Marathi
RECENTLY MARRIED SURVANTA ACCOMPANIES HER HUSBAND MALHARI ON THE SUGAR-CANE FARM. SHE WITNESSES THE ATROCITIES BY THE CONTRACTOR THERE WHILE WORKING WITH HER HUSBAND. VERY SOON, THE CONTRACTOR TURNS HIS EVIL EYE TOWARDS HER. THIS EXPLOITATION FURTHER HURTS HER. SHE WORRIES FOR HER FAMILY AND UNBORN CHILDREN. TEJRAM, THE YOUNG JAMINDAR, TRIES TO CAST A SPELL OVER HER. WITH THE AIM OF COMING OUT OF EXPLOITATION, SHE AGREES TO FULFIL HIS WISHES. IN RETURN HE ALLOWS HER TO WORK ON HIS FARM ALONG WITH MALHARI. NOW, SURVANTA IS IN DOUBLE MINDS. WHAT IF MALHARI COMES TO KNOW ABOUT HER SECRET? AND FINALLY, EVERYTHING GOES HAYWIRE. SURVANTA'S DREAMS SHATTER. THIS NOVEL CASTS A LIGHT ON THE PLIGHT OF THE SUGAR-CANE WORKERS, LEAVING US IN A TERRIBLE STATE OF MIND. सुर्वंता...मल्हारी या ऊसतोडणी कामगाराची देखणी बायको...नवऱ्याबरोबर ऊसतोडणीला गेल्यावर तिला प्रकर्षाने जाणीव होते मुकादमाकडून होणाऱ्या शोषणाची...मुकादम तिच्यावर बलात्कार करतो आणि गर्भपात होतो तिचा...तिचं मन तडफडायला लागतं त्या चिरडलेल्या जीवनातून बाहेर पडण्यासाठी...तेजरामच्या रूपाने तिला बाहेर पडायचा रस्ता दिसतो...पण स्वत:चं शील विकून...काय होतं पुढे? सुर्वंताचं सुस्थिर जीवन जगण्याचं स्वप्न साकार होतं का?
