद्धांतों का निर्माण करता है, तो कोई संस्थाओं का। कुछ लोग समाज की अच्छाइयों को दीमक की तरह चाट जाने वाले रुढिवाद को निर्मूल कर देना चाहते हैं, तो कुछ वर्तमान राजनीति से भ्रष्टाचार को। किंतु जब हम बात करते हैं डॉ. मफतलाल जेठालाल पटेल की, हमें उनके चरित्र में व्यक्तित्व के ये सारे आयाम पूर्ण रूप से सिद्ध दिखाई पड़ते हैं।

        Simple Living - High Thinking का अनुसरण करने वाले डॉ. मफतलाल पटेल ने पांचवी कक्षा की बाल्यावस्था में ही बाल विवाह न करना, दहेज न लेना, सुवर्ण का त्याग, साटे-पाटे के विवाह का त्याग, विवाह संबंधित निरर्थक खर्चों के त्याग... आदि का दढ संकल्प लिया, जिनका न केवल अपने विवाह में ही, किंतु अपने बच्चों के विवाह में भी अचूक पालन किया। सिर्फ रु. १०० में गुजरात की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री तथा उत्तरप्रदेश की समकालीन राज्यपाल आनंदीबेन पटेल से विवाह किया ।

       सिर्फ अपने जीवन और घर से ही कुरिवाजों को नहीं उखाड़ फेंका, किंतु महिलाओं का सामाजिक स्तर सुधारने में तथा जन-जन में नारी के सम्मान की जागृति लाने के लिए निरंतर कार्यान्वित रहे। महिलाओं के उत्कर्ष के लिए, 'महिला और मानव अधिकार' (२०१५) कि जिसमें जिलाओं के तथा ऐतिहासिक परिप्रेक्ष्य में महिलाओं का महत्त्व तथा उनके कानूनी अधिकारकास विस्तार से चर्चा की गई है, तदोपरांत 'दीकरीने उडवा पांखों तो आपो' कार की को उड़ने के लिए पंख तो दें) (२०१९), 'दादानी दीकरीओ' (दादा की बीटिया (२०१५) जैसे अनेक लेखों तथा ग्रंथों द्वारा नारी कल्याण की ज्योति जलाते रहे।

        उनके विचार समाज में सिर्फ नारी की स्थिति तक ही सीमित नहीं हैं। उन्होंने पूरे-पूरे गाँव तक का उद्धार किया है। उन्होंने १९८५ में गुजरात के धंधुका तहसील के हरिपुरा नामक एक अशिक्षित, पिछडे हुए गाँव को दत्तक लिया। अपने सूझ-बूझ और सिद्धांतों से उसे एक आदर्श गाँव बनाया। इस गांव का एक भी व्यक्ति अशिक्षित, बेकार या व्यसनी नहीं है। हर घर किसी ना किसी प्रकार के गृह उ‌द्योग से सुशोभित है । ग्रामोत्थान के इस वंदनीय कार्य के लिए उन्हें 'हरिपुरा के गांधी' के नाम से सम्मानित किया गया है।

        वे एक आदर्श शिक्षक रहे हैं। हिंदी, संस्कृत तथा मनोविज्ञान के विशारद ने प्राथमिक शाला से लेकर हाई स्कूल शिक्षणकार्य किया और फिर हिंदी एवं मनोविज्ञान के अध्यापक रहे। व्यावसायिक सफर सिर्फ इतना ही सीमित नहीं है।। अहमदाबाद जिला पंचायत शिक्षा समिति के प्रमुख के रूप में वे लगातार चार बार बहुमत से जीत कर २० साल तक सेवा कार्य करते रहें। उनकी सिखाई गई शिक्षा नीतियों का आज भी गुजरात शिक्षा बोर्ड अनुसरण करता है। इस दौरान उन्होंने अहमदाबाद जिले की १०६५ स्कूलों की कायापलट की है। अहमदाबाद जिले का कोई स्कूल नहीं जिसकी उन्होंने मुलाकात न ली हो। यह गाँधीवादी विचारक एक कुशल और इमानदार राजनीतिज्ञ भी हैं। सन् १९८१ में अहमदाबाद जिला पंचायत की सीट पर भाजपा की ओर से जीतने वाले प्रथम कार्यकर्ता है। फिर निरंतर २० सालों तक अर्थात् १९८१ से २००० तक बहुमत से विजयी रहे। बचपन से ही पिता के उच्च गुणों को धारण करने वाले डॉ. मफतलाल पटेल ने अपना राजनैतिक जीवन भ्रष्टाचार से बेदाग होकर बिताया। उन्होंने साबित कर दिखाया कि अगर व्यक्ति चाहे तो अपनी आधुनिक विचारधारा को अटल निश्चय के साथ अपने जीवन में उतार कर अपना आचरण भले ही संघर्षपूर्ण, किंतु निश्छल रखे तो वह समाज में लोगों का आदर और विश्वास जरूर प्राप्त कर सकता है।

