Except for those under the age of twenty, few can miss the allusions even today. The historical backdrop of his bestselling romances made its way through the fast-moving plots into the readersвЂ™ minds as the real and original picture of Gujarat.Д¬haracters from MunshiвЂ™s novels, particularly the Patan trilogy вЂ“ comprising Patanni Prabhuta ( The Glory of Patan), 1916 Gujarat no Nath ( The Lord and Master of Gujarat), 1917 and Rajadhiraj ( The King of Kings), 1922 вЂ“ have a metaphoric and allusive charge to them, used by the literati and politicians to extol or diminish individuals.

Readers of his time took both the man and his writings seriously.

Munshi was an unusual combination вЂ“ he wrote racy page-turners along with highly serious pieces on history, culture and politics. In his time too, his novels were bestsellers, firing the imagination of the public as it waited hungrily for the next instalment, wanting to be part of this never-ending feat of storytelling. However, he also lives on through his highly successful fiction that continues to run into reprints. Munshi lives on through the expansions and limits of this term. Asmita translates as вЂњgloryвЂќ or вЂњprideвЂќ вЂ“ meaning much more and, on some days, much less, when reduced to an exclusivist, upper-class, upper-caste, Gujarati-Hindu identity. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887вЂ“1971) coined the term вЂњasmitaвЂќ for Gujarat вЂ“ a concept much known, circulated and hotly debated in certain circles today. The India Fix: Despite being IndiaвЂ™s most powerful PM in decades, why did Modi fail on farm laws?.Watch: Adele is stunned on meeting English teacher from school on stage, bursts into tears.Watch: Elon MuskвЂ™s son X Г† A-XII joins him during a presentation on the SpaceX Starship programme.Bombay HC refuses to restrain Nawab Malik from making statements against Sameer Wankhede.The legend of the Indian prince who is the forefather of all Cambodians.Coronavirus: No scientific evidence that booster shot of vaccine is needed, says ICMR chief.I looked closely at two famous portraits of Tipu Sultan вЂ“ and found that one isnвЂ™t actually of him.Watch: Man builds Taj Mahal-like home for wife in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh.Chinese-Indians from Deoli Camp write to Modi again urging India to apologise for 1962 internment.Covid-19 cases are declining in India вЂ“ but not because of vaccinations alone.Christophe Jaffrelot on the way Hindutva is changing history and science textbooks in schools.MoonвЂ™s surface has enough oxygen to sustain 800 crore humans for 1 lakh years вЂ“ but thereвЂ™s a catch.

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