A list of resources and information about Hindi language, Hindi literature, and Indology for librarians, libraries, scholars, and researchers. This will especially be useful for the libraries of universities in the United States, European countries, and other countries that have the South Asian Studies Department which provides courses in Hindi language, literature, and Indology.
Contents
- Hindi Language and Literature - Introduction and History
- Useful Websites On Hindi Language And Literature
- Hindi Language and Literature - Alternative Names
- Hindi Language and Literature - Dialects
- Hindi Language and Literature - Classification
- Hindi Language and Literature - Writing System
- Hindi Language and Literature - Geographical Region Covered by Language
- Hindi Language and Literature - Number of Speakers
- Hindi Language and Literature - Annual Publishing Output
- Articles in Blogs and Magazines
- Hindi Language and Literature - Major Publishing Centers
- Hindi Language and Literature - Major Newspapers (With City)
- Hindi Language and Literature - Major Journals and Magazines
- Hindi Language and Literature - Literary Academies Societies etc.
- Hindi Language and Literature - Publishers and Distributors
- List of Hindi Publishers & Distributors
- Hindi Language and Literature - National-level / Tier 1 Universities
- Hindi Language and Literature - Smaller / Regional / Tier 2 and 3 Universities
- Hindi Language and Literature - Literary Prizes
- Hindi Language and Literature - Important political/social movements (both legal and underground) that use the language to publish information
- Hindi Language and Literature - Important Literary Authors
- Important Literary Authors
- Important Literary Writers of Hindi Language and Literature on Wikipedia
- Online Videos Documentaries of Hindi Authors
- Hindi Literary Authors
- Personal Websites & Blogs Of Hindi Writers
- Online Catalogs for Hindi Authors
- Hindi Language and Literature - Important People at National Level
- Hindi Language and Literature - Current hot topics in which there are language publications
- Hindi Language and Literature - Major Saints / Maths / Temples
- Temples / Maths
- Saints
- Hindi Language and Literature - Major Lyricists
- Hindi Language and Literature - Hindi Motion Pictures Industry
- Hindi Language and Literature - Documentaries
- Hindi Language and Literature - Online Dictionaries
- Hindi Language and Literature - Hindi Books-Hindi Book Reviews-Hindi Literary News
- Hindi Books
- Library and Publisher Catalogs for Hindi Books
- Hindi Book Reviews
- Hindi Literary News
- Indology Study and Research Resources
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY
Hindi is the name given to an Indo-Aryan language, or a dialect continuum of languages, spoken in northern and central India (the "Hindi belt") Native speakers of Hindi dialects between them account for 41% of the Indian population (2001 Indian census). As defined in the Constitution, Hindi is one of the two official languages of communication (English being the other) for India's federal government and is one of the 22 scheduled languages specified in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.Official Hindi is often described as Standard Hindi, which along with English, is used for administration of the central government. Hindustani or Standard Hindi is also an official language of Fiji. Standard Hindi is a sanskritised register derived from the khari boli dialect. Urdu is a different, persianised register of the same dialect.
History: Like many other modern Indian languages, Hindi has evolved from Sanskrit, by way of the Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit languages and Apabhramsha of the Middle Ages. Though there is no consensus for a specific time, Hindi originated as local dialects such as Braj, Awadhi and finally Khari Boli after the turn of tenth century.[9] In the span of nearly a thousand years of Muslim influence, such as when Muslim rulers controlled much of northern India during the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, many Persian and Arabic words were absorbed into khari boli and was called Urdu. Since almost all Arabic words came via Persian, they do not preserve the original phonology of Arabic. [Source: Wikipedia]
Useful Websites On Hindi Language And Literature
Language Information Service (LIS)-India [Recommended]
Hindi Portal of Hindi Wikipedia [Recommended]
History of Hindi Grammar [Search हिन्दी व्याकरण का इतिहास in Hindi Wikipedia]
Description of Hindi Grammar [Search हिन्दी व्याकरण in Hindi Wikipedia]
Hindi Grammar - हिंदी भाषा को शुद्ध रूप में लिखने और बोलने संबंधी नियमों को जाने के लिए हिंदी व्याकरण अच्छे तरीके से समझना बहुत जरूरी होता है और यह Website आपको हिंदी व्याकरण को समझाने में पूरी तरह से मदद करेगी। यहां हिंदी व्याकरण से संबंधित सभी टॉपिक को छोटे-छोटे भागों में वर्गीकृत करके उदाहरण सहित समझाया गया है। तो दोस्तों hindigrammar.in का मुख्य उद्देश्य है आसान तरीके से हिंदी व्याकरण को समझने में आप सब को सहयोग पहुंचाना ।
Hindi Literature in Wikipedia
Hindi Literature [Search हिंदी साहित्य in Hindi Wikipedia]
International Development of Modern Hindi [Search आधुनिक हिंदी का अंतर्राष्ट्रीय विकास in Hindi Wikipedia]
History of Modern Hindi Prose Literature [Search आधुनिक हिंदी गद्य का इतिहास in Hindi Wikipedia]
History of Modern Hindi Poetic Literature [Search आधुनिक हिंदी पद्य का इतिहास in Hindi Wikipedia]
Migrant Hindi Literature [Search प्रवासी हिन्दी साहित्य in Hindi Wikipedia]
Chayawadi Period of Hindi Literature [Search छायावादी युग in Hindi Wikipedia]
Dalit Literature [Search दलित साहित्य in Hindi Wikipedia]
Children's Literature [Search हिन्दी में बाल साहित्य in Hindi Wikipedia]
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - ALTERNATIVE NAMES
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - DIALECTS
Formal vocabulary is borrowed from Sanskrit, de-Persianized, de-Arabicized. Literary Hindi, or Hindi-Urdu, has four varieties: Hindi (High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, Literary Hindi, Standard Hindi); Urdu; Dakhini; Rekhta. State language of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh. Languages and dialects in the Western Hindi group are Hindustani, Haryanvi, Braj Bhasha, Kanauji, Bundeli; see separate entries. [Source: Wikipedia]
Hindi Language -- Description from Ethnologue
Hindi Dialects - [Search हिंदी की विभिन्न बोलियाँ और उनका साहित्य in Hindi Wikipedia]
Magahi Language and Literature in Wikipedia
Magahi Language and Literature in Ethnologue
Magahi Bhasha evam Sahitya (a blog on Magahi Language and Literature)
Maithili Language and Literature in Wikipedia
Maithili Language and Literature in Ethnologue
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - CLASSIFICATION
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Western Hindi, Hindustani
Hindi Language -- Description from Ethnologue
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - WRITING SYSTEM
Devanagari, Urdu, Kaithi, Latin, and several regional scripts.