        उन्होंने अपने जन्म स्थल महेसाणा जिले के विसनगर तहसील में 'कड़ा' गाँव में एक सार्वजनिक पुस्तकालय का भी निर्माण किया। चार मंजिला वाला यह पुस्तकालय आधुनिक सुविधाओं से सज्ज है। ग्राउंड फ्लोर पर पुस्तकें और पाठकों की बैठक व्यवस्था है। दूसरी मंजिल कम्प्यूटर लैब से सुसज्ज है तथा तीसरी मंजिल में प्रोजेक्टर तथा आधुनिक फर्निचर हैं जो स्पर्धात्मक परीक्षार्थियों के लिए काफी उपयोगी है। चौथी मंजिल का निर्माण अभी कुछ समय पूर्व ही हुआ जिसे स्मृति सांस्कृतिक भवन कहते हैं। इन बहुआयामी व्यक्तित्व के कृतियों की सूचि जिस प्रकार बहुत लंबी है, वैसे ही उनके लेखन तथा प्रकाशन की सूचि भी काफी लंबी है। जिसे संक्षिप्त टिप्पणी में समा लेना काफी कठिन है।

        डो. मफतलाल पटेल एक सिद्धहस्त लेखक तथा संपादक भी हैं। उन्होंने 'अचला एजुकेशन फाउंडेशन ट्रस्ट' की स्थापना की। सन् २००१ से नियमित प्रकाशित अचला मेगेजीन के तंत्री है, जिसमें समकालीन शिक्षा प्रवाह, गतिविधियाँ, समस्याओं पर चिंतन, इत्यादि की विस्तृत चर्चा के साथ-साथ शिक्षाविदों का मार्गदर्शन भी उपलब्ध रहता है। इसके उपरांत उन्होंने 'प्रगतिशील शिक्षण', 'केलवणी', 'जीवन शिक्षण', 'घरशाला', 'सारस्वत' जैसे अनेक शैक्षणिक सामयिकों में गुणवत्तायुक्त योगदान दिया है। पाटीदार समाज के मुखपत्र 'धरती' में भी महत्त्वपूर्ण कार्य किया है। 'शिक्षण क्षेत्रे सूर्योदय' (२०१६) नामक ग्रंथ में ६४ शिक्षाविदों के चिंतनात्मक लेखों का संपादन किया। 'प्रगति' (२०१७) में स्मिट कार्डन के ग्रंथ का संपादन किया ।

        इतना ही नहीं, उन्होंने अनुवाद कार्य में भी अपना बहुमूल्य योगदान दिया है। एच. जी. वेल्स की आठ कहानियों का 'वर्ल्ड बेस्ट स्टोरीज' (२०२०) के नाम से अंग्रेजी से गुजराती में अनुवाद किया है। कई चिंतनात्मक लेख लिखे, जैसे कि 'चालो, जीवी लईए. (२०२०), 'जीवन ने सुमधुर बनाववाना राजमार्गो' (२०१५), 'संकल्प बल' (२०१३), 'विचार बल' (२०१६), 'टिक्स एन्ड किड्स' (१९९२) जैसे कई ग्रंथों का लेखन कार्य किया। लोकजागृति के लिए 'समाज को बदल डालो' नाटक की रचना की।

        हिंदी साहित्य के प्रथम मनोवैज्ञानिक उपन्यासकारों जैनेन्द्र, इलाचंद्र जोशी, अजेय, इत्यादि के औपन्यासिक पात्रों का दर्शन और शिल्प के परिप्रेक्ष्य में मनोवैज्ञानिक विश्लेषण भी किया है।

        हिन्दी उपन्यासकारों की प्रथम श्रेणी के उत्कृष्ट अपन्यासकार श्री जैनेन्द्रजी के बारे में डॉ. मफतलाल पटेल कहते है कि, मनुष्य के मन की पर्तें खोलकर तह में छिपी हुई गांठें खोलने और पिघलाने में श्री जैनेन्द्र सिद्धहस्त कलाकार हैं। वे अंतर्मुखी व्यक्तित्व का दर्शन करवाते हैं। डो. मफतलाल पटेल ने जैनेन्द्र के 'सुनीता' (१९६४), 'त्यागपत्र' (१९३७), 'कल्याणी' (१९३९) 'सुखदा' (१९५२) जैसे चरित्र प्रधान उपन्यासों के पात्रों की कथनी और करनी की बारीकाई से मनोविश्लेषण प्रस्तुत किया है।

          'सुनीता' उपन्यास में किसी अन्य पुरुष की मानसिक कुंठाएँ खोल कर उसके व्यक्तित्व के संपूर्ण विकास के लिए किस प्रकार एक स्त्री अपना सब कुछ उसे समर्पित कर देती है. इस मानसिक स्थिति का खूब सुंदर विश्लेषण किया गया है। हो. पटेल 'त्यागपत्र' की मुख्य नायिका मृणाल के जीवन का विश्लेषण करते हुए कहते हैं कि उसकी खरी त्रासदी ना ही उसके अनाथ होने में है और ना ही भूख तिल-तिल मरने में हैं। परंतु उसके यह है कि वह एक अपने अमेड पति को समर्पित होने के बावजूद है यातना तो अविन व्यतीत करने को बाध्य है। एक सीधी सरल सती स्त्री को अपवित्रता च कलंक लगाकर घर से निकाल दिया जाता है तथा नर्क से बदतर यातनाओं के साथ तड़प-तड़प कर मरने के लिए छोड़ दिया जाता है।

           मृणाल अपने साथ किए गए सभी अन्याय को मौन रहकर सहती है, कहीं कोई विरोध नहीं करती । स्कूल मास्टर से मार खाना, सैली के भाई से प्रेम की बात पर अपनी भाभी से पीटा जाना, सभी इच्छाओं का गला घोटकर एक अधेड विधुर से विवाह, निर्दोष होने के बावजूद पति द्वारा घर से निकाले जाना और सामाजिक उत्पीडन की हर घटना को मौन रहकर सहने वाली मृणाल की मानसिकता का विश्लेषण करते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते है कि मनुष्य ना तो स्वयं को बदल सकता है और ना बाहरी दुनिया को । वह केवल अपनी स्थिति की व्याख्या कर सकता है।

