Title:-Kandalam
Author:-Devidas Ramachandra Kadam
Publication Date:-February 1996
Kandalam is a collection of short story book. There are all together 17 stories in this book and all are beautifully presented by the writer who is well known for his marvelous writing in konkani. Devidas kadam is a teacher by profession and a well known konkani writer and also writes short stories and children's literature. His work is also seen in English and Marathi.
Kandalam is a flower which is in the shape of a star. There are many stories which are too good in this book but still there's a last story with itself named 'Kandalam' in which a small girl lives with her mother who are very poor wherein they can't even effort to have two meals per day. One day as they were walking down through a squishy path of coconut plantation this little girl saw a flower which exactly looked like a star. She forced her mother to get her those flowers. She questioned her mother if people like these flowers or not. If yes than can i sell those flowers in the market she asked. Reasoning it for a while her mother agrees to her and the little girl was very happy thinking that after selling those flowers, she will buy a pair of earings from the money she has earned.
But the next morning as she goes to pluck those flowers she gets a shock to see a man chopping down all the plants of kandalam flowers. She feels very sad, closes her eyes, starts crying and turns her back and walks away.
Author:-Devidas Ramachandra Kadam
Publication Date:-February 1996
Kandalam is a collection of short story book. There are all together 17 stories in this book and all are beautifully presented by the writer who is well known for his marvelous writing in konkani. Devidas kadam is a teacher by profession and a well known konkani writer and also writes short stories and children's literature. His work is also seen in English and Marathi.
Kandalam is a flower which is in the shape of a star. There are many stories which are too good in this book but still there's a last story with itself named 'Kandalam' in which a small girl lives with her mother who are very poor wherein they can't even effort to have two meals per day. One day as they were walking down through a squishy path of coconut plantation this little girl saw a flower which exactly looked like a star. She forced her mother to get her those flowers. She questioned her mother if people like these flowers or not. If yes than can i sell those flowers in the market she asked. Reasoning it for a while her mother agrees to her and the little girl was very happy thinking that after selling those flowers, she will buy a pair of earings from the money she has earned.
But the next morning as she goes to pluck those flowers she gets a shock to see a man chopping down all the plants of kandalam flowers. She feels very sad, closes her eyes, starts crying and turns her back and walks away.
