NAVODAYA BY GOPAL KHETANI

For the first time, I was interested in reading a Gujarati book titled NAVODAYA by Gopal Khetani. This book was launched a few days ago. I was one of the attendees where the author introduced his book and one of his former professor launched it. From that day, I was eager to read it so I ordered it on the same day. This book is published by Nexus Stories Publication, Surat, Gujarat. This novella is based on 'Vidur Niti' further explained "Dharma nu acharan kari niti purvak kamani karvi ea pan paramsiddhi che."

The story takes place in a village called Ranpur. The story is divided in 14 chapters. The protagonist is Arjan. Whole novella revolves around how he deals with the difficulties and successfully completes his doctorate studies and becomes a famous and successful doctor. Then something happens which changes his life and thought and he starts to think about serving in his village. His friends Jeetu and Dipak help him throughout his struggle. Other people of the village also help him selflessly and slowly and steadily he gets successful in opening a hospital in his village with all the amenities and facilities. This novella shows the struggle of parents who want their child to study further and become a doctor, struggle of a person who studies hard and works part time at a shop to manage his finances and finally becoming a successful doctor helping people of his village. We get to know about his childhood and young days, friendship, love and business. In the last chapter, Arjan gives a speech on his entire journey which we can imagine how difficult it was. He thanks everyone who were present there during his entire struggle.