        श्री जैनेन्द्र के सुप्रसिद्ध उपन्यास 'कल्याणी' में मुख्य नायिका कल्याणी के चरित्र और मनोवृत्तियों की व्याख्या करते हुए वे कहते हैं कि स्त्री सदैव अपने पति से प्रेम चाहती हैं। यदि उसे वह प्रेम ना मिला तो परपुरुष या धर्म में प्रेम ढूंढती है। असफलता मिलने पर स्वयं को कोसती है, पीटती है। कहती है, "में सब भूल जाना चाहती हूँ। मैं खुद से नफरत करना चाहती हूँ।" डॉ. पटेल कल्याणी को एक ऐसी स्त्री का ज्वलंत उदाहरण बताते हैं जो जीवन से नाराज, हताश और असंतुष्ट है । 

        श्री अज्ञेयजी को हिंदी के महान मनोवैज्ञानिक उपन्यासकार बताते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते हैं कि अज्ञेय ने अपने पात्रों के मनोविश्लेषण के आधार पर कथा साहित्य का प्रासाद खड़ा किया है। अज्ञेयजी के 'शेखर - एक जीवनी' उपन्यास के मुख्य पात्र शेखर का विश्लेषण करते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते हैं कि व्यक्ति के चरित्र निर्माण की नींव उसके बचपन के प्रथम ५ वर्ष में है। माता पिता के रोज के क्रूर झगडों में शेखर ने अपना बचपन खो दिया। निर्दोष इच्छाएँ और बाल सहज भावनाओं के दमन के परिणामस्वरुप उसमें एक अपराधी का जन्म हुआ । डॉ. पटेल 'शेखर - एक जीवनी' को हिंदी उपन्यास साहित्य में एक नए प्रयोग के रुप में प्रमाणित करते हैं।

        अज्ञेयजी के एक अन्य उपन्यास 'नदी के द्वीप' की मुख्य नायिकार रेखा के बारे में डॉ. पटेल लिखते हैं कि रेखा एक ऐसी स्त्री है जिसकी तुलना में अन्य किसी भी उपन्यास का कोई भी पात्र खड़ा नहीं रह सकता। वह एक विचारशील नारी है, जो सामाजिक विचारधारा को चुनौती देती है। तीन अलग-अलग पुरुषों के संसर्ग में जीवन व्यतित करने के बावजूद वह चरित्रहीन नहीं है। रेखा एक विशेष चरित्र का प्रतिबिंब है।

        दर्शन और शिल्प के परिप्रेक्ष्य में इलाचंद्र जोशीजी के उपन्यासों का मनोविश्लेषण करते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते हैं कि, "जोशीजी ने मानवी के अवचेतन में दबी हुई अतृप्त वासनाओं का चित्र खींचकर यह बताया है कि, इंसान के व्यवहार में अवचेतन का प्रभाव सबसे अधिक है।"

        जोशीजी के लेखन की समीक्षा करते हुए वे कहते हैं कि जोशीजी मनोविज्ञान के सिद्धांतों को सामने रख कर उपन्यास लिखते हैं। 'सन्यासी' उपन्यास का मुख्य नायक नन्दकिशोर का कुण्ठित अहंकार, ईर्ष्या तथा शंकाशील प्रकृति का रुप धारण कर लेता है। असफलता, ईर्ष्या, अपनी शक्तिहीनता का ज्ञान, असंतोष और हाहाकार के बीच उसके अहंकार ने उसे सदा जलते रहने के लिए छोड़ दिया ।

        इसी प्रकार 'पर्दे की रानी' में निरंजना का विश्लेषण करते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते हैं कि, "वर्तमान युग में केवल व्यक्तिगत प्रभाव की ही बोलबाला नहीं है, किन्सु अहम् से जन्मी प्रतिहिंसा का परिणाम महायुद्धों के नाशलीला में परिणत होता है। मनुष्य को कृत्रिम शिक्षा और संस्कृति को त्यागकर स्वस्थ, सबल, सहज और स्वाभाविक बुद्धि स्तर पर आना होगा।"

        डॉ. पटेल के बहुआयामी व्यक्तित्व के बारे में जितना लिखा जाय, कम ही है। हिन्दी ओपन्यसिक पात्रों के चरित्र का मनोविश्लेषण उनसे बेहतर और कोई नहीं कर सकता। उनकी दीर्घायु और बेहतर स्वास्थ्य के लिए मेरी हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ ।

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"સરપંચની ચૂંટણી "

ઓઘડ અને જીવીની અદ્ભુત, રસપ્રદ જીવનકથા "છપ્પન ઈંચ',

આ એક અભૂતપૂર્વ ગ્રંથમાં મારું સ્ક્રિપ્ટેડ એક એપીસોડ

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        ઓઘડનાં નવાં નવાં લગન થયાં.

        ઓઘડ કસાયેલ શરીરવાળો ખરો,પણ..! મજૂરી કરીને કસાયેલું શરીર.બાકી ભૂખ તો ભરડો લઈ જ ગઈ હતી.

        કલુમા એક સાંધે ત્યાં તેર તૂટે આવી પરિસ્થિતિ હતી. જોકે માજી જીવના જબરાં , એમનાં આંગણેથી લગભગ કોઈ ભૂખ્યો ના જાય.એ ઘરમાં હોય ત્યાં સુધી ચિંતા ના કરે.

