BOOK REVIEW - 4
Title of the Book : Mahashweta
About the author:
Sudha Murthy, born on 19 Aug 1950, in shiggaon, Karnataka is a well known author, social worker and chairperson of Infosis. She did her engineering from BVB Collage of engineering and began her career as a engineer. She has written a lot of novels namely Gently falls the bakula, Dollar Bahu, How i taught my grand mother to read and write, House of cards etcPublication: Penguin Books, India
Brief about book:
'Anupama' bright, beautiful and talented girl is the
protagonist here in this novel 'Mahashweta'. It is taken from the female
protagonist in Banabhatta's play Kadambari. 'Mahashweta' a play by
which begins the novel unites Dr.Anand and Anupama. They got married
even though Radhakka, Anand's mother is shrewd bv agrees to below status
proposal and the grand marriage was an eyesore to Anupama's step-mother
and to her daughters. But her dream marriage falls apart when she
discovers a white patch on her foot and later comes to know that she has
leaukoderma. There starts the days of sorrow. She is abdoned by almost
everyone. But Anupama never looked back. Her struggle, determination,
strength is worth appreciating.
There are so many characters which helped her. She takes a job as a Sanskrit teacher in a collage in bombay. Anand after realising his mistake approaches her but its not Banabhatta's 'Kadambari' to give a "lived happily ever after" type of ending. Anupama rejects Anand. Now Anupama is independent, respectful and lives with satisfaction and joy. The novel ends with Anupama's students deciding on their next play- "Mahashweta" the play that began the novel ends it too, making tears to flow out of the reader's eyes.
As i have noticed the reader finishes it in a single sitting. Its like 'blink and you may miss it.'
There are so many characters which helped her. She takes a job as a Sanskrit teacher in a collage in bombay. Anand after realising his mistake approaches her but its not Banabhatta's 'Kadambari' to give a "lived happily ever after" type of ending. Anupama rejects Anand. Now Anupama is independent, respectful and lives with satisfaction and joy. The novel ends with Anupama's students deciding on their next play- "Mahashweta" the play that began the novel ends it too, making tears to flow out of the reader's eyes.
As i have noticed the reader finishes it in a single sitting. Its like 'blink and you may miss it.'
Final comments:
Sudha Murthy writes she was invited to a marriage but even after lot of brain storming she didn't get to know how she know them. But there it was actually her reader's marriage. After engagement it broke up after discovering girl has leucoderma. Meanwhile a friend of the boy gives him this book, the boy realises and decides to marry the same girl. Here "they lived happily ever after." This is what we expect from a novel, 'A positive change in the society.' Mahashweta achieved it...
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Book Review by : Sunanda.V.K
: 18th Batch
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