Malela Jeev
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| Author | Pannalal Patel |
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| Original title | મળેલા જીવ |
| Translator | Rajesh I. Patel |
| Country | India |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Subject | Romantic tragedy |
| Genre | Novel |
| Set in | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| Publisher | Sanjeevani |
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1941 (20th ed. in 2014) |
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Published in English
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2014 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardcover) |
| Pages | 272 (Gujarati ed. 2014) |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 21052377 |
| 891.473 | |
| LC Class | PK1859.P28 M3 |
Malela Jeev (Gujarati: મળેલા જીવ) (English: The United Souls) is a Gujarati language romance novel written by Pannalal Patel. It is one of the two most acclaimed novels written by Pannalal Patel, other is Manvini Bhavai. It is a Romantic tragedy of Kanji and Jivi, born in different castes, and their troubles.
Gujarati writer-editor Jhaverchand Meghani had asked Pannalal Patel to write a story for Phulchhab, a Gujarati daily, and he wrote Malela Jeev in 24 days and it was serialised in daily. Later it was published as a book in 1941.
Kanji and Jivi lives in Jogipara and Udharia villages near Idar and they belong to different castes. They met each other in Janmashtami fair and fell in love. They could not marry as they castes were different and Kanji has the social responsibility of his elder brother's family. But he finds it difficult to live without Jivi. His friend Hiro suggests to get Jivi married to Dhula, the barber in their own village. After a great psychological struggle, Kanji agrees with Hira and get Jivi married to Dhula. But his plan does not bring the expected result. Dhula's suspicious nature, his tyranny, his ill treatment of Jivi and his intrigues do not succeed Kanji's plan. Besides, Kanji's God-fearing nature and his indecisive mental state also play their role in his failure. Kanji moves to city from the village to keep himself away from Jivi. In other side, Jivi, tired of the daily quarrels and beatings, tries to commit suicide. But, by mistake, her tyrannical husband Dhulo loses his life and she loses her mental balance and yearns for her beloved Kanji. In the end, Kanji's worldly love transformed into a spiritual love and he comes from city and takes the mad Jivi with him.
The books was well received by readers and critics. Meghani had written, "It is not only the story of Kanji and Jivi but also the story of all of us. It is the sensitive story of the entire society. And herein lies the aesthetic beauty of this novel."Chandrakant Topiwala has written, "It is writer's own local world set in local elements of village reality which is synonymous to the whole world at the level of motion of story elements and psychoanalysis." Sundaram had said, "The story in its present form can serve as a representative of Gujarati literature in any Indian literature and, with some reservations, in world literature."Malela Jeevni Samiksha is a criticism of it written by Labhshankar Thakar with Chinu Modi and Manhar Modi.
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