Vedhnechi Phule

THE ASTOUNDING STORY OF ONE GIRL S JOURNEY FROM WAR VICTIM TO UNICEF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. AS A CHILD IN A SMALL RURAL VILLAGE IN SIERRA LEONE, MARIATU KAMARA LIVED PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. RUMORS OF REBEL ATTACKS WERE NO MORE THAN A DISTANT WORRY. BUT WHEN 12-YEAR-OLD MARIATU SET OUT FOR A NEIGHBORING VILLAGE, SHE NEVER ARRIVED. HEAVILY ARMED REBEL SOLDIERS, MANY NO OLDER THAN CHILDREN THEMSELVES, ATTACKED AND TORTURED MARIATU. DURING THIS BRUTAL ACT OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE THEY CUT OFF BOTH HER HANDS. STUMBLING THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE, MARIATU MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED. THE SWEET TASTE OF A MANGO, HER FIRST FOOD AFTER THE ATTACK, REAFFIRMED HER DESIRE TO LIVE, BUT THE CHALLENGE OF CLUTCHING THE FRUIT IN HER BLOODIED ARMS REINFORCED THE GRIM NEW REALITY THAT STOOD BEFORE HER. WITH NO PARENTS OR LIVING ADULT TO SUPPORT HER AND LIVING IN A REFUGEE CAMP, SHE TURNED TO BEGGING IN THE STREETS OF FREETOWN. IN THIS GRIPPING AND HEARTBREAKING TRUE STORY, MARIATU SHARES WITH READERS THE DETAILS OF THE BRUTAL ATTACK, ITS AFTERMATH AND HER EVENTUAL ARRIVAL IN TORONTO. THERE SHE BEGAN TO PULL TOGETHER THE PIECES OF HER BROKEN LIFE WITH COURAGE, ASTONISHING RESILIENCE AND HOPE. ही कहाणी आहे सिएरा लिओन देशातल्या छोट्याशा वस्तीत राहणा-या मारिआतू कामाराची. सरकारविरुद्धच्या असंतोषातून बंडखोरांनी पुकारलेल्या युद्धात गावंच्या गावं उद्ध्वस्त होत असतात... संघर्षाच्या वणव्यात निष्पाप रहिवाशांच्या आयुष्याची होळी होत असते... बंडखोर युद्धाच्या उन्मादात निरागस लोकांची हत्या करतात... त्यांचा अनान्वत छळ करतात.अशा युद्धजन्य परिस्थितीच्या दुष्टचक्रात तेरा वर्षांची कोवळी मारिआतू सापडते. युद्धज्वर चढलेले बंडखोर तिचे दोन्ही हात निर्दयपणे छाटून टाकतात. उमलत्या वयातच तिचं आयुष्य विदीर्ण होतं. हालअपेष्टा, आक्रोश, वेदना आणि असाहाय्यता हेच प्राक्तन स्वीकारून तिचा थरारक प्रवास सुरू होतो...परावलंबित्वाकडून स्वावलंबनाकडे...त्या प्रवासाची ही कहाणी! पत्रकार सुसान मॅक्लेलँड यांनी मारिआतूशी अनेक वेळा संवाद साधून तिची ही चित्तथरारक आत्मकथा शब्दांकित केली आहे. आपला यातनादायी प्रवास सांगता

Author: Kamara Mariatu

Publisher: Mehta Publishing House

Publication Date: Jan 01, 2015

Number of Pages: 190 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 8184986327

ISBN-13: 9788184986327