Prabuddha

by B.D. Kher

""OWING TO THE MANY WRONG CONCEPTS AND TRADITIONS, A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOCIETY IS LEFT OUT FROM THE NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY LIVING. FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE SITUATION HAS BEEN THE SAME. A STRONG PERSONALITY CAME FORWARD TO FIGHT FOR THESE BACKWARD CLASSES AND MASSES. HE STOOD FIRMLY AS THEIR LEADER. HE FACED LOT MANY DIFFICULTIES. THIS BOOK HELPS TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE HARDSHIPS HE HAD TO SUFFERED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. EVERYONE READING IT IS BOUND TO BE TOUCHED BY HIS LIFEWORK AND STRUGGLE. THE STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF TRUTH AND THE FOLLOWER OF BUDDHA, DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR IS A NAME CARVED ON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ONE AND ALL. EACH INCIDENT OF HIS LIFE IS STRONGLY AND APTLY PORTRAYED THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS NOVEL. SUCH IS THE POTENTIAL OF THE WORDS THAT THE READERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL TEARS WHILE WITNESSING THE ADVERSITIES AND HUMILIATION THAT THE DALITS HAD TO SUFFER. TOGETHER, THEY WILL WORK IN HARMONY AND BE ABLE TO OPEN THE TIGHTLY SHUT DOORS OF HUMANITY. THEREAFTER, THE MANKIND WILL BE 'ONE' IN TRUE SENSE. LET THIS NOVEL BE THE DAWN OF THAT AUSPICIOUS ONENESS COME TRUE!!"" दुष्ट रूढींच्या पायातळी एक फार मोठा समाजसमूह गाववेशीबाहेर हजारो वर्षें पिचत पडला होता. त्या पददलित समाजाचे समर्थ नेतृत्व करणार्]या एका युगपुरुषाची ही चित्तथरारक चरित्र कहाणी! जेवढी चित्तथरारक तेवढीच हृदयद्रावक! या विदारक कहाणीत डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर यांचा सारा चरित्र चित्रपट भरलेला आणि भारलेला आहे. या चित्रपटामुळे सहृदय माणसांची मने हेलावून गेल्याशिवाय राहणार नाहीत. सत्याधिष्ठित अशा एका प्रबुद्धाच्या या चरित्रात्मक कादंबरीतील प्रत्येक घटना बोलकी आणि अंतःकरणाचा ठाव घेणारी अशी आहे. गाववेशीबाहेर हजारो वर्षे पिचत पडलेल्या दलितांच्या नेत्रांतील अश्रू या कहाणीच्या पानोपानी सांडतील आणि त्यांच्या अंगात संचारलेल्या भीमबळामुळे माणसामाणसात भेदाभेद करणारे त्या वेशींचे बंद दरवाजे कोलमडून पडतील. सारा मानवसमाज एकजिनसी बनेल... त्या खर्]याखुर्]या सुदिनाची ही कादंबरी सुप्रभात ठरो!

434 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1989

About the author

B.D.Kher, who authored about 117 books during his life time, wrote his first book in 1939. His recently published books, 'Sanjeevan' (based on the life of Sant Dnyaneshwar) and 'Gandharvagatha' (based on the life of Balgandharv), were well received by readers. Kher left Marathi daily 'Kesri' as an associate editor after 22 years of service. Later, he joined 'Sahyadri' as the editor and stayed in that position for 10 years.

In 1976, a Japanese foundation had invited him to write a novel on the Hiroshima bombing incident. Kher received awards for his novels like 'Anandbhavan', 'Hasre Dukkha', 'Hiroshima', 'Samagra Lokmanya Tilak' etc. He authored V D Savarkar's biography 'Yadnya', which registered 11,000 pre-publishing bookings.