This week's selections includes Manasnam Man by Gulabdas Broker and Liludi Dharti by Chunilal Madia among others.
Manasnam Man by Gulabdas Broker
A collection of short stories that, in Dr. K.M Munshi’s words, “present a wide range of characters and situations covering the daily lives of modern Gujarati men and women. No situation is too ordinary and no character is too lowly for his art. He has a sure touch is depicting pregnant situations.”
Malela Jeev by Pannalal Patel
Alongside Manvini Bhavai, it is one of the Jnanpith award winning writer’s most widely acclaimed novels. It is a romantic tragedy of Kanji and Jivi, born in different castes, and follows the troubles they face in their love story.
Batris Putlini Vedana by Ila Arab Mehta
“It portrays women’s struggle against injustice and their attempt to establish their own identity. The protagonist, Anuradha, who has just published a novel about the fascination of a young widow for a man, feels suppressed by her husband who is offended by the way Anuradha deals with a tabooed subject” (The Indian Family In Transition: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts by Sanjukta Dasgupta and Malashri Lal).
Liludi Dharti by Chunilal Madia
The novel narrates the region specific festival of Bhim Agiyaras and its sport of coconut throwing. The title is based on Santu's nature: the incarnation of a woman is like the green earth which never dries. It was first serialized and published weekly in Janmabhumi, a Gujarati newspaper, from 15 November 1956 to 14 September 1957.
Griha Pravesh by Suresh Joshi
“Joshi has been dubbed the rejuvenator of the nearly obsolete short story form. With the publication of his first collection: “Gruh-Pravesh” (Entry Into Home), he propounded theoretical tenets for the art of short-story emphasizing the reduction of action, reflecting structure of experience through aesthetic process” (Introduction of Contemporary Gujarati Short Stories by Dr. Kishore Jadav).
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