KAATH

S STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE CITY OF MYSORE. SOMESHWAR, OUR HERO IS AN ARCHITECT WHO HAS LOST HIS WIFE A FEW YEARS BACK. INTENDING TO START ANEW HE SHIFTS HIS BASE FROM MUMBAI TO MYSORE; FROM A WELLSETTLED BUSINESS TO A FRESH START.AMRITA, A MARRIED WOMAN WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN STAYS ALONE IN HER FARM HOUSE WITH THE TWO CHILDREN AND IS A LECTURER IN THE COLLEGE. DESTINY BRINGS SOMESHWAR AND AMRITA TOGETHER. THOUGH MARRIED, AMRITA DOES NOT LIVE WITH HER HUSBAND RANGA. RANGA'S SISTER IS AMRITA'S AUNT. AMRITA HAS LOST HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG. HER AUNT GRADUALLY TAKES POSSESSION OF AMRITA'S HOUSEHOLD AND HER FATHER TOO. SHE CONCEIVES A CHILD FROM HIM. AMRITA AND SOMESHWAR GET TIED UP IN A BOND. BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY HURDLES IN THEIR WAY. THE WORST OF ALL IS HER NATURE. SHE IS TOO HOT TEMPERED AND POSSESSIVE ABOUT HIM. MANY A TIMES, SOMESHWAR DECIDES TO LEAVE HER FOR BETTER, WIND UP EVERYTHING FROM MYSORE AND GO BACK TO MUMBAI. ONE DAY, HE DOES SO. BUT HE COMES BACK TO MYSORE. HOW, WHY, WHEN................. READ THIS IN KAATH...अमृता आणि सोमशेखर यांच्या नात्याच्या माध्यमातून लेखक काही मूलभूत प्रश्न उपस्थित करतो. व्यक्तीला आयुष्यात नक्की काय हवे असते? स्त्रीपुरुषांना परस्परांकडून नक्की काय हवे असते? खरे प्रेम म्हणजे काय? मनोविकारांना आरंभ कसा होतो? अशा प्रकारच्या नात्यांना आपण एका साच्यात किंवा विवाहाच्या चौकटीत बसवू शकतो का? असे असेल, तर मग या नात्यांचे भवितव्य काय? अशा अनेक मूलभूत प्रश्नांचा विचार करायला लावण्यातच या कादंबरीच्या यशाचे खरे गमक आहे! डॉ. अंजली जोशी मानसोपचार तज्ज्ञ