        'હજાર હાથવાળો દેવાં વાળો છે.બે હાથવાળો લય લયને કેટલું લેશે..!??

         માણસને ખાવાં માટે એક જ મોઢું છે.ખાય ખાયને માણસ કેટલું ખાશે..!??'

         આવી રખાવટને હિસાબે કલુમાની ચોતરફ વાહવાહી થાતી.

         અને એટલે જ ઓઘડને જીવી જેવી સ્વરૂપવાન છોકરી મળી હતી.

         નવાં નવાં દિવસોમાં જીવી પાણીછેડે માંથે ગોળી હાંડો.અને કેડમાં ગાગર ભરીને ગામમાં નીકળે.

માથા પરનાં હાંડામાથી ક્યારેક.., ક્યારેક પાણી છલકાતું હોય.એ પાણીનાં ટીપાં સંગેમરમર જેવી જીવીના ગાલ ઉપર પડે.જાણે ગુલાબની પાંખડી ઉપર ઝાકળ ઝાકળ.

આમ જીવીનુ સોંદર્ય ચોતરફ છલકાઈ ઊઠે.

આવું પાણી નીતરતું રૂપ અને વસંતની જેમ મધમધતા જીવીના યૌવનથી ગામના પુરુષો આકર્ષિત થતાં .

એને ટીકી ટીકીને જોયાં કરતાં.

જીવીથી આ વાત અજાણી નહોતી.પણ..! જીવીને એવું કાંઈક કરવું હતું કે સોંદર્યમાં સુગંધ ભળે.અને રૂપ બોજારૂપ નહીં પણ પૂજારૂપ લાગે. આનો સીધેસીધો ફાયદો બધી જ મહિલાઓને મળે.ગામને મળે.

       આના માટે બે બાબત સૌથી પહેલાં જોઈએ.

'એક તો શિક્ષણ,અને બીજા સંસ્કાર.'

       બાળકો માટે બાલ વાટીકા અને મોટેરાંઓ માટે પ્રૌઢ શિક્ષણ શરું કર્યા.યુવાનો માટે એમની જે આવડત હતી, એમનાં કૌશલ્ય વર્ધક કામો શરું થયાં .

ધીમે ધીમે કામ આગળ વધવાં લાગ્યું.

           હવે એની સાક્ષરતા અને આત્મનિર્ભરતાથી ગામના અન્ય લોકો પણ પ્રભાવિત થવા લાગ્યા. 

          આખા દિવસના કામકાજ ઉપરાંત જીવીને સાંજે જે સમય મળતો એમાં તે પોતે પણ.., અભ્યાસ કરવાં બેસી જતી.

એ જોઈ ગામની અન્ય સ્ત્રીઓમાં પણ શિક્ષણ પ્રત્યે સભાનતા આવી. ધીમે ધીમે જીવી પાસે સ્ત્રીઓ અને બાળકો ભણવા માટે તો કયારેક સીવણ શીખવા માટે આવવા લાગ્યા. આ વાત ફોરમ ની જેમ ગામના ખૂણે ખૂણે પહોંચી.

          મનમાં કંઈક વિચારી જીવી શાળાના આચાર્યને મળવા ગઈ. એ સાંજે બંને ઓઘડને મળવા આવ્યા.

આચાર્ય: "ચ્યમ ઓઘડ! જીવી શું કરેશ?"

ઓઘડ: "ઈ તો રાણી થઈશ! મારો ભવ સુધરી ગ્યોશ!"

          આચાર્યએ ઓઘડને અને શીલાએ જીવી ને કંઈક સુઝાવ આપ્યો. કાળી મજૂરીના સંઘર્ષ પછી સાક્ષરતાએ જેને પુનર્જીવિત કરી એ જીવી જીવનમાં હવે આગળ વધવા સતત મક્કમ હતી.

         હવે એમના આંગણમાં સવારના પહોરમાં આંગણવાડી અને બપોરે સીવણના વર્ગો ચાલવા લાગ્યા. ગામમાં શિક્ષણ અને ચેતનાનો નવો સંચાર થયો. એ તો રાત્રે પણ ઠરતી નહોતી. એને વાંચનનો એવો શોખ વળગ્યો કે તમામ ધોરણની બધી ચોપડીઓ વાંચી ગઈ. શીલાએ એક પછી એક એના કોલેજની પુસ્તકો લાવી આપી. જીવીએ એ પુસ્તકોનો અર્ક પણ પી લીધો.

ઓઘડ ઘરની અને ગામની સ્થિતિ પરિસ્થિતિમાં આવેલ સુધારાથી હતપ્રભ હતો. જે તીવ્રતાથી જીવીએ વિકાસ તરફ કૂચ કરી હતી એ સંપૂર્ણ ગ્રામજનો માટે આદર્શપાત્ર બની હતી.

હવે ગામ આખાની બહેન દીકરીઓ રાત -વરત પણ બિંદાસ હરી -ફરી શકતી હતી.કોઈની કામી નજર એમને ખટકતી નહોંતી.

જીવીએ સંપૂર્ણ સમર્પણ ગામ માટે ન્યોછાવર કર્યું હતું.પ્રેમઅને જીવન બન્ને સાર્થક છે.આવો ગામ આખાને પરિચય કરાવ્યો હતો .

એ જોઈ ઓઘડમાં પણ આત્મવિશ્વાસે જન્મ લીધો. જૂનું બધું જ ભૂલીને એ સંપૂર્ણ નિષ્ઠાથી કામ કરવા તત્પર થયો.

