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Chapters in the book are named┬аratra┬аmeaning "night" in Marathi. They are named first night, second night and so on. Every passing night, the story takes you into the family setting in rural Konkan and its beautiful seaside landscapes with adjoining ranges of Sahyadri. This book is representation of the love of mother for her child.
As the title suggests the central character is Shyam's mother and the kind of enormous influence she has on Shyam's life and upbringing. It involves sticking to one's ideals even though one is neck deep in abject poverty.
The narration is flamboyant and involves readers in the setting smoothly. As the story progresses, we come to know the deterioration of Shyam's debt-ridden family. The communication between father and son, mother and son, and siblings is exemplary. It shows that if love is present in a person's life, the person can be content; no matter how poor he is.
The book starts with Shyam's mother getting married into a wealthy family, its slow progression into debt-ridden poverty, and ends with illness and death of his mother.
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Pandurang Sadashiv Sane, better known as 'Sane Guruji' is known to be an emotional, sensitive freedom fighter. His literature, aimed at educating children, continues to inspire the young and old.
Sane Guruji was a great patriot who loved his country with all his heart. Pandurang Sadashiv Sane was a great and eminent Marathi writer. His greatest story, тАЬShyamchi AyiтАЭ is biographical and has been filmed in Marathi. He was a student of philosophy, a lover of students, a powerful speaker and a writer of several poems and stories. A freedom fighter who was imprisoned several times, he started a weekly called Sadhana after independence.
His major novels are Shyamchi Aai (ShyamтАЩs Mother), Astik (The Believer), God Shevat (Sweet Ending), and a marathi translation of TolstoyтАЩs book What is Art?, entitled Kala Mhanaje Kay? GurujiтАЩs contribution to childrenтАЩs literature remains unparalleled to this day. His God Goshti (Sweet Stories) includes simplified and abridged versions of world classics like HugoтАЩs Les Miserables and GoetheтАЩs Faust.
Freedom fighter, follower of Gandhi. He wrote a book titled тАЬBharati saunskruti.тАЭ He worked tirelessly for the welfare of untouchables. The Sadhana weekly, started by him in August 1948 as a vehicle of socio-cultural emancipation, continues to spread his message. Indian postage stamp is issued in his honour
