Shivaji Sawant: Carna of Mahabharata as a hero as novelist

New -Delhi, September 17 (IANS). Many years ago, a young bank clerk sat on his chair, but his mind was somewhere else. Instead of focusing on the newspapers placed on his table, he looks out the window and the story of a vessel of Mahabharata echoes in his mind. This character was none other than Danveer Karna. This bank clerk was Shivaji Sawant. Although his work was done with money, his soul was plunged into the stories of words and stories. One day he said to a friend, “Don’t you think Carna was injustice? His story has always been told from the perspective of Krishna and Arjuna, but no one felt his pain and struggling.” His friend smiles and says, “What are you going to do then?” Shivaji Sawant closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. The story that started in her mind was to create history. He decided the day that he would write a book about Carna’s life that would not only show his pain, but his self -respect, his friendship and every layer of his life. It was the dream of a bank employee who is at risk of writing a novel that required many years of fine and research, and the result of this dream was ‘Mityunjaya’, a work that forever changed the history of marathi literature. Shivaji Sawant was born on August 31, 1940 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. His life grew up in an ordinary family and was like any other person. Banking, family responsibilities and everyday struggle. But in the midst of all this, a writer kept awake. He sat in the library for hours and studied history and mythology. Not only did he find the history of events, but he considers it a complicated material of human emotions. When he started writing ‘Mityunjaya’, it was not an easy task. He had to study different versions of Mahabharata for years. He understood and created Carna’s character with such sensitivity that it was then published this novel in 1967, left it a separate impression in the literary world. The readers first looked at Karna like a hero, who continued to fight with his fate and in every trouble he was determined by his ideals. The success of ‘Mityunjay’ made Shivaji Sawant a literary star overnight, but he did not stop with his success. They knew that there were many more unheard stories in history and mythology. He wrote one after another several excellent works, including ‘Chhava’, ‘Yugandhar’ and ‘Kadambari’. After ‘Mityunjaya’, Sawant brought a more large historical character ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj’ with his pen. In ‘Chhava’ he showed untouched aspects of Sambhaji’s life. It was a novel that gave Sambhaji’s sacrifice and struggle a new identity. In ‘Yugandhar’, Sawant highlighted the philosophical aspects of Lord Krishna’s life. He portrayed Krishna as not just a god, but an era creator, a visionary leader and an ordinary person. The greatest feature of Sawant’s writing style was that he not only reflects the events, but also the duality of the characters. Their manifestations were so deep that they touched the hearts of the readers directly. In addition, she includes other notable compositions ‘Kadambari’ and ‘Ladhai’, based on the War of Panipat. When Shivaji Sawant breathed his last on September 18, 2002, he left a literary heritage, which still inspires millions of readers. Each page of ‘Mityunjaya’, every chapter of ‘Chhava’ and every word ‘Yugandhar’ is still alive. -Ians VKU/DSC