"Sakshidar (साक्षीदार)", a Marathi book, by Madhav Pitke (माधव पिटके). This book is published by Utkarsha Prakashan (उत्कर्ष प्रकाशन) in 2012 and has 116 pages.
This is a collection of five short stories. They are titled 'Mobadla (मोबदला)', 'Sadsadvivekbuddhi (सद्सद् विवेकबुद्धी)', 'Sanman (सन्मान)', 'Lakudfodyachi goshta (लाकुडफोड्याची गोष्ट)', 'Sakshidar (साक्षीदार)'
The stories put forth the plight of freedom fighters (स्वातंत्र्य सैनिक) who fought for the independence of India but we're largely overlooked by the government and public. The central theme of the book is communicated in the introduction thereby reviewers like me do not have to try to find a central theme.
There is a common trait in these freedom fighters. Each of them had thrown himself in freedom struggle, they had ignored there families for that, they are idealistic (ध्येयवादी), they refused pension from government for being a freedom fighter, they refused to enter politics after independence, as a result they are in a bad financial shape, wife died due to some malady and lack of good medication, their children could not obtain good education due to lack of funds and keep blaming them for thinking about country before family.
It is evident from the writing that the writer is a novice. There are a number of repetitions like unveiling ceremony of a statue or monument, name of protagonist freedom fighter etc. This was avoidable. Writing style is very simple and uncomplicated (बाळबोध). Even school children should be able to understand it. It's a small book printed in large font, so easy to read for elderly people as well.
It's a book on a different topic. Read it for a change.
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