Even now we sell his old novels, and people do buy his novels at a time when youngsters have almost stopped reading,” Mr. Sharma was like a celebrity and remained one of the highest-selling Hindi writers for several years. The Hindu that Sharma's novels used to be booked by readers well ahead of their launch. Besides us six people, I found about 40 people reading the book.”īhupendra Chaudhary, owner of Janta Book Stall in Meerut, told One famous anecdote, Sharma used to quote was when he was travelling in a train to Darjeeling with his family after of the launch of “Vardi Wala Gunda”. He had accused the critics of being biased against his writings which were read by popular masses and had said, “So a certain of kind of literature which is read not just by thousands but several millions will remain on the margins of literature just because it is published on rough paper.” He went on to complete a postgraduate degree in Data Communications in 2008 at the University of Sheffield, UK, and a Level 7 post-graduate diploma in Business and Management in 2010 from the London Institute of Technical Education. Whatever I write has been called by the high-brow literary bodies “pulp” fiction in English or “lugdhi sahitya” (lugdhi being Hindi for rough, referring to the paper it gets printed on), but that doesn’t affect me.” In 2006 Ved Prakash gained a BEng degree in Electronics and Communications from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University. In the interview he also asked, “ Why my writing is categorised as “pulp” fiction only because it is written on rough paper. In an interview with The Hindu in 2015, he said that every book he wrote had a positive message to the society and had slammed the critics for pigeon-holing his work as “pulp fiction”. Sharma had also written scripts for about half-a-dozen Hindi films and a few of his novels were made into films. While literary critics saw his writing as “pulp fiction,” Sharma saw himself as part of the tradition of detective fiction which was started by great Indian writers like Devki Nandan Khatri, Ibn-e-Safi and Ved Prakash Kamboj. The novel, based on atrocities committed by a cop, broke many records and is supposed to have sold more than eight crore copies. Vardi Wala Gunda (Goon in Uniform), published in 1993, that gave him the big break. Sharma started his writing career at the age of 14 and initially ghost written novels for others. According to his family members, the 62-year-old writer was not keeping well and had developed an infection that led to his demise.įamous for novels with unique titles likeĭulhan Maange Dahej (Bride Asks For Dowry), Mr. Memorial donations may be made in Ved's memory to the Plato Society or the American Heart Association.Popular Hindi novelist Ved Prakash Sharma, counted among the highest-selling Hindi writers in the country, died on Friday in Meerut. He was a volunteer for the City of Madison, City Council Review Board.Ī Celebration of Life will be held for all friends and family at noon, September 8th at Zor Shrine, 575 Zor Shrine Pl, Madison, WI. Ved was also an active member of the Plato Learning Society, Association of Indians in America and Kiwanis International.
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View Full Online Obituary and TributesĮn and the sights he and seen. He enjoyed telling stories of that places he'd. Ved traveled extensively for his work with the University and with the U.N. He enjoyed traveling, cooking, reading, sudoko and spending time with family and friends. He was devoted to his family, friends and community.
He is survived by his wife, Raj Prakash and his daughters, Neeti Prakash and Savita Prakash Collins as well as his sons-in-law, Richard Bossy and Mike Collins and his grandsons, Alexander and Benjamin Collins. He married Raj Kapoor Prakash on February 4, 1957. After his retirement He co-founded JP Bioregulators. He was a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin. Ved went on to teach urban and regional planning at the University of Wisconsin for more than thirty years while consulting for the world bank, USAID and the United Nations. He studied at Lucknow University and received his PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from Cornell in 1964. Ved Prakash, 86, of Madison, Wisconsin passed away, surrounded by loved ones, after a brief illness on Tuesday, August, 14, 2018.
Funeral Home: Cress Funeral and Cremation Service
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