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - GEOGRAPHICAL REGION COVERED BY LANGUAGE
Throughout northern India: Delhi; Uttar Pradesh; Uttaranchal; Rajasthan; Punjab; Madhya Pradesh; northern Bihar; Himachal Pradesh. Also spoken in Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Germany, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Yemen, Zambia.
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - NUMBER OF SPEAKERS
Ethnologue: 180,000,000 in India (1991 UBS). Population total all countries: 180,764,791. Ethnic population: 363,839,000
Census of India: 422,048,642
Wikipedia: ~ 500–680 million
Ethnologue: 180,000,000 in India (1991 UBS). Population total all countries: 180,764,791. Ethnic population: 363,839,000
Census of India: 422,048,642
Wikipedia: ~ 500–680 million
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - ANNUAL PUBLISHING OUTPUT
Around 20,000-25,000
Note: India is 7th largest publisher in world out of which 25% of titles are published in Hindi
Articles in Blogs and Magazines
Publishing in India Today: 19,000 Publishers, 90,000 Titles, Many Opportunities (Publishing Perspectives; July 6, 2011) Part 1 of our look at India’s publishing industry reveals rising challenges for editorial departments, new business models for distribution, and the rise of agenting in India.
Excerpt from the article: The publishing industry in South Asia as a whole, and India in particular, has never seen better times. There has been an astounding increase in the number of titles originating from and being produced in the region, in addition to large-scale investment in retail, fresh marketing tools and increasing standards of book production. The Indian scenario is particularly unique. With a whopping 550 million people below the age of 30, and with a significant and consumerist middle class, book sales in the country could well surpass all expectations.
Amidst this excitement, one still finds a fractured infrastructure that presents a huge challenge and a consequent opportunity for the industry. First, there is the challenge of finding interested and trained professionals. Publishing was, and in many ways still is, a family-owned and family-run business, which means that many people in the profession were literally born into publishing.
Excerpt from the article: In part 2 of our series on “Publishing in India Today” we consider India’s growing exposure to the international book markets, challenges to copyright law, the continuing problem of piracy and Indian e-books.
Of the many issues that are currently bringing together the publishing community in India, the issue that has generated one of the most significant responses is the proposed amendments to the country’s copyright law. Though there is a clear divide between people for and against it, publishers almost unanimously oppose the amendment.
As proposed, the amendment sanctions parallel imports, which allow the import of multiple editions of books into the Indian market, rendering the whole point of territorial rights a bit useless.
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - MAJOR PUBLISHING CENTERS
Bihar: PatnaChhattisgarh: Raipur
Delhi: New Delhi
Haryana: Panchkula, Rohtak
Jharkhand: Ranchi
Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain
Rajasthan: Jaipur
Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Agra, Ghaziabad, Meerut
Uttaranchal: Deharadun
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - MAJOR NEWSPAPERS (WITH CITY)
Hindi has 25% of the total newspaper circulation in India. Since 2007 more and more newspapers are launching their Hindi edition in India because there has been a surge in Hindi readership.
Aaj : Lucknow, Allahabad, and some other cities of North India
Amar Ujala : 18 editions across India in 7 states and 1 union territory. UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Chandigarh, New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana
Daily Hindi Milap : Hyderabad
Dainik Bhaskar : Dainik Bhaskar is a Hindi-language daily newspaper of India. It was started in year 1958 from Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. Currently it is published from many cities of North and Central India. The Main Cities Include : Bhopal, Indore, New Delhi, Lucknow, Nagpur, Gwalior, Jaipur Ajmer, Jabalpur, Varanasi, Ahemedabad
Dainik Jagaran : Cutting across artificial boundaries of caste, religion, culture and creed Dainik Jagran unites India today across 11 states with 32 editions and with a phenomenal readership of 56.1 mn as per the IRS (Round II 2008). Dainik Jagran covers 11 states of India: Delhi, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal.
Among all Hindi newspapers Dainik Jagaran has a very interesting section named Sahitya. This page is distributed in 5 parts, namely, Sahitya Samachar (literary news), Sahityika Kritiyam, Sakshatkar, Paricharcha, and Pustak Samiksha (book reviews) . This is an interesting page and it is good to view it once a week to keep abreast with the latest developments in Hindi literature.
Deshbandhu : National edition, Raipur, Bilaspur, Bhopal
Hindustan : Delhi, Patna, Lucknow, Ranchi
Nai Duniya : Indore, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Gwalior, Raipur, Delhi, Bilaspur,
Navbharat Times : Navbharat Times is the largest Hindi Daily in Delhi, Indore and Bombay. It is published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the largest media group in India. This group is better known as The Times Group and is also the publisher of largest English daily The Times of India. Navbharat Times has a very interesting section named साहित्य संसार which is under विचार मंच section. This page is distributed in following sections: कृतियां l हलचल l नई किताबें l किताब लाजवाब . This is an interesting page and it is good to view it once a week to keep abreast with the latest developments in Hindi literature.
