PARVACHA

📘 Book Details

• Publisher: Mehta Publishing House

• Language: Marathi

• Edition: 5th Edition

• Year of Publication: February 1994

• ISBN: 9788184983807

• Pages: 228

• Cover: Paperback

• Category: Short Stories

🐜 About The Book

This thought-provoking collection of Marathi short stories offers readers a unique narrative lens—through the fascinating social world of ants. Long before humans walked the Earth, ants built thriving societies, and this book takes a deep, symbolic look at their complex, organized lives.

Within the ant society, there are cultivators, animal-raisers, warriors, slaves, thieves, and even beggars. The stories capture this astonishing diversity and draw compelling parallels with human civilization. One striking example describes giant-bellied worker ants that gorge on honey collected by others—without digesting it. In hard times, these honey-filled ants become food for their own kind, exposing a cruel but efficient survival mechanism.

Blending natural observation with sharp social commentary, the author explores themes of survival, exploitation, labor, and interdependence—all mirrored from the microcosm of ant life. Even tribal communities come into focus, as they collect these ants and sell them in markets, adding another layer of human interaction with nature.

This is not just a book about insects—it’s an allegorical reflection on society, power dynamics, and human behavior, presented in a storytelling style that is both insightful and engaging.