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“આ શું છે જાણે છે રૂપા? આ ઈશ્વરની લીલા છે. આ અઢળક સૌંદર્ય, લીલાંછમ વૃક્ષો, નદી, પર્વતો, ચંદ્ર, તારા, સૂરજનો ગોળો અને એ સાથે જ પૃથ્વી પર આ વેદના, દુઃખ, ગરીબી, રોગ, ભૂખમરો – આ બધું જ ઈશ્વરનું સર્જન છે અને એનું દરેક સર્જન હેતુપૂર્ણ છે.” “પણ શા માટે દીદી? શા માટે આ વેદના, એકલતા, પીડા, દર્દો? શા માટે ઈશ્વરનો આ શાપ?” રૂપા આક્રંદ કરી ઊઠી. “આ બધી હરિ હોવાની એંધાણી છે, રૂપા. આ દુઃખ દર્દ અને વલોવી નાખતી વેદના જોઈને તો લોકનો આતમરામ જાગે છે. માનવતા સળવળી ઊઠે છે અને પડી ગયેલાંને ટેકો આપવા એ આગળ આવે છે. જન્મજન્માંતર ચાલે એવો આ યજ્ઞ છે. પ્રજાની માનવતા જાગ્રત રહે, ચૈતન્ય ધબકતું રહે એ માટે આ દુઃખ-દર્દોનું નિર્માણ. જેને ભાગે આ દુઃખો આવ્યાં છે એ આ પવિત્ર યજ્ઞમાં હોમાયેલાં ઈંધણ છે. ઈશ્વરે સમગ્ર માનવજાતના કલ્યાણ માટે થોડાં લ
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Varsha Adalja
51 books11 followersVarsha Adalja, (Hindi: वर्षा अदालजा Gujarati: વર્ષા અડાલજા; born April 10, 1940 in Mumbai) full name Varsha Mahendra Adalja, is a Gujarati feminist novelist, playwright and negotiator who won the 1995 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for her novel Ansar.She is also a dramatist, writing for stage plays, screenplays, and radio.
She was born in 1940 to Gujarati novelist Gunvantrai Acharya. She did her B.A. in Gujarati and Sanskrit from Mumbai University in 1960. Later she did her M.A. in Sociology in 1962. She studied drama at National School of Drama, Delhi. She has produced an award-winning television film on leprosy (Ansaar).
Varsha Adalja started her literary career as an editor of Sudha, a women's weekly from 1973–1976, and later with Gujarati Femina, another women's magazine from 1989–90. She hold an executive office with Gujarati Sahitya Parishad since 1978. She has explored lepers’ colonies, prison life and has worked among adivasis.
She has penned 40 books including 22 novels and seven volumes of short stories
She was born in 1940 to Gujarati novelist Gunvantrai Acharya. She did her B.A. in Gujarati and Sanskrit from Mumbai University in 1960. Later she did her M.A. in Sociology in 1962. She studied drama at National School of Drama, Delhi. She has produced an award-winning television film on leprosy (Ansaar).
Varsha Adalja started her literary career as an editor of Sudha, a women's weekly from 1973–1976, and later with Gujarati Femina, another women's magazine from 1989–90. She hold an executive office with Gujarati Sahitya Parishad since 1978. She has explored lepers’ colonies, prison life and has worked among adivasis.
She has penned 40 books including 22 novels and seven volumes of short stories
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December 4, 2023
Classic Varsha Adalja.
A heart warming and thought provoking bunch of short stories.
Must read for every Guajarati reader.
A heart warming and thought provoking bunch of short stories.
Must read for every Guajarati reader.
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