Prabhat Khabar : Prabhat Khabar is a Hindi language newspaper published daily in Jharkhand in northern India. The newspaper is circulated in several states in India, including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. It was founded in August 1984 in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand.
Punjab Kesari : Punjab Kesari is a Hindi-language newspaper published from many centres in Punjab and Haryana in India. It claims itself to be the largest selling Hindi daily in India.
Rajasthan Patrika : Rajasthan Patrika is printed from the following places: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar, Sriganganganagar, Udaipur, Alwar, Bikaner, Banswara, Ajmer, Pali, Kota, Bhilwara, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Bangalore, Surat, Kolkatta
Rashtriya Sahara : Patna, Delhi, Dehradun, Lucknow, Jaipur
Hindi Newspapers (Wikipedia)
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - MAJOR JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES
Name - Frequency - Genre
Abhivyakti weekly literary magazine
Anubhuti weekly literary magazine
Argalaa quarterly literary magazine
Bharat Darshan literary magazine
Gaveshana quarterly magazine of literature language and linguistics by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan
Gyanodaya monthly literary magazine of Bharatiya Jnanpith
Hans monthly Hindi literature
India Today weekly newsmagazine
Kadambini monthly literary magazine
Kathadesh monthly literature, culture, and arts
Kavita Kosh literary magazine
Mukta monthly youth magazine
Outlook Saptahik weekly newsmagazine
Prerna monthly literary magazine
Sahitya Kunj literary magazine
Srijangatha literary magazine
Tadbhav quarterly literature, culture
Katha Chakra (Reviews and description of Hindi literary magazines) (कथा चक्र : हिंदी में प्रकाशित साहित्यिक पत्रिकाओं की संक्षिप्त समीक्षा पढ़ें व उससे संबंधित जानकारी प्राप्त करें)
List of Hindi Magazines Available on Internet [Search अन्तरजाल पर स्थित हिन्दी पत्रिकाएँ in Hindi Wikipedia
List of Hindi Literary Magazines [Search हिन्दी की साहित्यिक पत्रिकायें in Hindi Wikipedia]
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - LITERARY ACADEMIES SOCIETIES ETC.
Links to Hindi Literary Academies, Associations, Societies, Schools, Universities, etc.
Bihar Rashtrabhasha Parishad (no website, see books by Bihar Rashtrabhasha Parishad)
Hindi Sahitya Sabha (हिंदी साहित्य सभा, टोरंटो) [Toronto, Canada]
International Hindi Association (अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हिन्दी समिति) [United States]
Nepal Hindi Sahitya Parishad [Nepal]
Sahitya Kala Parishad [New Delhi]
Links from Hindi Wikipedia [Search हिन्दी सेवी संस्थाएँ]
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE -PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS
List of Hindi Commercial Publishers-1 [Search श्रेणी:हिन्दी प्रकाशक in Hindi Wikipedia]
List of Hindi Commercial Publishers-2 [Search हिंदी प्रकाशक सूची in Hindi Wikipedia]
List of Hindi Publishers & Distributors
B.R.Publishing Corporation
Daya Publishing House
Kalpaz Publications
Kitabghar Prakashan
Pratibha Prakashan
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - NATIONAL-LEVEL / TIER 1 UNIVERSITIES
Aligarh Muslim University
Banaras Hindu University
Delhi University (or University of Delhi)
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University (or) Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
Vishwa Bharati University
Banaras Hindu University
Delhi University (or University of Delhi)
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University (or) Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
Vishwa Bharati University
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - SMALLER / REGIONAL / TIER 2 AND 3 UNIVERSITIES
Allahabad University (or University of Allahabad)
Hyderabad University (or University of Hyderabad)
Kanpur University (or Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur)
Lucknow University (or University of Lucknow)
Mumbai University (or University of Mumbai)
Raipur University (or Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur)
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - LITERARY PRIZES
Akhila Bharatiya Muktibodh Puraskar (Madhya Pradesh Govt.)
