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. It is the sensitive story of the entire society. Meghani had written, "It is not only the story of Kanji and Jivi but also the story of all of us. The books was well received by readers and critics. In the end Kanji's worldly love transformed into a spiritual love, and so he comes from the city to be with Jivi. But, by mistake, her tyrannical husband Dhulo loses his life and she falls into an emotional imbalance, yearning for her beloved Kanji. Jivi, meanwhile, is tired of the daily quarrels and beatings and tries to commit suicide. Kanji moves from the village to the city to keep himself away from Jivi. Kanji's God-fearing nature and his indecisive mental state also play a role in his failure. Dhula's suspicious nature, his tyranny, and his poor treatment of Jivi causes Kanji's plan to be unsuccessful. But his plan does not bring the expected result. After a great psychological struggle, Kanji agrees with Hira and get Jivi married to Dhula. His friend Hiro suggests having Jivi marry Dhula, the barber in their own village. But he finds it difficult to live without Jivi. Kanji also has the social responsibility of his elder brother's family. They were unable to marry due to coming from different castes. They met each other at the Janmashtami fair and fell in love. Kanji and Jivi live in Jogipara and Udharia villages near Idar and they belong to different castes. The Kaleshwari Fair mentioned in the novel, where Kanji and Jivi first met
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