Mahashweta

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Mahashweta

Author	Sudha Murthy

Mahashweta is a Kannada novel by Indian author Sudha Murthy which concerns a female protagonist named "Anupama". The novel deals with the issue of leukoderma.

A Marathi novel by Sumati Kshetramade deals with the same topic (leukoderma), and concerns a female protagonist named "Anupama". In 1998–99, a series based on this story was telecasted on Doordarshan of the same name. Aishwarya Narkar (Radha), Avinash Narkar (Madhav) and Ashalata (Kaku) played the lead roles.Murthy says she learned of the Marathi novel only after finishing writing her Kannada novel.^{[citation needed]}