Arya Smriti Sahitya Samman (Kitabghar Prakashan)
Ayodhya Prasad Khatri Award/Prize
Bharatiya Jnanpith Awards (Wikipedia)
Bharatbhushan Agarwal Puraskar
Bhasha Samman
Chakallas Prize of Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Parishad (मध्य प्रदेश साहित्य परिषद् का चकल्लस पुरस्कार)
Chandradev Sharma Samman (Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi)
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Puraskar (Madhya Pradesh Hindi Granth Akademi)
Dushyant Puraskar (Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi)
Girijakumar Mathur Puraskar (गिरिजाकुमार माथुर पुरस्कार)
Indian Literary Awards (Wikipedia)
Indu Sharma Katha Award (London) (इंदु शर्मा कथा सम्मान)
Kalidas Puraskar
Kamleshwar Katha Puraskar (कमलेश्वर कथा पुरस्कार)
Lohiya Ativishisht Samman (Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan)
Makhanlal Chaturvedi Puraskar (माखनलाल चतुर्वेदी पुरस्कार)
Mira Puraskar (Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi)
Nagarjun Puraskar (Highest award for poetic works by the Govt. of Bihar)
Padumlal Punnalal Bakhshi Samman (Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi)
Paharua Samman (Bharatendu Akademi, Varanasi)
Pan. Deendayal Upadhyay Award (पं दीनदयाल उपाध्याय पुरस्कार) (Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan))
Parimal Award/Prize
Premchand Fellowships
Premchand Samman
Rajkamal Prakashan Kriti Samman (राजकमल प्रकाशन कृति सम्मान)
Ramakant Smriti Kahani Puraskar (रमाकान्त स्मृति कहानी पुरस्कार)
Ramvilas Sharma Award/Prize
Rangeya Raghav Samman (Rajastha Sahitya Akademi)
Rashtriya Muktibodh Puraskara (Madya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi)
Raza Award/Prize
Sahitya Akademi Awards (Wikipedia)
Sahitya Bhushan Samman (Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan)
Sahitya Sammelana Award
Sahityakar Samman (Hindi Akademi, Delhi)
Sant Namdev Puraskar (Maharashtra Hindi Sahitya Akademi)
Saraswati Samman (Wikipedia)
Sarjana Puraskar (Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan)
Shamsher Samman (शमशेर सम्मान)
Sheela Siddhantkar Award/Prize
Shrikant Varma Award/Prize
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Puraskar (Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Parishad)
Sudhindra Puraskar (Rajasthan Sahitya Akademi)
Sur Puraskar (Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan)
Vagishvari Puraskar (Madhya Pradesh Hindi Sahitya Sammelan)
Vanamali Award/Prize
Vijaydev Narain Sahi Puraskar (Devnagari: विजयदेव नारायण साही पुरस्कार)
Viswa Hindi Sammelan Award
Vyas Samman (Wikipedia)
Yashpal Samman or Yashpal Puraskar (Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan)
Literary Awards in Hindi Wikipedia [Search श्रेणी:साहित्य पुरस्कार]
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - IMPORTANT POLITICAL/SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (BOTH LEGAL AND UNDERGROUND) THAT USE THE LANGUAGE TO PUBLISH INFORMATION
Dalit movementChipko movement
Save Silent Valley
Narmada Bachao Andolan
Koel Karo
Chattisgarh Mukti Morcha
Jharkhand movement for a separate state
Arya Samaj movement
Appiko movement
Rajneesh movement
Indian independence movement
The Indian Emergency of 25 June 1975 – 21 March 1977
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - IMPORTANT LITERARY AUTHORS
Important Literary Authors
Description chiefly taken from Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/)
1. Munshi Premchand (1880-1936) was the foremost novelist in Hindi and Urdu. His last completed novel in Hindi, also acclaimed as his finest, was Godan (The Gift of a Cow, 1936). The greatness of Godan lies in its unparalleled and indepth depiction of the Indian rural milieu. It has been translated into almost all the major Indian languages as well as many foreign languages. Premchand's other epic novels include Rangabhumi (The Theatre or Arena, 1925) and Karmabhumi (Arena of Action,1932) where the focus is on the nationalist struggle of the country.
2. Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964) is considered as one of the pioneers of 'Khari Boli' (plain dialect) poetry and the author of the first ever epic in modern Hindi literature. In his literary career spanning 57 years, Gupt has written over sixty works, comprising forty nine collections and seventeen translations of poetry and drama. He was perhaps, the only poet in Independent India to be honoured with the title 'National Poet'. In Saket (Ayodhya, 1932), the poet draws on the mythological tale of Rama, falling back heavily on Tulasidas's epic Ramcharitamanas. Also evident are influences of Valmiki's Ramayana, Bhavabhuti's play Uttara Rama Charita, Kalidasa's Raghuvamsa and the Mahabharata of Vyasa.
3. Jaishankar Prasad (1889-1937) is one of the pioneers of the Hindi literary movement called Chayavada. Lehar (Wave), his last collection of poems was published before his great poem, Kamayani (1936), and clearly demonstrates his lyrical and narrative mastery. Alongwith Ansu (Tears), an earlier long poem and Kamana, an allegorical play, Lehar forms a prelude to Kamayani, an allegorical epic poem. His unique sense of history and remarkable insight into the spiritual malady that plagues modern civilisation, set Jaishankar Prasad apart from his poetic peers.
4. Suryakant Tripathi (1899-1961) achieved fame through his pen-name 'Nirala' (the unique), deriving inspiration from the best minds of the Indian Renaissance, then flourishing in Bengal. Nirala was a born genius and sans formal education, studied Indian classics, philosophy and culture. Deeply rooted in Indian culture, he stood against the Establishment, gaining recognition as a poet of revolt. Besides twelve collections of poetry, which included Apara (The Earthly Knowledge, 1947) Nirala also penned six novels, many short stories, essays and criticism, and also translated from Sanskrit and Bengali. Renowned for his prose, Nirala is also associated with bringing in free verse in the modern era.
5. Sumitranandan Pant (1900-77), author of twenty eight published works including poetry, verse plays and essays, was honoured with the prestigious Padma Bhushan (1961), Jnanpith (1968), Sahitya Akademi and Soviet Land-Nehru Awards for his immense contribution to the Hindi literary scene. His poetry epitomised the Indian thought of Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram (the true, the good, the beautiful). A prominent of the Chayavada movement, Pant's greatest poems were penned during this period. When the movement was on the decline, Pant was the poet who effortlessly made the transition from aesthetic mysticism to the temporal, doing so in terms of the Marxist ideology. This phase later gave way to the larger humanism of Aurobindo. Thus in his later writings, Pant the aesthete emerged as a thinker, philosopher and humanist. His finest work, by far, is Pallav, a collection of thirty two poems written between 1918 and 1925.
6. Yashpal (1903-76) is renowned for Jhutha Sach (The False Truth, 1958-60), regarded as the finest Hindi novel written on the chaotic Indian scenario which followed closely on the heels of the Partition. A Marxist till the very end, Yashpal's ideology immensely influenced his writings. He has forty two books to his credit, excluding translated works.
