निजधाम [Nijdham]

by Ratnakar Matkari, रत्नाकर मतकरी

A call from the final adobe, `Nijdham`; all these short mystic stories have created a new way in the history of Marathi literature. They have succeeded in having a unique place with their enigmatic environments, unfathomable surroundings, the exclusive descriptions and a very uncanny end. Many of the stories were presented on the stage, some were picturized as serials, and some were translated. For two generations, they have empowered all minds young and old. Any reader who has read them once will never forget those years later. On the contrary, they are alive in his minds and he shares them with people around. This collection is exclusively for those readers who love cryptic themes, for the three generations, yesterday`s, today`s and tomorrow`s.

Genres: Marathi, Horror, Fiction

128 pages, Kindle Edition

About the author

Matkari's first work, the one-act play Wedi Manase,was presented in 1955 on All India Radio in Mumbai.His play Pahuni was presented the next year at another venue.

Matkari worked as a columnist for newspapers and magazines in the 1970s. He wrote the column Soneri Savalya n Apale Mahanagar for four years.

Matkari's 98 works thus far include 33 plays, 8 collections of his one-act plays, 18 books of his short stories, 3 novels, a book of poems for children, and 14 plays and three collections of plays for children.His works include Gudha Katha --mysteries—for adults which maintain realism.Matkari wrote a few plays in Indian languages other than Marathi.Many of Matkari's novellas have been adapted for the stage.

Reviews

[Vinay Nandurdikar · Rating 5 out of 5]

भयकथा

पहिल्यांदाच भयकथा वाचनात आल्या.
सगळ्या कथा खिळवून ठेवतात. अनेक वेळा वाचताना अंगावर शहारे येतात.
त्यातही तीनचार कथा प्रचंड आवडल्या आहेत.

[अनिकेत · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stories like Nijdhaam, Jevanaval, Bolawana, Samadukkhi,kakbali are awesome...

[Bhavnesh Pohan · Rating 5 out of 5]

अलीकडचे हिंदी सिनेमे, इतका तोचतोच पणा वापरून बनवले जातात, कि त्यांचा शेवट आपल्याला आधीच माहित असतो. पण मतकरींच्या गूढ गोष्टींचं तसं नाही. अगदी शेवटच्या वाक्याला, एक असा खुलासा होतो, कि भर दुपारी, लोकांच्या गर्दीत असूनसुद्धा आपण क्षणभर दचकू शकतो. भिंतींच्या उडालेल्या रंगावरून सुद्धा एक गूढ गोष्ट, इतक्या प्रभावीपणे लिहिणारे, मतकरी खरंच ग्रेट आहेत.

[Aniket Patil · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked stories such as Nijadham, Bolavana, waada, jevanval, dongar matha etc. Rest of the stories were so so. etc. However, this book is really a nice read.

[Chandrakant Pawde · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book

[Kaustubh Bhatmule · Rating 5 out of 5]

प्रत्येक गोष्ट उत्कंठा शिगेला पोहचवत होती.आणि एकदम शेवटच्या एका ओळीत पूर्ण कथानकाचा विषय बदलून जात होता.खूपच सुंदर पुस्तक

[Sujay Sawant · Rating 5 out of 5]

घर, अन्न, प्रेम यासारख्या मूळ गरजांच असुरी रुप किती भयावह दिसेल अशा मतकरी styled कथा.

[Nakul Phulambrikar · Rating 4 out of 5]

[This review is in Devanagari script. There might be some errors visible in connected letters. Expand this review by clicking 'See More...' to have corrected text.]
गूढकथा प्रकारातील हा एक उत्तम कथासंग्रह आहे. निजधाम, हे माझे घर, वादा, डोंगरमाथा आणि समदुःखी या कथा अप्रतिम आहेत. काही कथांमध्ये शेवटी अनपेक्षित वळणे आहेत जी वाचकाला मंत्रमुग्ध करून टाकतात. गूढ किंवा भय कथा असल्या तरी त्या वाचकाची झोप उडवत नाहीत; आणि म्हणूनच आनंददायी आहेत.

[Vishwasrao Shinde · Rating 5 out of 5]

True to its title

Magic starts from first narrative, amazing power in those descriptions of surroundings and environment. I was wondering why I didn’t came across this book earlier. :)

[Mayur · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some good stories in book. Though some of them are predictable, author has written them very well, creating good atmosphere with his fantastic words.