RUKKI

RUKKI` IS A COLLECTION OF RURAL STORIES. RUKKI`S POVERTY, BAD ENVIRONMENT AT HOME AND EVE-TEASERS PRESENT IN THE VILLAGE TURN RUKKI INTO A ROGUE. SHE DOES NOT GEL WELL AT HER IN-LAWS HOUSE AND TURNS INTO A PROSTITUTE. THE STORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL `AMRAPALI` SHOWS THE GAMUT OF GRIEF-WAIL-SUFFERING. AMRAPALI OPPOSES THE INSULTING PRACTICE OF BECOMING A `NAGARVADHU` (CITY BRIDE)...HER BRILLIANT ANSWER RAISES THE SELF-RESPECT AND DIGNITY OF ALL FEMALES. THE CORE OF THE STORY “NASHEEB” IS FEMALE EGO. PEOPLE BURNING WITH PERVERSITY AND REVENGE MAKE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR KARAMDIN AND HIS NEPHEW. HIS BELOVED HORSE IS KILLED, BUT THE ENMITY DOES NOT END. IN THE STORY `IGAT`, THE CUNNING SANGYA AND BALYA COLLECT MONEY FROM THE VILLAGERS ON THE FALSE PRETEXT OF SETTING UP A WRESTLING GROUND. LATER, THEY FOOL THE VILLAGERS BY LYING THAT THE MONEY WAS STOLEN. IN THE STORY `ZENGAT`, THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A FIAT CAR DRIVER AND A HANDSOME SON-IN-LAW. EVERY STORY WRITTEN BY MAHADEV MORE REVEALS THE TRICK OF RURAL LIFE. THESE ARE ENJOYABLE, EYE-OPENING STORIES.