7. Hazariprasad Dwivedi (1907-79), a famous novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar, penned numerous novels, collections of essays and a historical outline of Hindi literature. His principal works include Kabir, and Banabhatta Ki Atmakatha (The Autobiography of Banabhatta, 1946), a literary depiction of the life and times of the classical poet. The latter is in the mode of a fiction within fiction. The author pretends to have accidentally found the entire work, his own role in creating it being 'minimal'.
8. Mahadevi Verma (1907-87) was educated in Allahabad, where she founded the 'Prayag Mahila Vidyapitha', promoting the education of girls. An active freedom fighter, Mahadevi Verma is regarded as one of the four pillars of the great Romantic movement in modern Hindi poetry, Chayavada, the remaining three being Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Jaishankar Prasad and Sumitranandan Pant. She is renowned for her book of memoirs, Atita Ke Chalcitra (The Moving Frames of the Past) and Smriti Ki Rekhayen (The Lines of Memory). Her poetic canvas boasts Dipshikha (The Flame of an Earthen Lamp, 1942), a book comprising fifty one lyrics, all of which carry the maturity of expression and intense mystical quality peculiar to this great artiste. Her mysticism led to the birth of a movement called Rahasyavada. Mahadevi Verma has often been compared with Mira Bai, the great 16th century devotional poetess, in her lyrical mysticism and deep devotional offerings to the Almighty.
9. Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' (1908-74) emerged as rebellious poet with his nationalist poetry in pre-Independence days. After the country's Independence , he was often referred to as the national poet of India, though officially the title belonged to Maithili Sharan Gupt. He belongs to the generation immediately following the Chayavadi (romantic) poets. Dinkar is renowned for his personal lyrics, apart from a few historical and nationalist compositions. His verse play, Urvashi, (1961)is a dramatic departure from his earlier poetry of social concern, as it deals with love and passion, the earthy and the sublime, and man-woman relationship transcending the physical. A Jnanpith Award winner (1972), the book is the culmination of a poet's spiritual journey. It is a landmark document involving introspection and philosophical delving into the Kamadhyatma, The Metaphysic of Desire.
10. Nagarjun (b. 1911), is amjor Hindi poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues. His Pratinidhi Kavitayen (A Collection of Representative Poems, 1984)was written over four decades. It contains almost eighty Hindi poems as well as a small section of poetry in Maithili, his mother-tongue, where he is better known as Baidyanath Mishra 'Yatri'. Nagarjun creates poetry out of the most mundane things in life, employing the language of everyday speech and thus bringing poetry as an art form closer to the common man. The most popular practising Hindi poet in the last decades of the twentieth century, Nagarjun is considered as the only poet, after Tulsidas, to have an audience ranging from the rural sections of society to the elitist gatherings.
11. S. H. Vatsyayan (1911-87), (Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana), popularly known by his pen-name 'Ajneya' or Agyeya, was a pioneer of modern trends not only in the realm of poetry, but also fiction, criticism and journalism in Hindi. An eminent freedm fighter, Ajneya has to his credit sixteen volumes of poetry, three novels, travelogues and several volumes of short stories and essays. He edited the Saptak series which triggered new trends in Hindi poetry, known a 'Nai Kavita'. He edited many literary journals and also launched his own Hindi weekly, Dinaman, thus establishing new standards in the field of Hindi journalism.Ajneya was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award, Bharatbharati Award and the internationally reputed Golden Wreath Award for poetry.His famous works include Amgan Ke Par Dvara (The Door Beyond the Courtyard) and a cycle of poems, Chakranta Shila.
12. Vishnu Prabhakar (b. 1912), with several short stories, novels, plays and travelogues to his credit, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel, Ardhanarishwara (The Androgynous God or Shiva). His biography of the eminent Bengali novelist, Saratchandra Chatterjee, Awara Masiha (Vagabond Prophet, 1974) is however considered not only, to be his magnum opus, but also one of the three best Hindi biographies written so far. Awara Masiha, a subtle combination of fact and fiction, took Prabhakar around fouteen years to finish.
13. Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' (1921-77), popularly known as Renu, is one of the great Hindi novelists of the post-Premchand era. An active political activist, one of Renu's masterpieces is Maila Anchal (The Soiled Border, 1954), a social novel that depicts the life of a region and its people, the backward and the deprived. A trailblazer in the post-Premchand period, the novel radically changed the structure and narrative style in Hindi novels. The distinct feature in the novel is that it does not possess a structured plot or story in the conventional sense. After Premchand's Godan, Maila Anchal is regarded as the most significant Hindi novel.
14. Shrilal Shukla (b.1925), an IAS officer, is renowned for his objective and purposive satire in contemporary Hindi fiction. In 1957, he published his first novel, Sooni Ghat ka Sooraj (The Sun of a Desolate Valley) followed by a series of satires Amgada Ka Pamva (Angada's Foot) in 1958. His Raag Darbari (Melody of the Court, one of the ragas, 1968) is the first satirical novel of its kind in Hindi spanning a wide spectrum of post-Independence rural India, specifically Avadh. It was Shrilal Shukla who took wit, irony and sarcasm to great heights in Hindi literature. Raag Darbari is generously peppered with folk witticisms of Avadhi, the powerful dialect in which Tulasidas, Malik Mohammad Jayasi and many Sufi poets made their mark.