         વિકાસના પંથે બે વર્ષ પસાર થયા. હવે સમય આવ્યો ગામમાં સરપંચની ચૂંટણીનો.

સરપંચ કોણ બને? એ સૌથી મોટો પ્રશ્ન હતો.

ચૂંટણી આવે એટલે કંઈ કેટલાય મૂરતિયા ઊભાં થઈ જાય.એમ, નહીં પણ..,જાત જાતની વાતો થવાં લાગી.'આપણે જ ચૂંટણી લડવી છે.'એવાં હાંકલા પડકારાં સંભળાવા લાગ્યાં.

જીવીને મનમાં શંકા ઉત્પન્ન થઈ.

'આ ચૂંટણી જ ગામને બધાવે છે.ભાઈ- ભાઈ, કુટુંબ- કુટુંબ અને નાતિ -જાતિને જૂદાં કરાવે છે.

આ ચૂંટણી જ ના આવતી હોય તો..!!?

ના..પણ..! આપણી તો લોકશાહી છે.અને લોકશાહીમાં ચૂંટણી અનિવાર્ય બાબત છે.

પણ..!! કાંઈક તો રસ્તો હશે ને..!!?'

ત્યાં ગામમાંથી આઠ દસ માણસો આવતાં દેખાયાં.સાથે આચાર્ય સાહેબ પણ હતાં.

એકે વાતની શરૂઆત કરી.

"જીવીબેન..! આ વખતની ચૂંટણીમાં તમારે સરપંચનું ફોર્મ ભરવાનું છે.એટલે ગામમાં કોઈ બાઝે જ નહીં.અને આ માટે આજે ગામનાં ચોરે એક મિટિંગ રાખી છે."

જીવીએ હસતાં હસતાં કહ્યું.

"ના ભાઈ ના..! મારું કામ નેતા બનવાનું નથી.

અને ચૂંટણીમાં મને ફાવે પણ નહીં."

"જીવીબેન..! એ બધી વાત આપણે ચોરે જ કરશું."

ચોરો આખેઆખો હકડેઠઠ ભર્યો હતો.ચોરાનુ મેદાન પણ ગામલોકોથી ભરાઈ ગયું હતું.

ઓઘડ સાથે જીવીની એન્ટ્રી થઈ..એટલે સૌએ તાળીઓનો ગડગડાટ કર્યો.

જીવીએ બે હાથ જોડીને નમસ્કાર કરી ,સૌનો આભાર માન્યો.

આચાર્ય સાહેબે માઈક હાથમાં લઈને શરૂઆત કરી.

"ભાઈઓ અને બહેનો..! આપણે આ વખતની સરપંચની ચૂંટણીમાં જીવીબેનને લડાવવાં માંગીએ છીએ.તમે બધાં શું કહો છો..!??"

બધાં કાંઈ બોલે એ પહેલાં જીવીએ ઊભાં થતાં જ કહ્યું.

"હાં પણ..! હું ચૂંટણી લડીને ભાઈ -ભાઈ, કુટુંબ- કુટુંબને અલગ કરવાં નથી માંગતી.

અને એટલે મારે ચૂંટણી લડવી નથી."

ચારેકોર છન્નાટો છવાઈ ગયો.

પાછળની હરોળમાંથી એક સાથે આઠ દસ અવાજો આવ્યાં...

"હાં પણ..!! ચૂંટણી જ કોને કરવી છે!? અમારે તો તમને ગામ સમરસ કરીને સરપંચ બનાવવાં છે."

હજારો તાળીયોનો ગડગડાટ એક સાથે થયો.

અને સૌની છાતી છપ્પન ઈંચની થઈ ગઈ.

10/04/2024 'સંજોગ ન્યુઝ' ના ઉત્સવ પૂર્તિમાં પ્રકાશિત 

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7: In the Lair of Criminals

 Kartavya: Duty with Dedication

Chapter -7: In the Lair of Criminals

If any crime is committed within the boundary of a State, its investigation becomes limited to that state, and hence solving that case becomes a bit easier for the police. But if the crime is connected to another State, it becomes very difficult and challenging to investigate and nab the treacherous criminals.

A very famous party plot of Modasa city has witnessed many splendid occasions. In one such grand wedding ceremony, the hosts along with their guests were enjoying the occasion to the brim. After the feast, the guests left. Around 11 pm, the family members of the party-givers were engaged in photo shoot so as to make the event unforgettable. But none of them had the slightest idea that these blissful moments were not going to prevail longer.

During wedding occasions, it is a tradition to accept gifts in cash, and mostly this duty is assigned to the son-in-law of the family. He had finalized the amount of money received in the notebook and had securely put the cash along with the book in a bag, when someone urged him to join the family photo shoot. As people present there were all family members, he left the bag unattended on the counter table and joined the photo session. Finally, when it was all over, he returned to the counter for the bag, and found it gone.

It was a bolt from the blue for the son-in-law, as the bag contained jewelleries and cash totalling a worth of around ten lakhs. He frantically started searching for the bag, but it was nowhere to be found. Initially he thought that someone must have played a prank on him by hiding the bag, but the bag was missing for real. The joy of marriage function turned into a melancholy.

