Saatu

A daughter divided and distributed in relationships

Uttam Mevada

New social customs, rituals, or even malpractices take on such an ugly form that a solution must be provided and criticized. For example, there is a question of a father who wants to marry off one of his two children, a daughter, against her will to a semi-literate young man to settle the marriage of his other child, a son. Education is in every society. This means that every educated young person in matters of relationships thinks independently about their relationships, and a similar qualification is becoming a criterion; and in this, social bondage is becoming secondary. The relationships between two people, between a boy and a girl, are formed and developed with great enthusiasm—because both sides have agreed to the family of the daughter or son. When a dispute arises in these relationships, the relationships break, get scattered, and cause the lives of two people to be ruined. But today, in this developed age, when the same thing comes up again, it makes the mind restless. Many families and many individuals also suffer in relationships. This novella, ‘Saatu’, is about the inner mind of these individuals.