Pan Lakshat Kon Gheto

Pan Lakshat Kon Gheto (Marathi: पण लक्षात कोण घेतो?, English: But Who Cares...) is an 1890 Marathi-language novel by Hari Narayan Apte.

Written in autobiographical style, the novel tells the story of Yamuna, a young Hindu middle-class woman, who dies after suffering the injustices of a society where child marriage is customary.

Pan Lakshat Kon Gheto, which unveiled the lives of child widows, was a significant departure from this methodology.

While there, Yamuna frees her friend Durga from her depraved husband and her brother comes to stay with her to continue his education.

Yamuna's in-laws rob her of her gold and forcefully shave her head in the name of sacred custom (tonsure).

For the first time in Marathi fiction a character is portrayed dynamically and in all its dimensions.Pan Lakshat Kon Gheto was translated into English by Santosh Bhoomkar as But Who Cares... (2015), published by Sahitya Akademi.