• AN OLD NEEDY WOMAN WHO KEEPS THE PAIN AND SORROW OF THE HUGE TRAGEDY OF HER LIFE TO HERSELF, AND EARNS HER LIVELIHOOD BY WORKING WITH GREAT SINCERITY WHEREVER SHE IS NEEDED....
• A YOUNG PREGNANT PROSTITUTE WHO WANTS TO KEEP HER BABY AND THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW FROM A `RESPECTABLE` FAMILY, WHO IS FORCED TO ABORT A FEMALE FETUS EVERY-TIME....
• A SON WHO TAKES HIS MENTALLY UNSOUND MOTHER TO KUMBH-MELA AND DELIBERATELY LEAVES HER BEHIND, BECAUSE HER BEHAVIOR HAS BECOME UNBEATABLE TO HIM....
• LEADERS WHO PLAN AND BRING ABOUT COMMUNAL RIOTS TO ENSURE A SURE WIN IN THE ENSUING ELECTIONS AND THE FAMILIES WHO ARE TOTALLY DEVASTATED IN THE CARNAGE...
• WHAT INCIDENT SEARS THE MIND OF A YOUNG BOY WHOSE SOLDIER FATHER HAD DIED A MARTYR`S DEATH IN KARGIL?.....
• A GOOD-LOOKING, MIDDLE- AGED LADY DESERTED BY HER HUSBAND AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, MAKES EVERYBODY BELIEVE THAT SHE IS LEADING AN EXTREMELY HAPPY AND CONTENTED MARRED LIFT...
• MANY MORE SUCH STORIES. EACH STORY HOLDING A MIRROR TO A DIFFERENT WORLD, TO DIFFERENT STATES OF HAPPINESS AND SORROW..., AND A FEW STORIES WHICH ARE JUST CLEAN AND FUNNY ENTERTAINMENT!
• PRESENTING TOUCHING, THOUGH-PROVOKING STORIES BY DIFFERENT GUJARATI WRITERS TO MARATHI READERS WHO ALWAYS ARE DISCERNING CONNOISSEUR.
• AN OLD NEEDY WOMAN WHO KEEPS THE PAIN AND SORROW OF THE HUGE TRAGEDY OF HER LIFE TO HERSELF, AND EARNS HER LIVELIHOOD BY WORKING WITH GREAT SINCERITY WHEREVER SHE IS NEEDED....
• A YOUNG PREGNANT PROSTITUTE WHO WANTS TO KEEP HER BABY AND THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW FROM A `RESPECTABLE` FAMILY, WHO IS FORCED TO ABORT A FEMALE FETUS EVERY-TIME....
• A SON WHO TAKES HIS MENTALLY UNSOUND MOTHER TO KUMBH-MELA AND DELIBERATELY LEAVES HER BEHIND, BECAUSE HER BEHAVIOR HAS BECOME UNBEATABLE TO HIM....
• LEADERS WHO PLAN AND BRING ABOUT COMMUNAL RIOTS TO ENSURE A SURE WIN IN THE ENSUING ELECTIONS AND THE FAMILIES WHO ARE TOTALLY DEVASTATED IN THE CARNAGE...
• WHAT INCIDENT SEARS THE MIND OF A YOUNG BOY WHOSE SOLDIER FATHER HAD DIED A MARTYR`S DEATH IN KARGIL?.....
• A GOOD-LOOKING, MIDDLE- AGED LADY DESERTED BY HER HUSBAND AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, MAKES EVERYBODY BELIEVE THAT SHE IS LEADING AN EXTREMELY HAPPY AND CONTENTED MARRED LIFT...
• MANY MORE SUCH STORIES. EACH STORY HOLDING A MIRROR TO A DIFFERENT WORLD, TO DIFFERENT STATES OF HAPPINESS AND SORROW..., AND A FEW STORIES WHICH ARE JUST CLEAN AND FUNNY ENTERTAINMENT!
• PRESENTING TOUCHING, THOUGH-PROVOKING STORIES BY DIFFERENT GUJARATI WRITERS TO MARATHI READERS WHO ALWAYS ARE DISCERNING CONNOISSEUR.
– स्वत:चं अफाट दु:ख मनात लपवून पोटापाण्यासाठी जिथे गरज असेल तिथं जाऊन,
मन लावून काम करणारी वृद्धा....
– दिवस गेलेली, मूल हवं असलेली वेश्या; आणि
मुलगी असेल तर दर वेळी गर्भपाताची
सक्ती केली जाणारी ‘घरंदाज’ सून...
– मन:स्तापानं डोकं फिरलेल्या आईच्या
अत्यंत तापदायक वागण्याला कंटाळून तिला
कुंभमेळ्यात ‘हरवून’ येणारा मुलगा...
– येऊ घातलेल्या निवडणुकीत हटकून जिंकण्यासाठी गावात जातीय दंगलघडवून आणणारे नेते आणि त्यामुळं हकनाक बरबाद होणारी कुटुंबं...
– कारगिलमध्ये शहीद झालेल्या जवानाचा मुलगा
मनानं का होरपळतो?...
– ऐन तारुण्यात पतीनं टाकून दिल्यावरची अनेक वर्षं अतिशय सुखी वैवाहिक जीवन जगत असल्याचं
बेमालूम नाटक करणारी सुस्वरूप प्रौढा...
अशा अनेक कथा. प्रत्येक कथा एका वेगळ्याच जगाचं, वेगळ्याच सुखदु:खांचं दर्शन घडवणारी,
तर ‘बदल’, ‘झाड’, ‘नारायण! नारायण!’
ह्या कथा निखळ मनोरंजन करणाऱ्या!
– वेगवेगळ्या गुजराती लेखकांच्या, मनाला भिडणाऱ्या कथांचा हा नजराणा
गुणग्राही, चोखंदळ मराठी वाचकांना सादर!