Böcker av Mahadeo More

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS CHARACTER SKETCHES AS SEEN BY THE EXPERIENCED EYES OF SHRI. MORE. HE HAS MOSTLY INCLUDED PEOPLE FROM THE LOWERMOST LEVELS OF SOCIETY WHO HARDLY MAKE ANY IMPRESSION ON ANYBODY. THE PROFOUND INSIGHT OF THE AUTHOR HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE LIVES OF THESE SEEMINGLY TRIVIAL PERSONALITIES. TO EXPLORE THEIR LIVES HE USES BUT A FEW EPISODES. IT IS HIS INTENSE LANGUAGE THAT MAKES US LOOK BEYOND THE WORDS. HIS LIGHT STROKES HELP US TO REVEAL THE DEPTH OF SORROW, PAIN AND STRUGGLE IN THE PROCESS OF LIVING. AS ALSO, SOME POWERFUL STROKES EXPLORE THE CUNNINGNESS AND SHREWDNESS ALONG WITH THE INSINCERE FRAUDULENCE; A RESULTANT PRODUCT OF TOUGH LIVING CONDITIONS. SUCH IS THE POWER OF HIS DESCRIPTION THAT THE SKETCHES LINGER IN OUR MIND FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. ग्रामीण कथा-कादंबरीकार श्री. महादेव मोरे यांनी रेखाटलेल्या काही व्यक्तिचित्रांचा हा संग्रह. ही बहुतांशी समाजातील तळागाळाच्या वर्गातल्या, नगण्य ठरवणाऱ्या, परंतु वैशिष्ट्यपूर्ण अशा व्यक्तींची शब्दचित्रं आहेत. लेखकाच्या सिद्धहस्त लेखणीनं, जगाला दिसणाNया यांच्या चेहऱ्यामागील चेहऱ्यांच दर्शन यात घडवलं आहे. मोजक्या घटना-प्रसंगांच्या व व्यक्तिनुरूप भाषिक अभिव्यक्तीच्या फटकाऱ्यांनी रेखाटलेली ही व्यक्तिचित्रं वाचकाच्या मनाचा ठाव घेतात. यात जसं माणसांचं दु ख, वेदना, त्यांची जगण्याची धडपड, परिस्थितीनं होणारी होरपळ यांच्या विविध छटì

MAHADEV MORE HAS OBSERVED VERY MINUTELY AND HAS PORTRAYED CORRECTLY THE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH A HUMAN MIND PLAYS ROLES. THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE BELGAON-NIPANI REGIONS OF MAHARASHTRA IS THE MAIN FEATURE OF THIS BOOK GIVING A CHANCE TO THE READER TO LEARN NEW WORDS. THE CHARACTERS ARE FROM VARIOUS CASTS AND RELIGIONS. THEY DISPLAY VARIOUS SHADES OF HUMAN NATURE RANGING FROM INNOCENCE TO SHREWDNESS. UTTER POVERTY IN ALL FORM PLAYS ROLE HERE. THERE ARE DREAMS AND THERE IS OPTIMISM DISPLAYED AS WELL. THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS A FEW SWEET-SOUR SCENES FROM HIS LIFE AS WELL. THOUGH THESE CHARACTERS ARE THE SUB-CASTS, YET THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE US LAUGH AND CRY WITH THEM. THEY CREATE VARIOUS EMOTIONS IN OUR MIND. THEY HELP US TO LOOK AT LIFE IN A DIFFERENT ANGLE. सूक्ष्म निरीक्षणांमधून आकळलेल्या मानवी व्यवहारांच्या तपशीलवार वास्तववादी चित्रणामुळे महादेव मोरे यांचा व्यक्तिचित्रणांचा हा संग्रह मराठी साहित्यात महत्त्वाचा ठरतो. जागोजागी आढळणारी बेळगावनिपाणी या महाराष्ट्राच्या सीमाभागातली वैशिष्ट्यपूर्ण बोलीभाषा, हेही या संग्रहाचे वैशिष्ट्य आहे. या निमित्ताने मराठी वाचकांना या बोलीतल्या काही शब्दांचा परिचय होईल. यात भेटणारी माणसं ही विविध जातीजमातींची आहेत. ती गरीब, भोळीभाबडी आहेत, तशीच इरसालही आहेत; परिस्थितीने गांजलेली, पिचलेली, निराश झालेली आहेत, तशीच स्वप्नं पाहणारी, आशेच्या एका तंत