Mahashweta is a Kannada novel by Indian author Sudha Murthy which concerns a female protagonist named "Anupama".

A Marathi novel by Sumati Kshetramade deals with the same topic (leukoderma), and concerns a female protagonist named "Anupama".

[citation needed] The name Mahashweta is derived from a Sanskrit play.

Anupama is a college girl from a poor family and has a spectacular talent in theatricals.

Soon, her in-laws expel her from the house, and she is forced to seek refuge in her own home, but her step mother and half sisters taunt her.