अश्वत्थ | ashwastha

by Anant Samant, अनंत सामंत

स्वतंत्रपणे व्यवसाय करू इच्छिणाऱ्या तरुणाईची आणि असंख्य माणसांनी बनलेल्या व्यवस्थेची संघर्षमय कहाणी.

‘‘नव्या उद्योगाच्या खेळात एक रेस ट्रॅक असतो. त्यावर जीव तोडून धावणारा प्रत्येकाचा एक घोडा असतो. वेड्यासारखे पैसे फेकणारा एक जुगारी असतो. आणि कोणीही जिंकलं किंवा कोणीही हरलं तरी स्वत: नेहमीच जिंकणारा संयोजक असतो. आज तरी माझी भूमिका संयोजकाची होती. नंतर विराजच्या संपूर्ण उद्योगावर हक्क सांगता येईल. अशा प्रकारे व्यवहार करता येणं आज मला शक्य होतं.’’
- कृष्णरंग

‘‘हे द्वंद्व तुझं आणि कृष्णरंगाचं नाहीय, विराज. हे द्वंद्व दोन पिढ्याचं आहे. हे द्वंद्व भूतकाळ आणि भविष्यकाळाचं आहे.
- दळवीमास्तर

‘‘तुझा जन्म या देशात झालाय. पण तुझी वृत्ती इथल्या जगाशी मिळतीजुळती नाहीय. तुला आयुष्यभर झगडावंच लागेल इथे. तुझ्या वाट्याला कायम नैराश्यच येईल. तू माझ्याबरोबर चल, विराज. फ्रान्सला. युरोपमधल्या कुठल्याही देशात. तिथे माणूस माणसासारखं जगू शकतो.’’
- मिशेल लॅम्बार्ड

‘‘ ’Art is a lie that tells us the truth.’ पिकासोचे हे उद्‌गार अनंत सामंतांच्या कादंबरीला तंतोतंत लागू पडतात.’’

- दीपक घारे

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About the author

His every short story and novel reflects the stormy life that he has lived across the seas and in this soil. He considers himself to be a common man, living common life; But his literature shocked Marathi readers and critics with unread, unheard, unseen world. His first novel ‘M. T. Aiwa Maru’ was like a fresh wind gushing in to feed hunger of younger generations for something true, timely and new. It was praised, acclaimed and awarded. Now, even after twenty years it is the best seller and the only novel of its kind in literature.
His second novel ‘Trimakasi Madam’ is nearly an extension of ‘M. T. Aiwa Maru’.
‘Avirat’ tells the story of proud, nation-lover NRI coming back to India to start a hotel bussiness and see his faiths, notions and dream shattering. The great Marathi author shri Jaywant Dalvi claimed ‘Avirat’ to be greater piece of work than ‘M.T.Aiwa Maru.’
‘Oshtories’ is the most sensitive of his novels trying to differentiate soul, mind and body. It connects spirituality with photography. In this novel Camera has a character and Photos clicked are points of climax. Using Photography as a medium the author discloses the secrets of love, soul and body. No novel in any language can even be compared with ‘Oshtories’.
These five of his dozen novels are enough to explain versatility, variety and strength of his pen. His every novel is adored by young generation of Marathi readers. His direct and deceptively simple style of writing spawned number of imitators but no equals.
Four of his books, ‘M.T. Aiwa Maru’, ‘K five’, ‘ Front line story’, ‘Bypassche divas’ were adopted by ‘National Association of Blind’ as talking-books.

Reviews

[Aniket Patil · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay read. Its about Viraj and his life on ship,personal life, relationship with father etc. After reading Trimakasi Madam , I found this one not so happening. Similar description of ship although story is extremely different. (there is no politics as such which was in that book). The book is divided in chapters, every individual has their story /point of view etc. Biggest con of this book is its length 685 pages makes one tired. Trimakasi was very much effective with less number of pages and more impact. Its a kind of career ambition, love story etc. I was expecting something different in this book.