15. Mohan Rakesh (1925-72) was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani movement in Hindi in the 1950s. Rakesh made significant contribution to various genres, like nove, short story, travelogue, criticism, memoirs and drama. His Ashadha Ka Ek Din (One Day in The Rainy Month of Ashadha, 1958) is a historical play suggestive of the personal dilemmas of a present day writer. Ashadha Ka Ek Din is one of the first major original plays that revived the Hindi stage in the 1960s. Among his other plays is, Adhe Adhure (The Incomplete Ones) is extremely popular with the modern middle-class audiences, and Lehron Ke Rajhamsa (The Swans of the Waves), a close study of the renunciation of the Buddha, and its effect on his own people.
16. Dharmavir Bharati (b. 1926) is a renowned poet, fictionist and editor. Essentially a romantic humanist, Bharati is famous for his poignant treatment of first love, his lyricism and humanistic vision. One of his famous works is Andha Yuga (The Blind Age or The Age of Darkness), one of the most celebrated modern Hindi plays. Bharati has been honoured with some of the highest literary and State awards, including the Padma Shri.
17. Nirmal Verma (b.1929) together with Mohan Rakesh, Bhisham Sahni, Kamleshwar, Amarkant and others, is credited with introducing and establishing the Nai Kahani (the modernist new short story) in Hindi literature. His technical wizardry and cosmopolitan sensibility render Nirmal Verma a one-of-a-kind artiste. Although he has published four novels, six collections of essays and cultural criticism, it is his short stories that beautifully bring out his ethereal sensitivity, lyricism and profound compassion. Kavve aur Kala Paani (Crows and the Black Waters, 1983) translated as The Crows of Deliverance, comprises seven of Verma's latest stories, which deal with the spiritual ills that afflict his characters, mostly from the urban middle class.
Important Literary Writers of Hindi Language and Literature on Wikipedia
List of Hindi Poets [Search हिन्दी कवि in Hindi Wikipedia]
Hindi Prose Authors [Search हिन्दी गद्यकार in Hindi Wikipedia]
Hindi Dramatists and Playwright [Search हिन्दी नाटककार in Hindi Wikipedia]
List of Hindi Writers [Search हिंदी लेखकों की सूची in Hindi Wikipedia]
Online Videos Documentaries of Hindi Authors
Online Videos Documentaries of Hindi Authors
Video on Hindi Author Yashpal [Part-I]
Video on Hindi Author Yashpal [Part-II]
Video on Hindi Author Yashpal [Part-II]
Video of Ashok Chakradhar (GALIYAAN- a very touching poetry by ASHOK CHAKRADHAR)
Hindi Literary Authors
Life and Works of Hindi Authors [From the Hindi Magazine Abhivyakti]
Hindi Literary Authors
Life and Works of Hindi Authors [From the Hindi Magazine Abhivyakti]
Who's who of Indian Writers [Published by Sahitya Akademi] [Search through Google Books]
Life and Works of Hindi Authors [From Hindisamay - A Portal by Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha]
Life and Works of Hindi Authors [From Argalaa]
Personal Websites & Blogs Of Hindi Writers
Ashok Chakradhar (Hindi) [Website in English]
Lakshmi Narain Lal (लक्ष्मीनारायण लाल)
Manoj Singh (मनोज सिंह)
Usha Bhatnagar
Online Catalogs for Hindi Authors
VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF is a joint project of several national libraries, implemented and hosted by OCLC. The project's goal is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking the authority files of national libraries, and then making that information available on the Web)
Library of Congress Authorities (Using Library of Congress Authorities, you can browse and view authority headings for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations; and download authority records in MARC format for use in a local library system. This service is offered free of charge)
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - IMPORTANT PEOPLE AT NATIONAL LEVEL
Amitabh Bachchan (Motion pictures industry)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Politics)
Bismillah Khan (Music)
Deepak Chaurasia (Media)
Habib Tanveer (Theater)
Prabhu Chawla (Media)
Rahul Gandhi (Politics)
Vinod Dua (Media)
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - CURRENT HOT TOPICS IN WHICH THERE ARE LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS
Nadigram (not so well covered in English Press)Satyam fraud (covered in English Press)
Racist attack on Indians in Australia (covered in English Press)
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - MAJOR SAINTS / MATHS / TEMPLES
Temples / Maths
Anandeshwar Mandir, Kanpur
Arya Samaj
Bamleshwari temple - Dongargarh
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Delhi
Belon Temple, Belon
Belur Math
Bhairav Temple , Delhi
Bhoramdeo temple
Champakeshwar Mahadev temple - Champaran
Chattarpur Temple
Chinmaya Mission
Danteshwari temple - Dantewada
Dudhadhari Math - Raipur
Durga Temple
Gandheshwar temple - Sirpur
Gaudiya Math
Gauri Shankar Mandir, Chandni Chowk
Gorakhnath Temple and Math
Gorakhnath Temple, Gorakhpur
Hanuman Dhara, Chitrakoot
Hanuman Mandir, Panki, Kanpur
Hanuman Satu, Lucknow
Hanuman Temple
Hanumangarhi, Ayodhya
Hariharnath Temple Sonepur, Bihar, India
ISKON Temple
J K Temple, Kanpur
Jagannath Temple
Kalka Mandir, Delhi
Kanchi matha
Kashi Mutt
Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Krishnajanmabhoomi, Mathura
Kudargarh
Kurkihar Temple
Lakshman temple - Sirpur
Laxminarayan Temple
Mahamaya Temple - Bilaspur,
Mahavir Temple, Patna
Mandar Hill Temple
Mangalagauri Temple, Gaya
Mundesvari Temple, Bhabua
Parasnath Temple
Radha Dait, vaijayanti,Gyan Gudri ,Vrindavan
Radha Raman, Vrindavan
Raj Rajeswari Jai Kela Devi Mandir, Firozabad
Rajiv Lochan temple - Rajim
Ramakrishna Math
Ramjanmabhoomi, Ayodhya
Ramkrishna Mattha, Lucknow
Sai Baba Mandir
Sarnath, Varanasi
Shirdi Sai Baba movement
Shree Hanuman Mandir, Firozabad
Shri Banke Bihari, Vrindavan
Shri Laxminarayan Mandir Hanumankund, Ayodhya
Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Sri Ramakrishna Temple
Swaminarayan Akshardham (World's largest Hindu Temple Complex)[1]
Uttara Swami Malai Temple
Vindhyachal, Mirzapur
Vishnupad Temple, Gaya, India
Saints
Jagadguru Mahaprabhu Shri Vallabhacharya, a great saint who was the follower of Vishnuswami Sampradaya (Vaishnavism). He proved the principle of "Shuddha Adwaita Brahmavada" meaning pure adwaita Brahmavada based on Veda. He showed the path of devotion to the world and taught that in this time of "Kaliyuga" self-less surrender to the lotus feet of Lord Krishna is the only thing a soul should do.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534), famous Bengali Saint known for his ecstatic devotion to Krishna. Original founder of the modern Hare Krishna movement
Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893 — March 7, 1952), a modern day saint who brought the spiritual science of Kriya Yoga to the west, successfully disseminating eastern wisdom all over North America and Europe, and personally initiating many thousands of spiritual aspirants. Disciple of Sri Yukteswar Giri.
