Chitramaya Chatakor

This collection brings together both new and previously published long short stories by Rangnath Pathare, one of the distinguished contemporary novelists in Marathi literature. A defining feature of Pathare’s writing is his deep exploration of the various relationships between human beings, particularly between men and women, as well as human tendencies, primal instincts and the influence of social conditioning. These characteristics of his overall literary work are equally evident in the stories presented here.

The stories reveal the many dimensions and multifaceted nature of the short story form. They also offer an insight into the anguish of human existence and the distortion of human life brought about by the desire for power. The stories Chokhobaachya Pathi and Chitramaya Chatkor from this collection deserve a place among the finest contemporary Marathi short stories.