THIS IS A COLLECTION OF SHORT SHORIES BASED ON RURAL LIFE. THE URBAN
PEOPLE OFTEN FEEL THAT THE RURAL LIFE, THE VILLAGE LIFE IS VERY CALM,
QUIET AND PEACEFUL. FROM A FAR DISTANCE IF WE TRY TO JUDGE IT, THEN THIS
WILL BE OUR FIRST IMPRESSION. BUT IF ONE GOES CLOSER TO FIND OUT WHAT
LIES BEHIND THIS CALM AND QUIET VILLAGE LIFE THEN ONE`S BELIEFS WOULD
BE SHATTERED. THE VILLAGE LIFE ALSO HAS TREMENDOUS UPS AND DOWNS; ITS
OWN TURMOIL. IT TAKES PLACE ANYWHERE, ON THE "CHAWADI, ` ON A RIVER
BANK, IN A HUT, ON A FARM, ON A HILL TOP, AMONG THE TREES.. WE SEE A
VARIETY OF MENTALITY AMONG THE VILLAGERS. THEY ARE SMART, CUNNING,
SWEET, INNOCENT, RARELY RICH, MOSTLY VERY POOR, OPTIMISTIC, PESSIMISTIC,
BELIEVERS AND NONBELIEVERS IN GOD, MANY A TIMES THEY HAVE BLIND FAITH IN
THINGS AROUND THEM. THEIR LIFE IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT NATURE AND ANIMALS.
THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS. THEY HAVE A DESIROUS, A LOVING, A CARING, YET AN
INDIFFERENT MIND. THEY SUFFER, THEY CARE, THEY LOVE, THEY HATE... THEY
DEAL WITH URBAN PEOPLE. THEY LIVE THEIR LIFE CONTENTLY. THEY ARE BLENDED
HARMONIOUSLY WITH THE NATURE AND THEIR CATTLES. RANJIT DESAI HAS VERY
SUCCESSFULLY PICTURED ALL THESE FINE QUALITIES IN HIS VARIOUS STORIES.
EACH STORY MAKES US THINK IN AN UNIQUE WAY.
