AAMBI

VISHWAS PATIL

Nov 2021 · MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE

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"WHILE CHOOSING A GOOD BULLOCK FOR FARMING, YOU SKIRT AROUND FOR HOURS AT END IN WEEKLY MARKETS. THEN WHY DON`T YOU SPARE A FEW MINUTES LOOKING FOR A GOOD SON-IN-LAW FOR YOUR DEAR DAUGHTER?" IT WAS AN ARDENT QUESTION ASKED BY AAMBI`S AUNT TO AAMBI`S FATHER THE LEGENDARY NOVELIST VISHWAS PATIL PENNED THIS NOVEL `AAMBI` WHEN HE WAS JUST 17 YEARS OLD. IT GOT PUBLISHED DURING THOSE DAYS IN THE NEW WRITERS SUPPORT SCHEME OF THE MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT. MR. PATIL EMERGED IN MARATHI LITERATURE WITH A FEMALE PROTAGONIST. PORTRAYING THE LIVES OF WOMEN, THEIR STRUGGLES AND SACRIFICES IN THE RURAL AREAS AND PENNING REAL AND UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS, HE THREW LIGHT ON THE HARDSHIPS AND SORROWS OF THE RURAL PEOPLE. WE ARE PROUDLY PUBLISHING THIS NOVEL WHICH WAS UNAVAILABLE TO READERS FOR A LONG TIME.

आंबी...बाप्पाजींची देखणी, आईवेगळी, लाडकी मुलगी... बाप्पाजींची बहीण नको नको म्हणत असताना बाप्पाजी तिच्या मुलाशी, श्रीरंगशी आंबीचं लग्न लावून देतात... श्रीरंग नपुंसक आहे हे कळल्यावर आंबी माहेरी निघून येते...तिचं दुसरं लग्न करायला बाप्पाजी तयार नसतात...पण काही घटना अशा घडतात की बाप्पाजी आंबीशी अबोला धरतात, तिला सासरी धाडतात...श्रीरंग आंबीला मारझोड करतो...आंबी परत माहेरी येते...परत बाप्पाजी तिचा रागराग करतात...गणूआप्पा तिला अनूमावशीकडे नेऊन सोडतात...मावशी तिचं लग्न तुकाराम ड्रायव्हरशी लावून देते...तुकाराम व्यसनी, जुगारी असतो...आंबीला मारहाण करत असतो...तालेवार घरातली आंबी बेकरीत काम करायला लागते...तिला मुलगी होते...तुकाराम जेव्हा आंबीची अब्रूच डावावर लावतो तेव्हा ती मुलीसह त्या घरातून पोबारा करते...पुढे काय होतं आंबीचं? एका स्त्रीच्या जीवनाचं हृदयस्पर्शी तरीही तेजस्वी दर्शन.

About the author

VISHWAS PATIL IS AN INDIAN AUTHOR AND RETIRED I.A.S OFFICER. HE COMPLETED HIS MASTERS M.A. IN ENGLISH AND A DEGREE IN LAW. HE IS A MULTIFACETED PERSONALITY, KNOWN NOT ONLY FOR THE 1992 SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD, BUT ALSO AS A SUCCESSFUL PLAYWRIGHT, A FILM DIRECTOR AND AN ABLE ADMINISTRATOR. HE HAS ALSO HELD THE COVETOUS POST OF THE JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FILM CITY CORPORATION, MUMBAI FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS.

VISHWAS PAIL ACHIEVES MANY PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS LIKE INDIRA GOSWAMI LITERARY NATIONAL AWARD, SAHITYA AKADAMI AWARD AND MANY MORE….