Not the slightest bit was found despite searching all over the place. Just because of a reckless blunder, a very big amount of money was stolen. Despite the presence of abundant family members at the moment someone took the bag and had slipped away from everyone’s sight. The nearby police station was informed of this incident immediately. It was for the first time that a case of robbery of over 10 lakhs was filed in that region. The police started investigating this challenging case of professional robbers from late night. They started with checking the CCTV footages of the party-plot along with the surrounding shops. Suspicious activities of some 10-12 years old children were observed in them. How and why would the children of such a young age commit a robbery of such a large sum of money? Those children were passing the bag to each other and moving forward. They quickly delivered the bag to the car which was stationed at a certain distance and in the blink of an eye the car disappeared.

The mystery of this theft was to be solved based on the CCTV footage. It was difficult to reach the crooks based solely on footage without any supporting evidence. But strong will makes the impossible possible. CCTV footages of the surrounding tolls were collected. A suspicious car was observed in them. The police successfully got their hands on the number of the car. The registration of the car was from Madhya Pradesh. A whole lot of details and the resume of the person on whose name the car was registered were gathered. Checking that resume revealed a long list of crimes.

That village in Madhya Pradesh is very notorious. Most of the people here are known for smuggling in different parts of the country. These people have created such a dangerous awe that even the local police have to think many times before entering that village. These people abduct 10-12 years old children from Rajasthan and prepare them for trafficking. Children around this age can very easily get access to any occasion anywhere. They are trained on how to pick up the valuables on sight without grabbing any attention. Nobody even suspects them. The mastermind behind the whole incident is standing 200-500 metres away from the crime scene and has fully geared to escape. The moment the valuables reach their hands, their car vanishes at full speed within a few moments. The children are appeased by giving some money.

The same notorious gang had carried out the theft of 10 lakhs in the Modasa party plot. The criminal record of the accused was in the hands of the police. Nabbing the crooks from that dangerous village in an unknown area of Madhya Pradesh was quite tricky than expected. The District Police chief Sanjay Kharat tried to talk to the Superintendent of Police of that area in Madhya Pradesh for help, but the local police cooperation did not provide the expected cooperation.

The team of Aravalli District Police left for Madhya Pradesh. There was no possibility of getting the cooperation of local police there. Just a fortnight before the occurrence of this incident, the local police were fatally attacked from this village. Both tact and force had to be employed. The police mixed with the locals of that village in plain clothes and collected important information. Based on this information, it was certain that the accused of the theft of Rs. 10 lakhs belonged to this village. Extorting money from him was as hard as chewing iron grams. The police officers cleverly arranged a meeting with the village sarpanch and persuaded him to return the stolen money. While conversing with the sarpanch, it was revealed that many people including the Sarpanch were involved in the trafficking. The sarpanch was convinced to return the money using all possible tactics. According to him, all the theft booty was spent.

The task of recovering the money was difficult but the Aravalli District Police was not ready to give up. The Aravalli Police went to another State and without the cooperation of the local police entered the stronghold of dangerous criminals and were successful in seizing approximately three lakhs of stolen money. Recovering 3 lakhs rupees from those criminals was a big victory. Police are still putting effort to recover the remaining amount of money. The local police of Madhya Pradesh were also stunned to see this feat of the Aravalli Police. PSI C.F. Rathod and his team played a crucial role in solving this case.

The police don’t even care about their own lives to protect people’s lives and property. This is the intoxication that lies on wearing ‘Khakhi’

Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati

Issued on 27 March 2024, on 

https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/03/kartavya-duty-with-dedication-chapter-7.html

©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷

 

6: Who committed the thievery?

Kartavya: Duty with Dedication

Chapter -6: Who committed the thievery?

        Many criminals dream of deadly attacks and robberies to terrorize in broad daylight. Aravalli police has set many examples of capturing such criminals, squashing their malicious intentions and teaching them appropriate lesson.

        This is about one of such a robbery incident that occurred in broad daylight on a desolated road in a village near Shamala. That is a tribal area. The people of tribal community live there by building kutcha pucca houses scattered on hills. Private finance companies provide many loan and saving schemes in this area and the employees regularly visit them to get the instalments.

      It was the afternoon of 9th December 2022. Few employees of such a private financial company were passing on bike through a desolated road after collecting the amount obtained out of loan and saving schemes in the villages near Shamala. They didn’t have even the slightest idea about being kept an eye on with the purpose of theft. It was during noon and the area was unpeopled. While they were passing by suddenly someone stopped them and hit hard with a thick blunt wooden stick. They fell down from the bike and cried for help but in vain, their voice echoed in the surrounding hills. The robbers despoiled the bag full of rupees and disappeared in the nearby hills.

    They looted about two and half lakh rupees. The employees were badly injured. What had happened just in a few moments was beyond their understanding. They were brought to a nearby hospital for treatment. There was no possibility of catching their assailant and recovering the loot as it was intrigued in a deserted area. However, a complaint of robbery was filed.

    The afternoon had put the police in action mode. It was necessary to take the culprits into custody before their intentions got too high. LCB PI K D Gohil took over the reins of the investigations. The fellow officers joined him. 

    As it had betided in a derelict area, no CCTV footage or any other link was available. Therefore, it was a bit complicated to solve the case. The investigating officers were highly experienced in this sort of work. Human intelligence and technical surveillance were put to work and habitual offenders and suspicious crooks were kept under constant watch. Keeping the complainants with them, the CCTV footages of CCTV installed in nearby villages were checked.

    The investigation was still in progress, but as days had passed, the burglars were now on the loose and the police were actively pursuing the case. The LCB teams received information from their private informers that the four criminals were coming from Rajasthan to Gujarat on a bike without number plates through the jungles.

