SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2020 (PAGE 3) SACRED SPACE BOOK REVIEW Yajyen destroys diseases A collection of nostalgic stories Swami Ram Swarup pure rainfall, free from germs is caused, Items like pure ghee, dry fruits etc., Avtar Hugami pure water gives us pure food grains, Fragrant materials like elaichi (car- Title of Book : Sheen It is unfortunate that nowadays, all fruits, herbs etc. and when our children damom), dried petals of flowers etc. human-beings are facing number of take pure food, they attain strong body, When all these are offered in burn- Script : Devnagri as well as Nastaleeq most dangerous diseases due to which by which strong nation is built. ing fire of Yajyen then it happens that most of the people have to meet with Dr.Kundanlal, M.D. conducted an just as a household lady in her kitchen Author : Er. Vinod Kumar death also. experiment, taking twelve test tubes, fries chillies in ghee then you know the Outbreak of coronavirus has also filled with food particles. He filled six of effect of the chilli through air even goes "Sheen" (A Collection of Short Stories) is Vinod Kumar's been detected which is a serious threat the test tubes with fresh garden air and to a far distance like drawing room and first book in Kashmiri language . Before that he has published to human-life. rest six with air generated from agniho- other rooms too. So is the case of Yajyen a book in English titled " Lal Ded - The Backbone of Kashmiri You see, God nurses the creation. So, tra. He found that food of the test tubes and similarly the offerings of all the Culture" in 2018. An engineer by profession, Vinod Kumar is He being our real father, in the begin- filled with garden air started decom- things goes to the sky and to sun mak- a budding writer of J&K who apart from his professional ning of every creation, also gives the posing much earlier than the food filled ing contact with air and ray of light of responsibilities devotes his leisure time to literature. In his new knowledge of four Vedas to destroy illu- with the air of agnihotra. It proves that sun. As a result, timely pure rain is book "Sheen" he has depicted some heart touching moments sion and solve all kinds of problems of air generated by agnihotra is pure and caused. and critical situations which the Kashmiri Pandits faced dur- human-beings including those of med- further purifies the atmosphere. In Atharvaved mantra 2/13/1, there ing or after their mass exodus from the valley. These situations have been given the touch of fiction by the author which is the ical science. According to Atharvaved mantra is an invaluable preach that if we per- novelty of the book. "Sheen" is full of interesting short stories. 3/10/11, by performing Yajyen, the form agnihotra daily, then its pious fire So, corona and other fatal infectious There are fifteen short stories in the book. Er. Vinod has acquired the traits of fiction writing which includes plots, inci- dents, characters and language. Apart from this he has beau- tifully described the sentiments of different characters. In each To our bad luck short story of the book he has successfully carried forward the positive messages to the readers. For this I appreciate the we have completely efforts of the young author as this is the crux of short- story writing. over-sighted Vinod has spent his childhood in Kashmir. He has himself faced the brunt of forced migration at his young age. That is eternal vedic why his passion and longing for Kashmir is reflected in his short stories. Most of the short stories revolve round the social envi- culture, wherein ronment during the turbulent times and after the exodus. These short stories are full of nostalgia. The plots of these the solution to all short stories have been precisely described which apart from making them heart-touching, also indicate the literary caliber kinds of problems of the young author. This is Er. Vinod's first effort in short sto- ry writing. It may be possible that we cannot compare this effort These short stories are full of nostalgia. including diseases with the level of renowned short story writers, but it is appre- The plots of these short stories have been ciable that the young author has also started writing in his exists. mother language. precisely described which apart from In many short-stories the author has succeeded in under- making them heart-touching, also indicate standing the human psychology in his own way. This has made diseases can be destroyed if we simply which is burning in the havan-kund, the short stories different and interesting. For example in the the literary caliber of the young author. human-beings protect themselves from destroys all germs and protects us from perform daily agnihotra in our homes, short story titled "Taj Mahal", he writes, "I again had a glance say four vedas. Yajurved mantras 1/1 all kinds of sufferings including dis- diseases. Then, we do not feel effect of eases generated in all seasons and of the Taj Mahal and replied to Ali Mohammad. Taj Mahal is own experimentation and experience upto the reader. If the and 2 state that Yajyen is the most old age, instead we enjoy ill free, long, very beautiful. Supreme religious pious deed which times. happy life till the last stage of our lives. writer ignores any of these elements, then the short story There is no comparison. But today it made me to remem- cannot be effective. Er. Vinod has very well taken into prop- purifies atmosphere and destroys Yajyen is basically performed by Though the benefits of performing ber my own Taj Mahal (my ancestral home) which was con- er consideration all these elements and he has succeeded in infectious diseases. Therefore, it is using wood of mango tree. A scientist Yajyen are unlimited but here knowl- structed by my revered grandfather in Kashmir….. For me writing good short stories. But too much nostalgia in these most beneficial for human-beings. named Trelle of France did experi- edge of only some of the ved mantras that ancestral home was not less than this Taj Mahal. But stories may not be comfortable for some readers. So, when we obey God for several ments on Yajyen. He found that when has been quoted. If, anyone draws his now neither that Kashmir nor that Taj Mahal exists for me." vedic principles, pollution and dis- the mango wood is burnt then a gas, attention deeply in these mantras and In another short-story titled "Sheen" (which is the title sto- According to renowned Kashmiri poet Sh. J.N. Sagar, " for eases are either destroyed from its "formic aldehyde" is liberated which starts performing daily agnihotra ry of the book), the author writes "while staying away from any writer the language is as important as the apparels for a roots or do not generate. destroys the harmful bacteria and with ved mantras, offering aahuti Kashmir, we badly miss our motherland and it is our keen bride." One has to take it into consideration while writing. This is possible through continuous study and research of the liter- Further, Mantra 2/7 states that makes the atmosphere pure. Then with ghee and samigri in burning fire desire to return back to our roots. Of all the relations, the ature. These are the two faces of the literary coin. If any writer agnihotra purifies food grains, water only, the scientists made "formalin" of havan kund, surely he would pro- relation with the ancestral soil is supreme." etc., bestows mental and physical from "formic aldehyde" gas. He also tect himself, his family and the pub- In the short stories of this book we can have a fragrance ignores any of these two things, then his writing will not be strength along with pleasure on us so did experiment on jaggery/Gur (in lic residing in his surroundings from of Kashmir. Apart from this we can imagine the natural beau- effective. In this direction our young writer Er. Vinod is fortu- that public enjoys long, happy, ill free Hindi raw sugar) and foundsthat on all types of diseases and problems. ty of Breng Valley alongwith the flow of Bringi River. In a nate that he takes care of both (the continuous study and life. burning the jaggery, it generates In the childhood and young age, due unique way, the author describes the area which shows the research). This will make him a successful writer in the times "formic aldehyde" gas. passion of the author for his native place. Theses short sto- to come. So, everybody must offer aahutis in to ignorance, those boys and girls who ries bring that background to the minds of readers which the The beautiful part of the book is that it has been written in burning fire of havan-kund. The fire has A scientist named Tautlik came to do not take care of their health, after author has described through depiction of the incidents. both Devnagri as well as Nastaleeq scripts. It is not an easy job the nature to rise above and the matters know that when Yajyen is performed sometime, they have to face its dire con- The language of the book is simple and easy to understand. to publish a book in two scripts, but by doing so the author has which are offered in it are disintegrat- with samagri containing raisins (kish- sequences. Since the author has left Kashmir at an early age, that is why taken care of the entire readership of Kashmiri literature.