Department of Hiadi and Modem Indian Languages, University of Lucknow, India.
Online published on 18 February, 2012.
The word dimy comes from the Latin diarium. A diary is a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries undertaken for institutional purposes play a role in many aspects of human civilization, including government records business ledgers and militai-y records. Schools or parents may teach or require children to keep diaries in order to encourage the expression of feelings and to promote thought. Dairies are highly varied, from business notations, to listings of weather and daily personal events, to inner explorations of the huinan psyche, to express of one's deepest self to records of thoughts and ideas.
In the History of Hindi Litraturc Diary is found in two forms, one written by literary persons and second by individuals coming from relating to various fields like politics, revolutionary action and social reform. There are imminent Diary writers like Parivrajak, Sardar Bhagat Singh, Fanishwar Nath Renu, Dharmvccr Bharti, Dinkar, Shamsher, Ramvilas Sharma, Nagarjun, Malyaj etc. The i-emarkable diary "Malyaj ki Diary" is edited by Dr. Namvar Singh.
I regret to say that Hindi critics of the past did not give importance to diary, although it is not less important than other streams of Hindi prose suchas. Autobiography, Memoirs, Autobiographical notes, Reporting, Travelogue.These streams are already co-related with diary. In this paper I have quoted some significant diary of Hindi Writers.
