Malela Jeev

[3] Kanji and Jivi live in Jogipara and Udharia villages near Idar and they belong to different castes.

After a great psychological struggle, Kanji agrees with Hira and get Jivi married to Dhula.

Dhula's suspicious nature, his tyranny, and his poor treatment of Jivi causes Kanji's plan to be unsuccessful.

Kanji's God-fearing nature and his indecisive mental state also play a role in his failure.

But, by mistake, her tyrannical husband Dhulo loses his life and she falls into an emotional imbalance, yearning for her beloved Kanji.

[3] This novel has been translated into several Indian languages[8] such as in Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada and as Kalasina Jeevithalu in Telugu by Vemuri Anjaneya Sarma.

The novel was translated by Rajesh I. Patel into English as Kanji and Jivi: A Tragic Love Story in 2014 (Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi).

The Kaleshwari Fair mentioned in the novel, where Kanji and Jivi first met