Raghavendra Swami, one of the most famous Hindu saints was believed to have performed miracles during his lifetime and continues to bless his devotees. He espoused Vaishnavism monotheism (worship of Vishnu as Supreme God) and Dvaita philosophy.
Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi
Jagadguru Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Revered by many as an avatara of Adi Sankara
Akkalkot Niwasi Shree Swami Samarth (around 1275 A.D) considered to be the Guru of Great Saints, supposed to be the direct manifestation of the supreme power - God.
Shirdi Sai Baba (c. 1838 - October 15, 1918) was an Indian fakir/guru who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim followers as a saint.
Tukaram was a great saint who was believed to have performed miracles and was a devotee of Krishna.
Brahma Chaitanya, the saint of Gondawali who was a great devotee of Ram
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - MAJOR LYRICISTS
Anand BakshiAnjaan
Dev Kohli
Gulshan Bawra
Gulzaar
Harivanshrai Bachchan
Hasrat Jaipuri
Indeevar
Javed Akhtar
Kaifi Azmi
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Maya Govind Mehboob
Nida Fazli
Sahir Ludhianvi
Sameer
Shailendra
Shakeel Badayuni
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - HINDI MOTION PICTURES INDUSTRY
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest in the world. The name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, the center of the American film industry. Bollywood is generally referred to as Hindi cinema, though frequent use of poetic Urdu words is fairly common. There has been a growing presence of Indian English in dialogue and songs as well. It is not uncommon to see films that feature dialogue with English words and phrases, or even whole sentences.
Popular films made in the past 10 years that have won awards or created headlines:
Baghban
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Bunty Aur Babli
Chak De India
Devdas
Dhoom
Dhoom 2
Dil Chahta Hai
Gadar Ek Prem Katha
Ghajini
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Jab We Met
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Koi Mil Gaya
Krrish
Lagaan
Lage Raho Munnabhai
Main Hoon Na
Mangal Pandey
Munnabhai MBBS
Namastey London
Om Shanti Om
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Rang De Basanti
Singh Is Kinng
Taare Zameen Par
Veer Zaara
Vivah
Wednesday
Popular films made in the past 10 years that have won awards or created headlines:
Baghban
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Bunty Aur Babli
Chak De India
Devdas
Dhoom
Dhoom 2
Dil Chahta Hai
Gadar Ek Prem Katha
Ghajini
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Jab We Met
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Koi Mil Gaya
Krrish
Lagaan
Lage Raho Munnabhai
Main Hoon Na
Mangal Pandey
Munnabhai MBBS
Namastey London
Om Shanti Om
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Rang De Basanti
Singh Is Kinng
Taare Zameen Par
Veer Zaara
Vivah
Wednesday
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - DOCUMENTARIES
Following are some famous, critically acclaimed, and award winning Hindi documentaries.
