IN HIS NOVEL, PROF. MORE ILLUSTRATES THE TRUTHFUL AND SCORCHING SIDE OF THE WORLD TODAY. VERY RARELY, THE SLUMS ARE DESCRIBED WITH SUCH INTENSITY REVELING THE UGLY FACTS AND TERRIBLE ACTUALITY. THE NOVEL HAS REACHED A HEIGHT OWING TO THE PERFECT PORTRAYAL OF THE TWO ENDS; RURAL CULTURE AND URBAN TENDENCY OF SELF-INDULGENCE IN ADDITION TO THE TENSIONS AND ATTEMPTS FOR MERE SURVIVAL. THE HERO POSSESSING MANY QUALITIES AND HAS IMMENSE CAPACITY TO BE IN HARMONY YET REMAIN NEUTRAL WITH HIS SURROUNDING OFFERS UNIQUE ANGLE TO THE OVERALL WRITING. THOUGH IN MARATHI, IT IS NOT CONFINED TO OUR STATE, RATHER WITH ITS FOCUS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LIFE, IT HAS SIMPLY CONQUERED THE READERS AT A UNIVERSAL LEVEL. IT IS A MILE-STONE IN THE LITERARY WORLD. THIS NOVEL HAS INDEED SOUGHT A PROFOUND PLACE IN THE MARATHI LITERATURE.