Bücher von Patil Shankar

THE DAY GANGI ENTERED WOMANHOOD, ALL THE VILLAGERS WENT CRAZY. THEY ALL HAD EYES ONLY FOR HER. EVEN AFTER DAYS, HER BEAUTY HAS CAST SPELLS ON THEM. HER CURVY FIGURE HAS MADE THEM FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING. HER FAIR AND MILKY COMPLEXION HAS DISSOLVED ALL THEIR ANXIETIES. HER NOSE, OH YES, IT IS NOT AS SHARP AS IT OUGHT TO BE, YET IT SUITS HER, SO DO THE YOUNGSTERS THINK. AND THE GREENISH MOLE ON HER LEFT CHEEK REALLY ADDS TO HER BEAUTY. IT PROBES THE MIND OF ALL. NO OTHER WOMAN IN THE VILLAGE DARES TO PART HER HAIR IN A WAY GANGI PARTS THEM. HER BEAUTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TOPIC OF ENVY IN THE MINDS OF ALL, BE IT WOMEN OR THE MEN. AS THE MEN ARE UNABLE TO GET ENOUGH OF HER THEY HAVE COME UP WITH THEIR FAVOURITE PASSTIME, GOSSIPING ABOUT GANGI. THEY HAVE ALWAYS LINKED HER UP WITH SEVERAL CHARACTERS. STILL, THEY KNOW THAT AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS OR SO NO OTHER WOMAN WOULD BE A GOOD COMPETITOR TO HER.

THE TITLE ITSELF SUGGESTS THE MEANING; SOMETHING THAT WAS SOLD AND BOUGHT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHOUT ANY COMPULSION OR OBLIGATION. BABU WAS GOING DEEPER DOWN THE HELL. HE WAS UNDER OBLIGATION TO PAY THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND THAT HE HAD TAKEN AS LOAN FROM TAVANAPPA AND NOW WAS UNABLE TO REPAY IT. IT WAS A CUSTOM IN THEIR VILLAGE TO SOLVE THEIR DISPUTES MUTUALLY. HENCE A FEW WISE HEADS SAT TOGETHER AND FOUND OUT A SOLUTION. IT WAS DECIDED THAT TAVANAPPA WOULD BE THE NEW OWNER OF THE BABU’S HOTEL AND WOULD IN FACT GIVE BABU TWO THOUSAND RUPEES IN RETURN. BABU AGREED TO THIS AND DETACHED HIMSELF COMPLETELY FROM ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE THE PART OF HIS HOTEL ‘SWALPAVIRAM’. WHILE BABU OPENED ANOTHER HOTEL CLOSE BY, TAVANAPPA STARTED REGULATING THE BUSINESS AT SWALPAVIRAM. WHEN A FEW DAYS PAST AFTER THIS TRANSACTION, SOMEONE PUT AN IDEA INTO TAVANAPPA’S MIND SAYING THAT HE WAS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT WAS UNDER THE ROOF OF THE HOTEL, INCLUDING THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN!

BORN ON 8TH AUGUST 1926, SHANKAR PATIL WAS THE MOST FAMOUS AMONGST THE CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS FOR HIS STORIES BASED MOSTLY ON THE RURAL LIFE. HIS LANGUAGE TYPICALLY REFLECTED THE BEAUTY OF VILLAGE LIFE. THOUGH HE WAS A PROMINENT STORY WRITER, HE SUCCESSFULLY TRIED HIS HANDS OVER THE OTHER FORMS OF LITERATURE INCLUDING THE DRAMA FORMAT. INITIALLY, HIS THEMES APPEAR TO BE SIMPLE BUT IF STUDIED AT DEPTH ONE IS TO SEE THE MANYFOLD DIMENSIONS INVOLVED IN HIS WRITING PROCESS. ENTERTAINMENT IS NOT HIS SOLITARY AIM. HIS WRITING REFLECTS HIS CONCERN AND COMMITMENT FOR THE SOCIETY. INSTEAD OF CLINGING TO THE RITUALS AND TRADITIONS HE AIMS AT FINDING OUT NEW MEANINGS FOR ACHIEVING BETTER LIVING STANDARDS. HIS WRITING HAS THE BASE OF A SENSITIVE MIND WHICH IS COMPLETELY HARMONIOUS WITH THE NATURE. HE UNDERSTANDS AND ACCEPTS CHANGE AS EASILY AS ONE BREATHES UNDER THE NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