    Based on the information, the area was cordoned off and at 12:30 pm, according to the information, four ISMOs were passing by with bikes without number plates, police cordoned off and arrested the four criminals. At the result of intensive interrogation, they confessed to the crime of committing the robbery. After mutilating these four malefactors, goods worth approximately two lakhs were seized from them. 

    The police not only solved the loot case carried out in deserted area, but was also did a commendable job of solving vehicle theft cases. 

    The district police chief says, “No matter how much technology comes along, basic policing relies on an intensive network of informants. Many such incidents occur where technical help doesn’t seem to work. Then police keep on working for months and years on a single case. This loot case was one such complicated case. Only on the basis of the public's trust in the police did the informer convey the accurate information of the accused to the police. As the district police, it is our duty to inculcate the same trust of the citizens.” 

    The crime-solving success graph of Aravalli District Police has been steadily rising. The district police have created a positive atmosphere by doing effective work to instil confidence in the hearts of the common people towards Khaki and keep criminals at bay.

Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati

Issued on 5th April 2024, on 

https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/04/kartavya-chapter-6-who-committed.html

©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷

5: Why an Eerie Silence in Modasa?

 Kartavya: Duty with Dedication

Chapter -5: Why an Eerie Silence in Modasa?

         The afternoon of 18th July 2022 will probably never be forgotten by Modasa town. The whole Modasa town was stunned. An incident that occurred in the afternoon shook the people of the district entirely. That incident was so serious that it’s echoes were heard in Gandhinagar after a short while. 

          Malpur road was centre of shopping as many famous showrooms and shops were located there. It was crowded with people all day long. There situated a well-known showroom of electronics. Once, the owner of this showroom was busy with his work when suddenly three people barged in the shop. One of them possessed a pistol in his hand. They rushed towards the counter and demanded 4 lakh rupees from the shop owner at gunpoint. The owner of the showroom was taken aback by this sudden incident. He was at a loss to understand as how to react under this situation. However, the owner fearlessly resisted the three unknown people and refused to hand over any money.

          The unknown assailants who had come to the showroom with the intention of loot and robbery, resorted to violence. One of the assailant’s took a hammer and hit the showroom owner hard on the head. Blood gushed profusely from the head of the showroom owner. However, he still resisted the robbers with full courage. People gathered on hearing the commotion, and the robbers fled for the fear of being caught. The robbers threatened a young man and fled away by forcibly snatching away his moped. 

           The showroom owner screamed in bloody state, people gathered, but by the time the robbers had succeeded in fleeing away. During this commotion the criminals vanished in thin air. Never had such a violence with the intent of robbery in broad daylight taken place in such a congested area of Modasa town. This incident went viral. The whole town was shocked by it.

The police on getting the news, immediately rushed to the spot. Seeing the seriousness of the incident, Sanjay Kharat, the Chief of police himself reached the crime spot in no time. 

            This incident was broadcasted as breaking news by all the TV channels. The State Home Minister also spoke directly with the District Chief of Police to quickly resolve this issue of violent burglary. 

             Solving this case was a tough challenge for the police. The bike on which the criminals had arrived did not even have a number plate, but luckily the entire incident was captured on CCTV. The CCTV footage went viral so much that the disturbing visuals reached to the majority of people’s mobiles. Based on this footage and ‘NETRAM’, the robbers were now to be traced.

Without losing a single moment, the district police set wheels in motion to nab the criminals. Dy Sp. Bharat Basiya, LCB PI C. P. Vaghela and other senior officers together with team ‘NETRAM’ started working on this case. The private informers were activated. All these actions took place within a couple of hours after the incident.

PSI J. H. Chowdhry, in charge of NETRAM branch, examined the footages from CCTV cameras installed all over the town. His phone rang, but the pressure of work was such that he did not have leisure to pick up his phone. The phone rang second time, a third time… He was repeatedly getting a phone call over and over again. He finally received it. The other side said that they knew the person who was involved in that day’s incident. One of the culprits was a person living in a village of Talod Taluka and the other two of his accomplices were his friends who lived in an area nearby Modasa.

          An important link got in hand for solving the case. Details about the burglars were acquired through NETRAM CCTV footages. They had ditched the moped on the highway on running out of petrol and had fled towards the jungle. Police cordoned the area and caught all the three culprits and seized the motorcycle used in the loot, fake pistol and their mobiles.

           The incident had occurred in the afternoon and before nightfall the culprits were already in custody of the police. This was a huge success. By solving the case in mere 3 to 4 hours, the police reassured the public that any criminal howsoever with high connections, too, cannot escape from the clutches of the police. The media, who was questioning the performance of the police just two or three hours ago, was now admiring the performance of the same police. The Aravalli police were showered congratulations from all over. The State Home Minister also praised the Aravalli Police Chief for this speedy solution of much debated and lime lighted case.

          When the accused was interrogated about as to how the idea of stealing occurred to him. The answer he gave was really shocking. He said, “I bought a music system worth Rs 1.5 lakh at home, but I did not have enough money to pay for it. So, by looting, I intended to pay the remaining price.” The police too were startled on hearing this.

           Anyone who spends more than his income on unnecessary hobbies and shows off will eventually regret it.

Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati

Issued on 12th March 2024, on 

https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/03/5-kartavya-why-eerie-silence-in-modasa.html

©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷

4: Foray of Burglary in Jeweller’s Shop

Kartavya: Duty with Dedication

Chapter -4:Foray of Burglary in Jeweller’s Shop

            What would be the condition of a person whose lifetime hard earned money is robbed overnight? By targeting a jeweller’s shop, the witty robbers looted ornaments worth 45 lakh rupees, thereby creating a big commotion.

