Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel releases the book titled “Kotwar”
Team News Riveting
Raipur, May 4
Chhattisgarh Bureaucrat Bhagwat Jaiswal rose to fame as an author with his book kotwar that contains the life of a simple yet determined government servant.
At a function held in the state capital Raipur, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel released the book that was presented by Kotwar Sangh President Prem Kishore Bagh. Turning the pages, it is heartwarming, enchanting and an interesting read.
The book is based on the rural background related to the life of Kotwar, popularly known as a village guard or representative of the administration in the village. The book is a collection of stories of common village life along with revenue works with much knowledge and good things that everybody can extract from it.
The book has been originally written by Bhagwat Jaiswal, now posted as Joint Collector with the state government. The purpose of the book is to present the role of Kotwar in village life.
Based on the 90s, the story of a village in Chhattisgarh has been scripted, in which Kotwar has a role in village, an innocent affection, struggle of youth, crime, land dispute, emotional stories, along with entertaining satire that Intertwined with each other. It is a lively story based on the rural social administrative system composed by an administrative personality.
An illustrative story of rural life, it will trudge the reader to the streets of the village. It is a film-like story that will give a feel and thrill. How do one recognize Kotwar? The uniform and badges!
During the zamindari system (land revenue collection), the Malguzars (big landowners)deputed them to keep vigilance in the village. The British regime carved the position with security and deployed them as a local police of the village. The Kotwar preliminary deals with the problem, crime, dispute erupting in the village. He will pass on the matter to the tehsil police station if it fails to resolve.
Bhagwat Jaiswal has explained the system at a micro level, narrating what Kot means and how the word Kotwar has been derived. Kot means palace or fort and Kotwar means the keeper of that palace. Later the Kotwars started moving to the village and started serving as village keeper.
The British government made the Kotwar the village point-man to get information, be it land disputes or anything else. They used to take the advice from Kotwar to settle the disputes. They have been the guardian of the village protecting the boundaries. With the villages gradually upgrading to cities, the Kotwars became the Kotwals of the city, for which an office was built, which is still called Kotwali, Kotwali Thana.
The novel is full of insights, personal moments, and life experiences of Kotwars.