SHANKAR PATIL HAD ONCE MENTIONED,RAIN IS MY BEST FRIEND! WHEN MY MIND BURNS IN THE PYRE, I FEEL SUFFOCATED, LIFELESS, BUT WHEN IT STARTS RAINING, I FORGET MY RESTLESSNESS, BREATHLESSNESS.` THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND THE RAIN. HE HAS PICTURED THE RAIN IN VARIOUS FORMS THROUGH MANY OF HIS STORIES LIKE AABHAL, VALIV. SOMETIMES, THE RAIN JUST DRIZZLES, SOMETIMES IT COMES WITH THUNDER AND STORMS, SOMETIMES IT RAINS VERY HEAVILY, SOMETIMES IT BRINGS THE HAILSTONES WITH IT, SOMETIMES IT APPEARS LIKE AN OLD MAN WALKING, TAKING TIME BETWEEN EVERY TWO STEPS, SOMETIMES IT APPEARS AS A NAUGHTY CHILD. WHATEVER THE FORM MAY BE IT ALWAYS GIVES IMMENSE PLEASURE. THIS PLEASURE IS BEYOND ANY HAPPINESS. I REMEMBER ONE OF VINOBA BHAVE`S MEETING. IT HAD JUST STARTED DRIZZLING AND HE HAD SAID, "TODAY, I AM VERY MUCH HAPPY. THE TOUCH OF THESE RAINDROPS IS DIVINE, I FEEL THAT THE GOD HIMSELF HAS COME OVER HERE. IT IS LIKE THE THOUSANDS OF RAINDROPS ARE EMBRACING THE EARTH. BHALCHANDRA PHADKE.

THE BEANS IN A FARM. SHANKAR PATIL`S STORIES ARE A TREASURE OF MARATHI LITERATURE. HE HAS A VERY UNCOUTH MIND. HE DOES NOT INTEND TO EXPOSE THE RURAL LIFE TO GAIN POPULARITY. HE DOES NOT WRITE JUST WITH THE URBAN READERS IN HIS MIND. HE WRITES TO FIND HIMSELF IN THE WORDS, IN THE INCIDENCES, IN THE STORIES. HE HAS RECOGNIZED THE VALUE OF STORY WRITING, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WRITING IS A MEAN TO FIND THE TRUE SOUL. HE STARTED HIS JOURNEY AS A STORY WRITER IN 1950. THE RURAL MIND AND SOUL LIVES IN A SOCIETY, YET THE SOCIETY FAILS TO INCULCATE THE VALUES LIKE FREEDOM, EQUALITY; THIS IS WHAT HE ALWAYS REGRETS. PATIL HAS MORE FAITH ON TRANSMOGRIFICATION THAN TRADITIONS. HE REALIZES THE PROBLEMS OF RURALITES, HE DOES NOT AIM AT ENTERTAINING, BUT WRITES OUT OF HIS SOCIAL AWARENESS. WHAT FACES HIM IS THE SOCIETY BASED ON THE ABODE OF VALUES AND CULTURE. HE EXPOSES THE SHOWY BUT USELESS TRANSFORMATION IN HIS UNIQUE STYLE, SARCASTIC YET WITH A TOUCH OF HUMOUR. DOES ANYONE FIND EXPERIENCES? NO, THEY COME TO US AUTOMATICALLY; WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP ALL OUR SENSES OPEN TO THEM. PATIL MUST HAVE REALIZED AND PRACTICED THIS. STILL, A LOT HAPPENS BETWEEN HIS FEELING OF THE EXPERIENCES AND REPRODUCTION OF THEM. IT IS A VERY INTRICATE PHENOMENON. HIS STORIES TAKE BIRTH FROM THE DEPTH OF HIS CONTEMPLATION. THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY GOING ON FOR OVER A PERIOD OF 25 TO 30 YEARS NOW. HIS STORIES HAVE ENRICHED MARATHI LITERATURE WORDLESSLY, CAN WE REFUSE THIS?

THOUGH SHANKAR PATIL HAS TRIED HIS HANDS ON ALL THE FORMS OF LITERATURE INCLUDING STORIES, NOVELS, CREATIVE WRITING HE IS MORE POPULAR AS A RURAL STORY WRITER. THE PRESENT COLLECTION OF STORIES BY SHANKAR PATIL PROVES TRUE TO THESE WORDS. ALL THE STORIES INCLUDED ARE EVERGREEN. THEY PRESENT THE FACTS OF LIFE WITH A SILVER LINE OF HUMOUR. THE STORIES INCLUDED HERE HAVE PICTURED RURAL POLITICS, RURAL LIFE AND SOME UNIQUE CHARACTERS IN THE DAYTODAY LIFE. EACH STORY IS FILLED WITH HUMOUR AND SAVOURY. ALL THE STORIES ARE A RESULT OF SPONTANEITY. THEY TOUCH THE READER`S MIND THOUGH THEY ARE VERY SIMPLE AND NATURAL YET TOUCHY.