"Aabhas ha (आभास हा)" a Marathi (मराठी) book by Mandar Katre (मंदार कात्रे). This book is published by esahitya pratishthan in 2013 and has 54 pages. It's a collection of short stories.
'Aabhas ha (आभास हा)' is the story of Chandu and his new wife who comes home late, every day.
'Chakwa (चकवा)' is an unsuccessful love story.
'Don (डाॅन)' is a story based on abduction of children to Middle East for the camel races.
'Story... Salilchi (स्टोरी.... सलीलची)' tells us how Salil, fed up with his father, left India for America. Did he become happy?
'Venkat (वेंकट)' tells us about the urge of a boy for education.
'Bhulbhulaiya (भूलभुलैया)' is story of employment racket in Gulf where a lot is promised and bonded labour is the reality.
'Awliya (अवलिया)' is the story of Chandu who has a lot of varied experiences and who lives on his own terms.
Two stories have betrayal by ones love. All other stories are told in flash back. Five stories are related to Middle East employment. A number of stories have references of foreign countries.
The stories are very short. In many cases they are so short that readers wonder if it was a story? I believe that author should have been more liberal with words. The seed of some stories is good and they could have become good stories but became an abbreviated version.
NRI's in Gulf will relate to the stories. Some more effort and it could have become a good book.
Give it a miss.
For complete review, please visit:
Mandar's Book reviews
http://mandarbookreviews.blogspot.com/
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