SHILOPYACHYA GOSTHI

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF SHORT TRUE STORIES INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF AUTHOR B. D. KHER; THERE ARE GHOST STORIES, DISORIENTATION (CHAKWA IN MARATHI) STORIES, GRAVEYARD STORIES AND EVEN FUNNY ANECDOTES. MOST OF THESE STORIES ARE HUMOROUS; BUT SOME SERIOUS STORIES ARE ALSO HEART-WRENCHING. KHER, WHO USED TO GO FOR A SWIM WITHOUT HIS FATHER`S PERMISSION, ONCE SAW A SNAKE IN THE WELL AND HE STARTED RUNNING AWAY AS IF A TIGER WAS CHASING HIM. THIS INCIDENT IS DESCRIBED IN THE STORY `ADNYNECHI AVADNYNA`. WHEREAS, `VANZOTI BABUTAI` EXPRESSES THE ANGUISH OF A CHILDLESS BABUTAI. KHER, WHO WENT TO JAIL AS A SATYAGRAHI NARRATES HOW HIS “SANKASHTI” FAST WAS CELEBRATED ELABORATELY EVEN IN JAIL, IS DESCRIBED IN THE STORY `TURUNGATIL CHATURTHI`. THE STORY `PILUTAI AHEVAPANI GELYA` TELLS US HOW PILUTAI, WHO WISHED TO DIE WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS STILL ALIVE, GETS HER DESIRE FULFILLED. IT IS INDEED AN ENTERTAINING AND COLORFUL COLLECTION OF STORIES IN A LIGHT-HEARTED LANGUAGE AND HUMOROUS STYLE