Eka hadasa aura bhi (Documentary about a dam disaster in 1997 in Palamu district of Jharkhand which claimed 19 lives)
Kora raji (Documentary on the struggle of migrants from Jharkhand, working in the tea gardens of North Bengal and Assam)
Loha garama hai (Documentary of people surviving with the environmental threat and toxins produced by the sponge iron industry in Jharkhand, India, a process also known as DRI or direct-reduced iron for the steel industry)
Nalanda, dharohara evam vartamana (Documentary on Nava Nālandā Mahāvihāra, an institution of Pali and Buddhist learning, brought out on the silver jubilee celebrations of the institute; includes description on Nālandā Mahāvihāra Site, India, and Buddhism in Nalanda, India)
Pyara Master (Documentary on the life and works of Pyārā Kerakeṭṭā, 1903-1973, pioneer in education, social reform, and a politician of Jharkhand, India)
Ragih kanah ko bonga buru (Documentary on problems faced by the tribals due to radiation and radioactive wastes from uranium mines in Jadugoda, a small township in Jharkhand, India)
Roro ki abhisapta pahariyam (Documentary on plight of victims of pollution due to asbestos mines in the hills of Ro Ro, Jharkhand in India)
Vikasa banduka ki nala se (This film examines state orchestrated violence against indigenous and local people whenever they protest against development projects on their lands. The filmmakers present examples from all over the India. In each case, the local police force has been deployed to brutalise and even kill protestors, often on trumped up charges of violence)
Morality TV & loving Jihad (The film seeks to understand the emotional impact of the language used in television "exposes" and "breaking" news, the language of desire and surveillance in the backdrop of Operation Majnu, where police officers attacked about 30 couples sitting in a Meerut park for "moral turpitude" which the media covered extensively)
Anwar--dream of a dark night (The film delves into the theme of achieving big dreams from modest backgrouns. The film explores the tenacity of human spirit, by focusing on how a migrant to Delhi achieves his dream of making a theatre in his village by working a range of lowly and menial jobs)
Apna aloo bazaar becha (The film will look at Jardhaargaon, a small village in Tehri Garhwal that leads the Beej Bachao Andolan, a movement that seeks to ensure food security through agricultural bio-diversity and revival of traditional irrigation and natural farming practices. The story will be told through the voices of three generations of its women who have turned this hope into a living realisation through local self-governance)
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - ONLINE DICTIONARIES
A Practical Hindi-English Dictionary (by Mahendra Caturvedi.Delhi: National Publishing House, 1970. source: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia by University of Chicago)
Hindi Sabdasagara (11. volumes. edited by Syamasundara Dasa. source: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia by University of Chicago)) (some issues also available from Digital Library of India) [Recommended]
Learners Hindi English Dictionary (by Hardev Bahri. source: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia by University of Chicago))
Hindi Wikipedia (It is a very good source and can be used as an Online Hindi Dictionary and Encyclopedia; type in its search box and sometimes you can get meanings and description of Hindi words not found in other online Hindi dictionaries)
Dictionaries of South Asia (source: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia by University of Chicago)
HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - HINDI BOOKS-HINDI BOOK REVIEWS-HINDI LITERARY NEWS
Hindi Books
Digital Library of India (Full text available ; Use Hindi, language, literature, or other keywords from author, title, or subject, in the search box ; When searched for Hindi, the search matched: 16691 books with 4435374 pages)
Library and Publisher Catalogs for Hindi Books
Search also in the search box on the right side of this portal in OCLC WORLD CATALOG. This will give you bibliographic details of the books on Hindi Language and Literature from the libraries around the globe along with the name of institutions/libraries possessing those books, periodicals, DVD, etc.
OCLC WorldCat
VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF is a joint project of several national libraries, implemented and hosted by OCLC. The project's goal is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking the authority files of national libraries, and then making that information available on the Web)
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Delhi Public Library Catalog [Good source: searchable in Devanagari script also; gives detailed information about publisher including its phone number in some cases]
Hindi Book Centre [Distributor and publisher of Hindi books]
Hindi Book Reviews
Hindi Book Reviews on Hindi Newspaper Dainik Jagaran [Search DJ website]
Hindi Book Reviews on Hindikunj
Hindi Book Reviews on Hindi Newspaper Navbharat Times [Search under नयी किताबें under साहित्य संसार section]
Hindi Book Reviews on Hindi Newspaper Deshbandhu [Search under विचार--पुस्तक जगत]
Hindi Google [Search पुस्तक समीक्षा]
Hindi Book Reviews on Hindi Magazine Gaveshna [Check individual issues--Magazine of Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (Central Hindi Directorate)]
Hindi Book Reviews on Hindi Magazine Pustak Varta [Highly recommended--Magazine of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya]
Hindi Book Reviews in Hindi Newspaper Amar Ujala
Hindi Literary News
Hindi Literary News on Hindi Magazine Abhivyakti
Hindi Literary News on Hindi Newspaper Dainik Jagaran [Search DJ website]
Hindi Literary News on Hindi Portal of Wikipedia [Search प्रवेशद्वार:हिंदी page, then go to प्रमुख घटनाएँ section ]
Hindi Literary News on Hindi Newspaper Navbharat Times [Search under हलचल under साहित्य संसार section ]
Hindi Google [Search साहित्य समाचार]
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INDOLOGY STUDY AND RESEARCH RESOURCES
Jātaka Stories - It is a free online searchable database of jātakas in Indian texts and art. In this database, users may browse stories belonging to a variety of Sanskrit and Pali textual collections. Each story in text contains a set of information, including the story’s themes, characters and places; the Sanskrit or Pali full text; and an English translation (where available). Similarly, users may browse artwork belonging to a number of Buddhist sites of ancient India. Each story in art contains a different set of information, including its date, location, visual elements, associated textual stories, corresponding inscription (in Prakrit and English translation, where present), a description of the scene, and an image of the artwork (where available). Many of the data fields are hyperlinks, e.g. themes, characters, places, rebirth identifications and visual elements. Users may click on any of these hyperlinks to explore the stories with which they are associated. In addition to browsing, there are search pages for finding particular textual and visual jātakas. These pages contain a series of filters that, with each addition, gradually narrow the search results. Please note that, at present, the search function for texts has a couple of issues that will be fixed during the first half of 2020 (details of these issues are given in the Search Stories in Text webpage). Finally, users may browse or search for specific story clusters, which group together similar stories in text and art (a concept that is similar to “parallel stories”, though more inclusive). Further expansion of the database is planned, including texts and art from other parts of Asia. We hope that the Jātaka Stories database will be a useful research tool for scholars and will further encourage the study of textual and visual narratives side by side. This project has been generously funded by the Leverhulme Trust. [Source: Indology mailing list]
Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen - Database of Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen´s work Who Was Who of Indian Studies that emphasizes not only classical Indian Studies but also holds a great number of scholars from related fields and subjects including anthropology and archaeology in South Asia as well as Indo-European, ancient Iranian, Central Asian, and Tibetan Studies. The database gives details of Western Indologists who died before 2000.
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