Shree Surendra Mohan Paathak is a well known and famous person and writer in the Hindi Pulp fiction industry. Pathak sir written nearly 300 novels in past 50 years. He is also writing in present but due to health and age problem, he shorts his score of the year to 4 novels. Pathak sir written nearly 120 novels of “Sunil” series. Sunil is a fictional character of Shree Surendra Mohan Pathak novels. Sunil working as Investigative Journalist in fictional daily newspaper “Blast”, which is publishes from fictional city Rajnagar. The character of “Sunil” is to help the underdog and persons in distress selflessly.
“Vishkanya” is also come in this category where Sunil help an underdog “Fredrico” and his wife “Maria”. Both are charged with the murder, conspiracy and robbery. Fredrico and Maria is a good pair but they could not able to earn lot of money from his business “carnival”. A new Shopping Mall is opening in the Rajanagar. The management of Shopping Mall gives a contract to perform carnival in his area to attract the people. On the day of inauguration of Mall, the mall is full packed because carnival. The attraction of carnival is mainly Children and their parents.
At the same time, a Bank van entered in the Shopping Center Area with the money for the newly opened branch of National Bank. The two guards Umesh Saxena and Ramesh Saxena and one driver Mohar Singh were in this van. When Umesh Saxena going for the bank with the bag, he taken a glass of juice from the juice counter that is served by Maria. Suddenly, in the way of bank he fell down due to pain. Mohar Singh watched all this things and run to him and caught the Bags of money and reached to the van. He told to Ramesh Saxena that his brother is unconscious. Ramesh locked the Van properly and rushed to his brother. A man from the crowd came forward by saying his name Dr. Ahuja and sends the Mohar singh to Dr. Lohani Clinic, which is nearby to Mall. He gave an injection to Umesh Saxena. During Same time a joker throwing the money from the door of bank van in the crowd. Due to this crowd comes in stampede. When he was flying from the van, an employee tries to stop him, but that joker just shot the gun and hit the employee and a woman. Until the situation comes in control, the robbers fled away. Police came and arrest Fredrico and Maria. Fredrico had the charge of murder, conspiracy and robbery. Police arrested him on the testimony of Ramesh Saxena that Fredrico is the only person he seen with joker dress. Maria was arrested in the charge of murder of Umesh Saxena by the poison in Juice. Forensic department also testified this version to police.
Now sunil entered in the situation and investigate for the Fredrico and Maria. During the investigation he got the information about a man named Tarun Nangiya, who was also an employee of carnival but presented on the date of inauguration. Sunil find him in the Jheri. Sources told to sunil that Tarun Nangiya enjoying and living with a girl named Devbala. When sunil reached the cottage of Devbala, he found himself in the trouble and then after he found the dead body of Tarun Nangiya. Devbala tried to burn the cottage and fled from the Jheri.
Sunil and police asked with Krishna, Cashier of National Bank, about the robbery. But he could not able to say any words. Krishna is a very simple girl and living her life as vestal because of her old traditional, orthodox and superstition rules.
Sunil got the clue of the Dr. Ahuja, Who was disappeared from the robbery spot after giving injection to Umesh Saxena. He got this clue with the help of Dr. Lohani and a girl Jaylalita. He found the dead body of Dr. Ahuja in a Yaat. The harbor manager told sunil that Dr. Ahuja was last seen with a Girl with the same description like Devbala.
Now it was cleared liked glass that Tarun Nangiya and Dr. Ahuja were with the mysterious girl Devbala in the bank van robbery crime. Police were searching Devbala at large scale.
“Vishkanya” is a fantastic novel written by Pathak sir. It’s a masterpiece of Master of Indian Pulp Fiction Shree Surendra Mohan Pathak. Reputed investigative journalist Sunil Kumar Chakravarty composition of Fantastic talent, sharp intelligence, Master of logic could not able to understand below points:-
Q.1) How Umesh Saxena was poisoned?
Q.2) how the robbers carried Rs. 15 Lakhs with himself when they have none package with them?
Q.3) How robbers opened the locked bank van?
Q.4) who was the Devbala who was showing his presence everywhere?
This time sunil worked on the case by using investigative skill not his logical skill. Character of Fredrico and Maria were strong but Paathak sir leaved many clue against them and many loopholes in favor of them and it can be seen by any reader very easily. Pathak Sir always writes their stories from the ground level so that every event seems to be natural. The mystery come after another mystery and this creates lots of suspense in the story and takes you to the level of moon.
The character of Krishna is show very well. During the first conversation between Krishna, Prabhudayal and Sunil, Krishna wept for Umesh Saxena. This itself proof that how Pathak sir focuses on the strength of Characters. While stating the reason behind to spent the life like “Sadhvi”, which comes at the end, showing the conservative, orthodox and superstition based thoughts of Indian society. Pathak sir always used such ideas in their novel to target the society. Sometimes these conservative and superstition base rituals give rise of crime. Many crimes occur in present Indian society in the storm of such conservative ideas. The characteristics of Devbala became suspicious and mysterious. By showing the murders of Tarun Nangiya and Dr. Ahuja, Pathak Sir shown the Lust Blindness thrive in the society and from another angle shown the Gothicism of society. Sunil used a small clue to reach the bottom of the mystery, its sign of sharpness of Mind of Sunil. The absence of Ramakant hurts but Arjun draws some smile on the face of reader. The whole novel has the effect of either sunil or Devbala. Sunil chasing the clues and open the secrets while Devbala faded the main sources and creates a new mystery. Robbery to be among the crowd of thousands of people lost his temper for the money is tight slap on the face of society.
I admire Pathak sir giving us lot of color from one pack. I see that all the novel of sunil series gives you the different taste. I really enjoyed reading this novel. Please tell me how you enjoyed this novel. I am paying console to those friends who exempt from “Vishkanya”, so please continue your tries to get this novel; you will get success very soon.
Regards
Rajeev Roshan
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