THE PSYCHIC NATURE OF SUNANDA'S FATHER IN THE STORY 'SHUBHAMANGAL' FORCES HER TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF MARRIAGE, HE IS ANGRY AT HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN FOR HAVING TO MARRY AGAINST HIS WILL. HE DOESN'T LIKE THE ATTITUDE OF HIS OWN FAMILY. IN ADDITION, TO PLEASE HIS BOSS, HE TRIES TO FORCE THE MARRIAGE OF HIS DAUGHTER - SUNANDA WITH HIS BOSS’S SON WHO IS CHARACTERLESS. SUNANDA LEAVES THE HOUSE BY KEEPING HER MOTHER IN GRIEF. SHE STANDS ON HER OWN FEET WITH THE SUPPORT OF HER FRIEND. COINCIDENTALLY, SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO MUKUNDA. BOTH GET INVOLVED EMOTIONALLY WITH EACH OTHER. BUT AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY IS WORSENING. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RSS. RSS BLOWS THE TRUMPET AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. FINALLY RSS IS BANNED. MUKUND, FULL OF PATRIOTISM, JUMPS INTO RSS RIOTS. IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD MUKUNDA ACCEPT SUNANDA'S LOVE? SHOULD SHE HAVE SHUBHAMANGAL- MARRIAGE WITH MUKUNDA? READ ABOUT IT IN THE NOVEL 'SHUBHAMANGAL.' THE SECOND NOVEL IN THIS BOOK IS PRAYASHCHITTA 'ATONEMENT'. IN THIS, SAMEER HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HIS WIDOWED BLIND MOTHER AND ORPHANED COUSIN. SINCE HIS MATERNAL UNCLE SUPPORTED SAMEER AND HIS MOTHER AFTER SAMEER'S FATHER’S DEATH, IT WAS HIS DUTY TO SUPPORT HIS DAUGHTER- SAROJ. SO IN SAMEER'S MOTHER'S MIND, TO PAY OFF HER BROTHER'S DEBT, WANTS TO MARRY HIM TO SAROJ. SAROJ IS ALSO INVOLVED IN SAMEER WITH HER MIND. BUT ON THE OCCASION OF SHOP INSPECTION, SAMEER GOES TO KADARBHAI'S SHOP 3-4 TIMES, AND IS ATTRACTED TO HIS NEPHEW- SHIRIN. ALTHOUGH SHE IS A MUSLIM, SHE IS INFLUENCED BY HER STUDY OF ALL RELIGIONS. SHE HAS RESPECT FOR GANDHI JI AND VIVEKANANDA. SHE IS ALSO WELL VERSED IN HINDUISM. SHIRIN ALSO REVEALS TO HIM THAT HER PARTNER SHOULD BE A HINDU. SHE LIVES IN THE SHELTER OF HER UNCLE. SHE IS DRAWN TO SAMEER. SAMEER ALSO FALLS IN LOVE WITH SHIRIN. SAROJ IS A BIG FAN OF HIS AND HIS MOTHER'S FAVORITE. HE LOVED SAROJ BEFORE HE MET SHIRIN; BUT NOW SHIRIN HAS CAST A SPELL ON HIM.
