Dere Wale

Dere Wale is a novel by Shailesh Matiyani about the bond between a father and his son, and the tangled relationship at the heart of a family.

When the marriage between the boy's parents turns bitter, the father steps in to guide his son and gives him valuable counsel. Afterward the couple's relationship grows warmer, and the family becomes a model for the whole community. That, in the end, is the message the novel carries.