Books of India: Marathi

Check in every Thursday for a new set of five! This week's selection includes Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar and Swami by Ranjit Desai.


Majha Pravas: 1857 cya Bandaci Hakikat by Vishnubhat Godse

Rajhans Prakashan (2008 edition)

The travelogue, which translates into English as "My Travels: the Story of the 1857 Mutiny", follows the author as he travelled on foot from Varsai in present day Maharashtra, to the central and northern parts of India, and witnessed the Indian Rebellion of 1857.


Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar
Translated as Cobalt Blue by Jerry Pinto

Penguin (2013)

When a mysterious paying guest arrives in the lives of the Joshi siblings, a brother and sister belonging to a traditional Marathi family, their world is turned upside down.


Swami by Ranjit Desai
Translated as The Fourth Peshwa by Reshma Kulkarni-Pathare

Gurjar Prakashan (2012 edition)

This Sahitya Akademi Award winning historical novel was lauded for its sensitive and touching portrayal of Peshwa Madhavrao's life, and his relationship with his wife Ramabai.


Ekun Kavita Dilip Purushottam Chitre Yanchi Samagra Kavita by Dilip Chitre

Popular Prakashan (2019 edition)

This is a compiled collection of the three volumes of poetry published by Chitre. Exile, alienation, self-disintegration and death are major themes in Chitre's poetry, which belongs essentially to the Modernist Movement.


Pratiksha by Prabhakar Pendharkar

Rajendra Prakashan (2013 edition)

This is a fictitious thrilling story of a para-trouper & a CID who attempted to avoid a bomb blast near Delhi.


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