Suresh Nirmal is 70 but won`t retire from literature

Suresh Nirmal is 70 but won`t retire from literature

The journey of his writings took off in 1961 after the release of his first book. Since then his creative pen has never stopped even for a single day.

At 70, Dr Suresh Nirmal, an author of 150 books is far from retired although he has retired as a teacher. At his home in Rajnagar, his simple living hardly speaks his legendary credits in the field of Hindi literature.
Born in a very traditional Brahmin family of Meerut, Dr Nirmal was brought up in a musical environment. His father, Pandit Raghubir Sharan Nirmal, was a renowned musician at that time.
Young Suresh however had a different calling. "My literary career started with a poem published in school magazine when I was in class eight," he recalls. The journey of his writings took off in 1961 after the release of his first book. Since then his creative pen has never stopped even for a single day. The results of his literary thrust appear in the form of the 150 plus books he has written for students of BA and MA. In fact, his books are also being taught in the universities of Meerut, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Garhwal, Awadh and Ruhelkhand.
Dr Nirmal has earned his doctorate in a very unusual subject, 'Hindi Prabandh Kavya Mein Ravan Ka Charitra Vikas'. The topic was widely acclaimed in the literary world. Moreover, Kamayani Shabdkosh, based on legendary Hindi laureate Jai Shankar Prasad, in association with Dr.Harish Sharma is an unique work in any particular subject. Apart from these exceptional achievements he has written novels and edited some notable Hindi journals.
Commenting on the today's journalism and literary world, he says, "No doubt, the entire process has become faster but there is a lack of stability. The commercial attitude of media is not a positive sign for the country like us. However, the presentation of different subjects and issues by the media is strongly felt by people who clearly indicate its strong presence in today's world. This sort of recognition was never ever felt in the past. Definitely, we are in an advanced stage".
According to Dr Nirmal, the very meaning of the word Sahitya is sarva jan hitay, but it seems to have gone into oblivion due to affluence of money. "I am satisfied by what my publishers give me as remuneration," he says. Dr.Nirmal is slated to receive honours for his outstanding work called Merath Bisrat Nahin. The prestigious award by Akhil Bhartiya Rashtra Bhasha Parishad will be conferred at Meerut on September 21.
Dr Nirmal has also received Hindi Ratna, Kavya Praveen, Sahitya Prabhakar (Hindi Academy,Delhi), Bharati Ratna (Allahabad), Sahitya Varidhi (Indian Society of Authors, Hapur) and many more.
Dr Nirmal is also a regular writer of some renowned publications of Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut. About books that are close to his heart, he reveals they are Hindu Dharma Pratik Aur Mithak, Merath Bisrat Nahin and the novel Pyasi Machhali.