BATTASHI

BATTASHI IS THE WIFE OF A CONSTABLE FROM MANG-GARUDI COMMUNITY IN THE STORY `BATTASHI`. ONCE THE CONSTABLE GETS FIRED AND THE SUSPICION IS RAISED ON BATTASHI. BATTASHI LEAVES. FAKIRYA WANTS TO MARRY BATTASHI. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SHARI`S FATHER IN THE STORY `CHHADITANG` EARNS MONEY BY ARRANGING HER MARRIAGE; BUT SHARI KILLS HIM AND HANGS HIM. FROM `VASTI`, THE EMOTIONAL PICTURE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE GHETTO IS CREATED. IN THE STORY `MODKYA GOPALA`, A MAN LIVING WITH LONELINESS MEETS MODKYA GOPALA. JANU IN THE STORY `BHOOL` STAYS AWAY FROM HIS WIFE WITH THE SOUND OF PAHLWANKI; BUT HE HAS DOUBTS ABOUT HIS WIFE`S CHARACTER. IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT SUSPICION THAT HE COMMITS MURDER. THE YOUNG MAN IN THE STORY `AKULWANTI` THROWS HIS GIRLFRIEND AWAY AFTER FILLING HIS EARS WITH ALCOHOL AND LATER REGRETS IT. HER JOURNEY IN THE STORY `JOGATIN` IS FROM DEVADASI TO PROSTITUTE; BUT THE NARRATOR CAN`T GET HER OUT OF THAT TASK...A COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC STORIES DEPICTING THE REALITY OF MAN`S DISORDERS, THE SOCIETY AROUND HIM, THE ENVIRONMENT. MAHADEV MORE`S EPIC STORY SET IN A RURAL BACKGROUND.