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Vindod Uniyal, Kanhaya lal Dandariyal, Pareshwar Gaur, Prem Lal Bhatt, Lolkesh Navani, and Netra Singh Aswal provided a new temperament, a new disposition to the Garhwali poetry world. Natra Singh Aswal is the poet of that era when we saw the newer wave in Garhwali poetry, and poets tried to connect poetry with the common man or life in contemporary time. These poets left the preaching and teaching practices as their predecessors used to act as ‘Master Sir’ in creating Garhwali poetry.
, Netra Singh published less than many creatives but whatever he published became witnessing to give a new direction to Garhwali poems.
Aswal has shown his expertise in providing a new form of Garhwali language i.e. ghazal form which was new to Garhwali poetry. Apart from geet, conventional poetry, Netra Singh also creates Garhwali poetry in prose format.
Aswal was born in Tachhwad, Jaitulsyun of Pauri Garhwal, in 1958. After completing his junior school education, he came to Delhi and completed graduation here. His inclination to the poetic field brought him nearer to Vinod Uniyal another Garhwali poet famous for the neo-modernity movement in Garhwali poetry. Aswal assisted Uniyal in editing the magazine Burans (1978-1980) and ‘Mandan’ a Garhwali monthly periodical.
He joined a central government service and is still there.
Netra Singh published the first poetry in 1977 in Badrinath Express and later on one poetry was published in a poetry collection of Garh Bharati
A Monthly magazine Helens edited by Arjun Gusain published his more than twenty poems regularly.
The first and last poetry collection of Aswal was published in 1988. His poetries are not limited to Garhwal or Garhwalis but to the nation.
Netra Singh Aswal translated and published the Ghazals of many prominent Ghazal makers such as Dushyant Kumar (Hindi)
Netra Singh Aswal published around forty poems nobody can deny his power of influencing poetries and our heritage for the Garhwali language because these poems were the source of bringing new modernism in the Garhwali poetry world
Aswal describes himself in one piece of poetry:
Sukin dhauni galwadi udyar, min chhaun garhwali marad
Lhi ni jau kwee chilangun chyan, kavita hafrol kardu
क्रान्ति
क्रान्ति !
क्रान्ति जूनीs बगडौ खबेश नी च
जु अचणचक्कि परगट ह्वेकि
फरकै द्या पोड़ -क-पोड़
लमडै द्या सभि ल्वाड़ा
अर निशाणौ बदल जाण नी छ प्रमाण —-
बुगठ्या -खवा धुधरट्या द्यबतौं बदल जाणु !
जन दाढि मुंडि दीणि
नी छ गारंटी -वींकि नि जमणै दुबारा।
जणदु छै
क्रान्ति थैं जनम दीणा खुण
छ्वाप दीण प्वड़द -मन्द्राचली भारु /अपणा कांधों मा
छवळण पोड़द -समोदर का समोदर
दीण प्वड़द -नीलकंठी परीक्सा
सैण प्वड़द -ब्वे -बुबा याद कराणवळि प्रसव वेदना
अर फिर /वीं थैं अपणा खुटों पर
खड़ु हूण लैक बणाण तक
बिलण प्वड़दीं हजारों -हजार पापड
होम करण प्वड़दीं – अपणा मनै गाणि /सुपिना -दुबिना
नि समझि सकदु
क्वारा छिरक्वा कुर्सीखोर !
तु यु सब कुछ नि समझि सकदु !
एक ग.ज.ल बसगाल़ की ।
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कखडी. लगीं छ ये फर, गुदडी. लगीं छ क्या
न्यल़्दू क्य छैइ छ्वारा, नजदीक देख आ ।
सरि मुल्क मा छन भमक्यां,झाला विकट छना
पिंपरी कु तरसणा छां, कन फुट कपाल़ ग्या ।
बसगल़्य झिबड.टम् स्यो ढणकुदु गुराउ छ
डरदू क्य छैइ लोल़ा, रैणो यखी त क्या ।
यूं द्यबतौं चुलेकी कनु भलु खबेश छ
कंडल़ी का पात मा इक चुंगटी भभूत द्या ।
लौंकीं छ कुयडि. दिल मा मुखडी. विदेश छ
बोली दे परमेसुरि, ह्य, सुदि कटम्वरेणु क्या ।
……नेत्रसिंह असवाल, कविता संग्रह ‘ढांगा से साक्षात्कार’बटि….।
