ASHICH KAHI PANE (Marathi)

SARASWATIBAI RAJWADE, A CURSED APSARA ON THIS EARTH, A BEAUTIFUL HEROINE OUT OF A WONDROUS NOVEL. HER BEAUTY MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO BE A DRAMA QUEEN FOR A WHILE. AT A VERY EARLY AGE, SHE TRAVELLED AS A SINGER, ALL OVER INDIA WITH THE BAND. WHEN FIFTEEN, SHE WAS MARRIED TO A HIGH-RANKING OFFICER, AMBIKAPATI RAISHASTRI RAJVADE. THOUGH SHE ENJOYED THE RICHES THIS MARRIED LIFE OFFERED HER, SHE HAD TO SUFFER LONELINESS AS A PART OF THE PARCEL. SHE UTILIZED THIS TIME TO MASTER VARIOUS LANGUAGES. HER FIRST STORY WAS WRITTEN IN TAMIL. VERY SOON SHE STARTED PENNING DOWN HER THOUGHTS IN KANNAD. SHE STARTED PUBLISHING ‘SUPRABHAT’, A MAGAZINE EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN. HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY REVEALS HER SEARCH FOR LOVE THROUGHOUT LIFE, A PROCESS OF SOLITUDE WHILE EXPERIENCING ISOLATION.