Ashok Vajpeyi with Madan Soni and Deependra Baghel

Abstract

Ashok Vajpeyi, eminent Hindi poet and critic and vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, is also known for his promotion of the arts and literature. In a career spanning · nearly thirty years he has helped transform the arts and literary scene in the country through institutions such as the controversial Bharat Bhavan at Bhopal. He is, certainly, among the most sophisticated literary connoisseurs around, and it is on this aspect of his personality that we chose to focus in this conversation.