Books you must read

Book:Mahashweta
Author:Sudha Murty
 'Mahashweta' is based on a very sensitive subject- Vitiligo. The story is poignant and expressed in a very simple language by Sudha Murty. In this story she clearly explains how insensetively our society behaves towards a person who is suffering from a Vitiligo,educated or not.

Dr. Anand falls in love with the beautiful Anupama, when he sees her for the first time and soon marries her. Later Anand flies to England for higher studies leaving Anupama behind, telling her to join him later. Meanwhile Anupama is diagnosed with Vitiligo. All alone with no one to take care of her and she seeks emotional support and soothing words from Anand. Being a doctor himself she has full faith in him, but all she gets in return is his aloofness. Her faith is trusted in every step from there on, neither she is allowed to live peacefully in her in-laws place nor in her parents. That is when she takes her life in her own hands and decides to live independently. 

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