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Mahashweta
Mahashweta is a Kannada novel by Indian 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". It was also adapted into a Television soap with Aishwarya Narkar playing the protagonist. Murthy says she came to know about the Marathi novel only after finishing writing her Kannada novel.