MAHASHWETA (Marathi Edition)

She was a very beautiful lady, but was born to a poor school master. He was a very handsome doctor, from a very rich and noble family. He married her against everyone's wish. But within a few months after marriage she got white spots on her body, leukoderma. Everyone got scared of her ugliness and they threw her out of the house, they sent her back to her parent's house, as if she was a piece of garbage. She built up her own universe, but he was cursing himself. What if he had suffered with the same disease? Would she have discarded him like a piece of garbage? What can be the end of such stories? Sudha Murthy has given an insight to a simple woman from a traditional family. The woman is shattered with the disease but yet she comes out of it. She shapes her life well. The novel has found some depth because of the author's matured thoughts and her attempts to correlate with the modern life. This novel has been translated in many of the Indian languages. We are sure that this Marathi translation will be able to touch the hearts and make them think over. ती अनुपम लावण्यवती,गरीब शाळामास्तरांची मुलगी. तो एक देखणा डॉक्टर – घरंदाज,लक्ष्मीपुत्र. सर्वांच्या मर्जीविरुद्ध त्यानं तिच्याशी लग्न केलं. परंतु दुर्दैवानं काही महिन्यांतच तिच्या अंगावर कोडाचा पांढरा डाग उमटला आणि सा-या घरादारानं त्या अभद्राला घाबरून, किळसून तिला माहेरी हाकलून लावलं — कचराकुंडीत घाण फेकावी, तसं !........ पुढे तिनंही आपलं स्वतंत्र अवकाश उभारलं. मात्र काही काळानं तो आतल्या आत तडफडू लागला – ‘तिच्याऐवजी आपल्याला कोड फुटलं असतं, तर तिनं आपल्याला असंच टाकून दिलं असतं का?....’ काय असते या वास्तवातली तडफड?... काय असू शकतो अशा गोष्टींचा शेवट?.... कन्नड साहित्यातील श्रेष्ठ लेखिका सुधा मूर्ती यांनी या कादंबरीत पारंपरिक वातावरणातून आलेल्या व आयुष्य उद्ध्वस्त करणा-या संकटांनी घेरलेल्या तरुणीला वास्तवाचं यथोचित भान देऊन, स्वत:च्या आयुष्याला समर्थपणे आकार देण्याइतकं सक्षम केलं आहे. लेखिकेचे प्रगल्भ विचार व आधुनिक जीवनाशी समन्वय साधणारी दृष्टी,यामुळे या कादंबरीला गहनता प्राप्त झाली आहे. अनेक भारतीय भाषांत अनुवादित झालेल्या या कादंबरीचा हा उत्कृष्ट मराठी अनुवाद वाचकांना चटका लावेल व विचारास प्रवृत्त करेल.