            A mere remembrance of this incident that occurred on 25th March 2022, gives goosebumps to the owner of a jewellery shop located at a village of Bayad taluka.

Rahul was running a jewellery shop for years in this village. His residence was just above the shop. His business was also faring very well. On the evening of March 24, as per the routine the gold and silver ornaments were stored in their appropriate place.

On the morning of March 25, seeing the condition of the entrance door of his shop, he felt the earth slide under his feet. The iron grate lock was dangling in a broken state and there was a gaping hole in the inner wooden door. On entering the shop Rahul almost fainted. All the items inside the shop were scattered and all the gold and silver ornaments with cash inside were missing. A tender-hearted person might not have been able to bear this brutal shock.

            The robbers had struck during the night and conducted a rifle of ornaments worth 45 lakh rupees. The robbers had looted lifetime earnings. This incident was one of the biggest thefts conducted in Aravalli district so far. In no time the whole village gathered at the shop and the Bayad police too was informed about the incident.

Police reached the site immediately and commenced the investigation. Right from the breaking of the lock to the hacking of the wooden door, the police minutely studied the details.

            On discussing the case with the police, the police inspector informed that, “Each gang has its own unique modus operandi. Most of the gangs are identified by their style of burglary and lockpicking. Some gangs aim for closed shops only, while certain gangs strike on the closed houses. Others target homes where elderly people live their solitary life.”

            From the way in which the theft was carried out at the jewellery shop, it was assumed that the robbers had expertise in carrying out these types of theft. They had left no evidence in the shop. This case turned out to be a challenging task for the police.

The print and electronic media were covering this incident continuously. There was an overwhelming pressure to solve the case. In such tense situation, the task of investigating in the right direction with calm mind was a bit difficult. After perusal of the whole case, the Chief of the police giving solace to the Jewellery shop owner Mr. Rahul said that, “No matter wherever the robbers maybe in the world, the police will definitely nab them.” Rahul became hopeful after receiving assurance from the District Police chief.

            The police formed various teams and proceeded to solve the case. L.C.B. PI C. P. Vaghela and his team instigated. First, they acquired the CCTV footage of the shop in which the robbers were seen stealing fearlessly. The police team meticulously studied the CCTV footages of all the shops in Demai Bazaar. Footages from nearby toll plaza were also obtained. Upon analysing all the footages, the movement of a car seemed suspicious.

Now the police also have access to advanced technical equipment. Through the technical sources, police fetched the details of all the suspects present in the area at the time of robbery. Delving deep into the matter, one person was found to be suspicious. This person had a criminal past record. The police focused on him. By getting information from various places in the state, one person’s identity got confirmed. Now it was challenging to find the name and address of that person. However, due to long experience the police succeeded in getting the address details. Based on his experience, PI Vaghela dispatched a team to Madhya Pradesh in search of that suspect.

            It’s really very difficult to go into the stronghold of criminals in unknown territory and make the operation successful. The intention of the police officers was lofty. The police were set to solve the case at any cost to set a precedent.

The village of Madhya Pradesh the address led to was very notorious. The support provided by the local police was not to the expectation. There had also been instances of fatal attacks on the police in past from this village. Hence, the operation had to be managed very tactfully.

            The officers that went there had developed rapport with the locals over there. Nobody realized that those were police officers. They were puzzled about how to reach the criminal’s house in that notorious village. Directly approaching the house of the accused could make him escape causing danger to everyone’s life.

The police devised a brilliant trick and entered the village posing as personnels of Electricity Board. They visited various nooks and corners of the village and observed them in depth. They reached to the house of the main accused and carefully made a thorough observation. They succeeded in obtaining valuable information from the locals. The culprit and his house were identified. Having reached there they just had to nab him and bring him to Aravalli, but the task was not as simple as it sounded, as the village was full of dreaded criminals.

            If the village men got the slightest hint that these were police officers, then they would mount a brutal attack on them. So, each step had to be taken carefully. The police again cunningly proceeded towards the culprit’s house, this time posing as LIC agents and on finding an opportune moment, picked up the culprit. The brave police officers staked their lives and brilliantly conducted the operation without raising any suspicion towards them in the village. Police Inspector C. P. Vaghela and his team conducted this high voltage operation successfully.

            The culprit was now in the custody of the police. The moment police started their 3^rd degree treatment, he started parroting out all the details. He thoroughly told them about the modus operandi of the robbery of ornaments. Some of the stolen ornaments were sold to the local goldsmith. The goldsmith seeking a convenient moment had run away. The remaining ornaments and cash were confiscated. An amount of around Rs 11 lakh was seized. The other accused had absconded.

            Discussing regarding the challenges faced in this operation, the District Police chief said that, “This is the popular method of interstate theft or new cybercrimes. Being interstate accused, there are several limitations faced by the police in nabbing them. Also, sometimes they don’t get proper support from the local authorities and public to reach to the accused. The gangs take advantage of it. Such gangs are active on large scale, in areas like Nimay, Jambua, Alirajpur, Dhar bordering areas around Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. They target interstate areas ranging from Mumbai to Jaipur. The safety of the police team is of prime importance. There have been instances of police party from other states being attacked in the past. It is also very difficult to reach the criminal by joining small and insufficient links. In which the police succeed.”

            The district police had set an excellent example of solving the case by going into another state and putting their lives at risk.

Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati

Issued on 11th January 2024, on

https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/01/chapter-5-foray-of-burglary-in.html

©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