Ardhanarishwar (meaning The Androgynous God or Shiva) is a Hindi novel by Indian writer Vishnu Prabhakar, published in 1992. It won the 1993 Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi, given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[1][2] Prabhakar was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in 2004 for it.[3][4] It is about 1200-pages long and was well received by the readers.[5]

Ardhanarishwar
Cover of the book
AuthorVishnu Prabhakar
Original titleअर्धनारीश्वर
LanguageHindi
SubjectRomance
GenreNovel
PublisherSahitya Akademi Publications
Publication date
1992
Publication placeIndia
PagesApprox 1200
AwardsSahitya Akademi Award (1993)
Padma Bhushan (2004)
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2002, Punjabi translation)
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2013, Rajasthani translation)
ISBN8189859501

Reception

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Dr. Subhash Rastogi writing for Hindi daily Dainik Tribune, says, "In Ardhanarishwar, Vishnu grapples with the most burning issue of rape today. The author has investigated many fundamental reasons for this problem from a psychological perspective. This novel is also different from the traditional structure of Hindi novels. The author has divided 'Ardhanarishvara' into three sections - individual-mind, society-mind and inner-mind."[6]

Awards and recognition

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Koi to Ho Ardhnarishwar, a Doordarshan's Hindi daily TV soap was the adoption of the novel, Ardhanarishwar. It was originally aired in 2010 on Doordarshan.[5][9]

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