Sanjeev Girase is an important name in rural literature in Maharashtra. Girase's stories are factual, appealing to rural sentiments, and they converse with the heart of the reader on a mental level. Though it is true that one should adopt progressive living, when it crosses human, mental, and theoretical limits, it happens to be obstructive for circle of nature. This minute depiction is seen in the story title 'Dabara' (Puddle). The writer has successfully portrayed the character “Nirmala” who is singlehandedly raising children, striving to fulfill the family's needs, in spite of her husband being a gambler- is seen in the story 'Hareek' (Joy). Bhima Appa is very well depicted as he fights against political power, traders, corrupt system, and sometimes negative nature in the story 'Vaza' (Burden) 'Hareek' should be considered as the collection of stories depicting the delving deep at the bottom of rural life. In brief, these stories depict individual mental turbulence, smothering, financial crises, and social honor and dishonor. मराठी ग्रामीण साहित्य प्रकारातले एक महत्त्वाचे नाव संजीव गिरासे! मातीतून जन्मलेली कथा, त्याच मातीत जगणारा साहित्यिक याचा सुंदर मेळ संजीव गिरासेंच्या कथात्मसाहित्यात दिसून येतो. वास्तवाला स्पर्श करीत ग्रा�... See more

Sanjeev Girase is an important name in rural literature in Maharashtra. Girase's stories are factual, appealing to rural sentiments, and they converse with the heart of the reader on a mental level. Though it is true that one should adopt progressive living, when it crosses human, mental, and theoretical limits, it happens to be obstructive for circle of nature. This minute depiction is seen in the story title 'Dabara' (Puddle). The writer has successfully portrayed the character “Nirmala” who is singlehandedly raising children, striving to fulfill the family's needs, in spite of her husband being a gambler- is seen in the story 'Hareek' (Joy). Bhima Appa is very well depicted as he fights against political power, traders, corrupt system, and sometimes negative nature in the story 'Vaza' (Burden) 'Hareek' should be considered as the collection of stories depicting the delving deep at the bottom of rural life. In brief, these stories depict individual mental turbulence, smothering, financial crises, and social honor and dishonor. मराठी ग्रामीण साहित्य प्रकारातले एक महत्त्वाचे नाव संजीव गिरासे! मातीतून जन्मलेली कथा, त्याच मातीत जगणारा साहित्यिक याचा सुंदर मेळ संजीव गिरासेंच्या कथात्मसाहित्यात दिसून येतो. वास्तवाला स्पर्श करीत ग्रामीण भाव-भावनांना अलवार स्पर्श केला आहे. वाचकांच्या मानसिक पातळीवरून थेट हृदयाशी संवाद साधणाऱ्या गिरासेंच्या कथा आहेत. पुरोगामी विचार हे जगण्याचं अंग असावं हे सत्य असलं, तरी त्यातील मानवी, मानसिक आणि सैद्धान्तिक परिसीमा ओलांडणारं पुरोगामित्व सृिष्टचक्राच्या गतीत अडथळा आणणारं ठरतं, हे `डाबरं' या कथेतून व्यक्त होते. संसारासाठी जगायचं, मुलांच्या गरजा पूर्ण करण्यासाठी धडपडायचं, नवरा जुगारी, सटोड्या, असं असताना एकांगी लढा देणारी निर्मला लेखक `हारीक' या शीर्षक कथेतून समर्थपणे उभी करतो. निसर्ग, राजकीय सत्ता, पुढारी, व्यापारी, भ्रष्ट व्यवस्था यांच्याशी झगडणारा भीमा अप्पा `वझं' या कथोतून प्रभावीपणे समोर येतो.