storeyed house-I summary
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Waman govind hoval, one of the most renowned marati writers conveys a strong and heart touching message of Dalit family through the story, 'The storeyed house' , This portrays the worst scene of the caste system, but a powerful enrichment of Dalits from nowhere, a view hope prevailing within them. Waman Hoval draws the picture of cast-wicked society very well. He frantically mices the emotional element of a house warming function being turned into a funeral. Bayaji, a Dalit, left his native village to work as a labourer in the dock yard of Bombay. After reaching in the age of sixty he retired and brought back his village savings to settle into his ancestral village. He had imbibed many new ideas through his three decades and half sojourn in the metropolitan city of Bombay. And he also keen to demonstrate to his village community that he had done well and was successful. He wanted to use his life savings to do something that he had always wished for his family. He announced his plan boldly and with pride, '' Look children, ours is such a large family. Even at 'mealtime, we have to eat by turns or sit crowed, knocking our knees together. I wish to build a house out of my earnings, and it has to be storeyed house; the usual three-portioned house won't be adequate for us''. The family I was overjoyed. The plans were drawn up and the foundation of the storeyed house was laid din auspicious day.
( Continued in The storeyed house-II)