THIS IS A STORY OF A CITY GIRL WHO GOES TO A SMALL REMOTE VILLAGE IN KONKAN AFTER MARRIAGE, WITH SWEET DREAMS OF A HAPPY MARRIED LIFE. ONCE THERE, SHE GETS VARIOUS EXPERIENCES, FIGHTS AGAINST ALL THE ODDS AND ADVERSE CONDITIONS. MEANWHILE, HER HUSBAND IS MURDERED. NOW SHE FIGHTS ON LEGAL BACKGROUNDS TOO, ASKING, PLEADING, DEMANDING JUSTICE. THIS IS THE THEME OF THE NOVEL KETKAR VAHINI. THIS IS A TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN`S LIFE AND HER MENTAL POWER AND COURAGE THAT DEPICT ALL THESE THINGS VERY INTERESTINGLY AND CAPTURE THE READER`S MIND. AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, SHE NOT ONLY BRINGS UP HER CHILDREN BUT GIVES THEM HIGHER EDUCATION, SENDING THEM AT BARODA, PUNE, FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. WITH A WILL TO MAKE THEM SELF-RELIANT. THIS WAS A HERCULIAN TASK. BUT SHE DID IT! IN THE SAME WAY SHE WINS MOST OF THE CASES IN VARIOUS COURTS, WHICH IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. IN SHORT, THE NOVEL IS QUITE INSPIRING TO THOSE WHO ALWAYS GRUMBLE AGAINST THEIR POVERTY AND ODDS ARISING OUT OF IT!
गेल्या शतकाचा पूर्वार्ध. स्त्रीशिक्षणाची सुरवात. शहरातली एक मुलगी लग्न करुन कोकणातल्या एका दुर्गम खेड्यात गेली, उराशी सुुंदर संसाराची स्वप्नं बाळगून. कडूगोड अनुभवांमधून जाताना तिच्या जीवनात वादळ आलं आणि मग सुरू झाला तिचा प्रतिकूल परिस्थितीशी झगडा. त्यातच मिसळली कायद्याची लढाई! ज्या कायद्याच्या लढाईत पतीची हत्या झाली, त्या युद्धभूमीला पाठ न दाखवता यशस्वीपणे लढतझगडत राहणाया केतकरवहिनींची कहाणी! गेल्या शतकातील स्त्रीजीवन आणि तिची आंतरिक शक्ती यांचं मनोज्ञ दर्शन घडवणारी वास्तव कहाणी! उमा कुलकर्णींच्या ओघवत्या शैलीत, त्यांची पहिलीच स्वतंत्र कलाकृती.