GAHAN PADLELI TEKADI – A HILL MORTGAGED. ONE OF ITS OWN STYLE, THE SAID COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES IS BASED ON THE ADIVASI WOMEN. MARIJA SRES HAD STAYED WITH THOSE WOMEN SO AS TO BE ONE OF THEM. EACH OF HER STORY, THUS HAS THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE LIFE OF THOSE WOMEN. ITHE TAR HE NEHEMICHACH-THIS IS A COMMON THING HERE IS THE STORY OF LALI WHO HAS JUST ENTERED THE BLOSSOMING YOUTH BUT WHO FALLS PREY TO THE LUST OF THE CONTRACTOR AND SUPERVISOR. THEVALELI BAI-THE MISTRESS IS A STORY WHERE KHATAREES HUSBAND DIES. VERY RELUCTANTLY, SHE MARRIES ANOTHER MAN AND LATER COMES TO KNOW THAT HER NEW HUSBAND HAS A MISTRESS. THIS MAKES HER REBELLIOUS. DUBHATI GAAY- A MILCHING COW PICTURIZES THE VILLAGE SCENE WHERE MEERABEN TRIES TO FORM A MILK COLLECTION SOCIETY FOR THE ADIVASI WOMEN AND HAS TO FACE THE MALE CHAUVINISM. JO MAI AISA JANATI- ONLY IF I KNEW THIS IS A STORY OF MAKU. IN HER YOUTH, SHE HAD TAKEN A WRONG STEP. LATER, SHE TURNS A SINCERE HOUSEWIFE. BADALTYA KALACHI PAWALA – THE CHANGING TIMES TELLS US FULI. SHE SUFFERS A LOT MANY ATROCITIES AT THE HANDS OF HER HUSBAND AND HIS PEOPLE. SOMEHOW, SHE MANAGES TO RUN AWAY FROM THAT HOUSE. LATER, SHE MARRIES NANJI AND LEADS A HAPPY MARRIED LIFE. SHE AIMS TO DO CONSTRUCTIVE WORK FOR THE VILLAGE WOMEN. THIS WORLD OF ADIVASI WOMEN IS PENNED DOWN HERE. MANY OF THEM ARE EXPLOITED WHILE A FEW TRY TO REBEL.