Bidhar - On the Move by Bhalchandra Nemade

Bidhar/on the move is the story of Changdeo Patil. Haunted by illness and obsessed with death, he moves to Mumbai from his village Udali, breaking away from his feudal roots. He encounters young men frustrated by the system but refuses to become one of them. Suddenly, he takes a fancy to education and pursues masters in Arts, without his family knowing about it.

Bidhar is the story of a pessimist who struggles to move on in life.

Bhalchandra Nemade ushered in the existentialist literature in Marathi with his debut novel Kosla published in 1963. He is also a major critic who insists on moral commitment, on the sense of time and values, and on Indianness instead of a blind imitation of the western trends in literature. His publication include Melody, kosla, Hool, Jareela, Zool, Hindu, Teeka Svayamvara, Sahitya, Sanskrit ani Jagatikikaran, Nivadak Mulakhati, etc. He is a recipient of several awards and honours including Sahitya Akademi Award, Padmashri and Jnanpith Award.

Santosh Bhoomkar is a well-known translator. He is the author of from dust to show and Phillip Larkin: A Study in Radical Pessimism and has translated The Outcaste from Marathi into English. He has translated several poems from Marathi to English and vice versa.