Around 1990, I happened upon a copy of the Hindi novel Raag Darbari and took it up with me to the deodar-clad Shimla hills. I laughed aloud as I read, delighting in the deadpan humour the author used ...

If one were to make a list of 10 most popular Hindi novels, Shrilal Shukla’s “Raag Darbari” will definitely be among the first five. It is one of those books whose popularity and literary status ...

A conference was held recently at Delhi University to commemorate 50 years of Shrilal Shukla’s Hindi novel Raag Darbari. Shukla was an IAS officer who wrote Raag Darbari based on his experiences in ...

New Delhi, Hindi writer Shrilal Shukla’s timeless classic “Raag Darbari” was initially met with sneers in some corners of the Hindi literary world with leading authors and critics like Nemichand Jain ...