Mahashweta
महाश्वेता (Mahashweta) is an original Marathi novel by the Indian author Sumati Kshetramade which concerns a female protagonist named "Anupama".
Plot summary
Mahashweta is a very famous Marathi novel written by Dr. Sumati Kshetramade and deals with the issue of leukoderma. It was also adapted into a Television soap with Aishwarya Narkar playing the protagonist. Later Mrs. Sudha Murthy also wrote a novel by the same name and theme. Mrs. Murthy says she came to know about the Marathi novel only after finishing writing her Kannada novel. In Mrs. Murthy's novel the female protagonist Anupama ; who has met her match a handsome Dr. Anand, just like the story of Cinderella and gets a life dream come true. This all is shattered when she discovers that she has leukoderma which is still treated in India as a curse. The name Mahashweta is taken from the female protagonist Mahashweta in Banabhatta's play Kadambari
Characters
- Anupama - fetagonist
- Dr. Anand - Anupama's husband
- Sumithra - Anupama's friend
- Radhakka - Anupama's Mother-in-law
- Girija - Anupama's sister-in-law
- Shamanna - Anupama's father
- Dr. Vasant - Anupama's friend
- Dr. Satya - Dr. Vasant's colleague (also Anupama's friend)
- Dolly - Anupama's friend and colleague
- Sabakka- Anupama's step mother
- Nanda- Anupama's step sister
- Hari- Sumithra's husband