Dalkhi Thi Saav Chhutan
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| Author | Ashok Chavda |
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| Cover artist | Sanjay Vaidya |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Subject | Committed poetry |
| Genre | Ghazal, Geet, free verse |
| Publisher | Rannade Prakashan, Ahmedabad |
Publication date | 6 December 2012 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 82 |
| ISBN | 978-93-82456-08-7 |
| 891.471 | |
Dalkhithi Saav Chhutan (Gujarati: ડાળખીથી સાવ છૂટાં) (English: Severed From Its Branch) is a collection of committed poetry in Gujarati written by Ashok Chavda 'Bedil'. The book won the Yuva Puraskar (2013) instituted by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. The book consists of deep and intense emotions of the poet expressed in different forms of poetry such as ghazal, Geet, and free verse. The poems in this book deal with social issues in India, such as castism and untouchability.
The book consists of 24 ghazals, 3 muktaks, 15 geets, and 10 free verses. Most of the ghazals of this book have been composed in Arabic meters 'Khafif', 'Ramal' and 'Hazaj'. All the poems in this book are centered around the deep-rooted caste system of the country and the shattered dreams of Dalit - the historical and social tragedy that has been passed on from generation to generation.[1]