Valucha Killa

by Vyankatesh Madgulkar

WE ALL KNOW THAT A SAND CASTLE HAS HARDLY ANY LIFE. YET, WE ALL TRY TO MAKE IT AS CONCRETE AS POSSIBLE SO AS TO EXTEND ITS LIFE BY A MERE FEW MORE MOMENTS, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF A CHILD. WE STRUGGLE A LOT FOR THAT. WE GIVE CENT PERCENT EFFORTS FOR THAT. HANMANT'S BEHAVIOUR CANNOT BE CATEGORIZED AS AN ACT OF INSANITY, IN FACT, IT IS AN ACT OF CRUELTY... ANIKET HAS REALIZED THAT NOW NOTHING NEW IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. ALL THE MONTHS RIGHT FROM SHRAVAN, BHADRAPAD, ASHWIN, KARTIK..... EVERYTHING IS SAME. LILU STOOD FIRMLY BEFORE THE BIG BULL, THE ONE WHOM NONE OF THE STRONG WRESTLERS WERE ABLE TO CONTROL. SHE SIMPLY HAD SOME 'CONNECTION' WITH THE BIG AND STRONG BULL...ONE KING, HE WAS ILLSTRICKEN. HE TRIED MANY MEDICINES AND THERAPIES. BUT A 'SHOCK' SEEMED TO BE THE REMEDY...TATYA HAS PENNED DOWN MANY OF THE HUMAN NATURES, NONE STRONGER THAN A SAND CASTLE....वाळू्च्या किल्ल्याचं अस्तित्व केवळ क्षणभंगूर असतं, पण एका चिमुरडीसाठी ते शाश्वत ठरविण्याची धडपड करावी लागते.... हणमंताचं वागणं हे केवळ वेडसरपणा नाही, तर ते एक क्रौर्य आहे.... अनिकेतला कळून चुकलं की, आता काही घडणार नाही; आषाढ, श्रावण, आश्विन, कार्तिक ... सगळं सारखंच.... पहिलवान गड्यांनाही न जुमानणार्या एका खोंडापुढे तेरा वर्षांची लिलू धिटाईनं उभी राहिली, त्या दोघांमधलं नातं खास होतं.... एका राजाला व्याधिमुक्तीसाठी वैद्याच्या औषधांपेक्षा एक 'धक्का' रामबाण उपाय ठरला... 'वाळूच्या किल्ल्या'सारखा असणारा मानवी भावभावनांचा हा बंध... आपल्या सजग लेखणीतून 'तात्यांनी' साकारला आहे.

84 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2013

About the author

Vyankatesh Digambar Madgulkar (Marathi: व्यंकटेश दिगंबर माडगूळकर) (1927–2001) was one of the most popular Marathi writers of his time. He became well-known mainly for his realistic writings about village life in a part of southern Maharashtra called Maandesh, set in a period of 15 to 20 years before and after India's Independence.

Madgulkar wrote 8 novellas, over 200 short stories, about 40 screenplays, and some folk plays (लोकनाट्य), travelogues, and essays on nature. He translated some English books into Marathi, especially books on wild life, as he was an avid hunter.

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[Geetanjali · Rating 5 out of 5]

तब्बल १४ गोष्टी असलेला हा कथासंग्रह छान आहे. पण त्यातल्या त्यात एका बोकडाची गोष्ट, एका खोंडाची गोष्ट, शत्रूचा शत्रू तो आपला मित्र, कोंबड्या आणि गरूड, धक्का, ठेप आणि खारीचे पोर या कथा मला विशेष आवडल्या✌🏻👌🏻...

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