Shakespeare & Hindi Literature

Shakespeare is not only a name for the present scenario, but he is unknown behind force or spark for all genres of literatures. He is extensively regarded as the best playwright in the history of the English language& literature, and the world's most excellent dramatist. Shakespeare is the most quoted writer in the history of the English-speaking world after the various writers of the Bible; many of his quotations and neologisms have passed into everyday usage in English and other languages. Colonialism brought Shakespeare to Indian subcontinent. India’s extensive history of colonial domination extends to cultural domination. The colonial education system in India was filled with western texts, including Shakespeare. The political factor, no doubt, accounts to a great extent, for the introduction of Shakespeare into India, but Shakespeare's subsequent victory over the mind of India was independent of any political influence; it was entirely owing to the intrinsic merit of his works - a merit "which the Indian mind, well steeped in the best of its own ancient classical lore, was not slow to recognize”. Shakespeare was included in the colonial curricula not only as the excellent figure of literary and artistic importance, but also because his works demonstrated the core values of Western tradition. For centuries, after the great dramatic tradition of Sanskrit had died out, drama was regarded merely as source of entertainment and not as a greet literary medium of human expression, but with the introduction of Shakespeare into India there came a renewed sense of realization that drama was not merely a thing of thrills end laughter but a true mirror of life.