Samidha | समिधाSamidha by Ranjit Desai , , . , , . Ranajit Desai travelled across villages, collected real incidents, testimonies and emotional remnants of discrimination and from this truthful, painful reality emerged Samidha. Themes explored: caste conflict and social injustice crushed lives of innocents psychological wounds of oppression human struggle for dignity burning questions of morality and equality Why readers love this novel: socially relevant and