جوگندر پال کا افسانہ:اساطیری بیانیہ THE SHORT STORY OF JOGANDERPAL: A MYTHOLOGICAL NARRATION Section Urdu Literature

Abstract

In many of Jogander Pal's stories, there is a eloquent attempt to understand man and his psychology as well as the problems of the present day through mythology, mythology and narrative mythology. In 'Ifrit', Jogander Pal has presented artistic examples of the re-formation of mythological desires. When you read Jogander Pal's fairy tale 'Ifrit', you will realize that the remote control of humans is no longer in the hands of God. Women and men seem to be free from this remote control. The scales of justice are in the hands of thieves and robbers and a kind of spiritual vacuum has been created. Spirituality has migrated from the cities, to which we can now give a new life only through mythology and religious tolerance. The hero of this story by Jogander Pal is a nominal hero, his wife roams around with her lover only after him. The hero is busy looking at the accounts of his hotel. In the meantime, a child is born, he is the son of this lover. He is sad, but in the end he accepts him as his own son. When this child goes to the Ramlila Ground to watch the burning of "Raavan" with his father, at that time his father has not only become the owner of the hotel but also an agent supplying weapons. Joginder Pal has chosen the character from the mythological characters whose opposite automatically comes to our mind, namely ‘Raavan’, whose opposite is Ram. It is as if he has made both of them a symbol. This symbol has become a part of the psyche and collective memory of every individual in our civilized life, which we can also call an archetypal figure, i.e. the collective unconscious.