Davhala

""BY SHRI. B.G. KESKAR. A COLLECTION OF SIXTEEN STORIES, DAVHALA SHADES LIGHT ON VILLAGE LIFE, THE PROBLEMS, ENTANGLED SITUATIONS AND VALUES. IT IS TRUE THAT THE VILLAGES TODAY ARE CHANGING. THE AGE-OLD LIFE-VALUES, SUPERSTITIOUSNESS AND CULTURE IS SEEN TAKING A BACK FOOT. YET, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING AN INSIGHT FULL OF REALITIES, BASED ON THE MODERN INDUSTRIAL ERA. THE RURAL WOMEN LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY EVOKES COMPASSION IN OUR MIND WHILE THE COMMUNITY RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPLOITATION OF THE DOWNTRODDEN CREATES ANGER. IS THE NEW GENERATION EVEN AWARE OF THIS TRAGEDY? OR, ARE THEY WITNESSING IT WITHOUT ANY SENTIMENT... OR MAYBE HELPLESSNESS...? THIS MISFORTUNE TOUCHES THE CORE OF THE READERS. "" ""'' . . . . . , . , , . , , . , ( ?) . . ""