Echoes of My Past…: The candid, provocative memoir of one of Hindi literature’s most original writers by Rajendra Yadav (Author), Poonam Saxena Poonam Saxena (Translator)

The remarkable life of Rajendra Yadav

Rajendra Yadav was a stalwart of the Hindi sahitya (literature). Having started the Nayi Kahani movement, he was also known for helping Dalit writing and promoting new and upcoming authors.
One of the most controversial figures of the literary world, his charming personality, his open living style and scathing criticism of contemporary writers, drew both ire and admiration, praise and brickbats.

Mud Mud ke Dekhta Hoon is a collection of his writings on his life, marriage, writing process and the hardships of being the editor of Hans magazine for Hindi literature, which was started by Premchand. While his writings reveal the scanner he put on himself and his works under, they also expose a man who was much criticized for his marriage to Mannu Bhandhari. another doyen of Hindi literature and the woman who held him up for thirty-two years before finally giving up on him.

Breaking myths surrounding writers and their lives, this book is the story of a man, a writer, a father, a husband and his struggles with definitions of right and wrong.