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Throughout the journey many paths were trodden. I left house at an early age, and when I was just sixteen all these paths came to an end. Then I kept on trudging along the ways that came along. Wherever feet would drag became the new path. There was no one to accompany. After all these years, I am still not sure about anything. Is this the path that I desire? I am still doubtful. Boredom is inevitable in our life. But then that is also incomplete. It is like a short sheet which would either cover our face and leave our feet uncovered or it might cover our feet but leave our face uncovered. We are relieved from this only if we have a hobby to keep us occupied. One must develop hobbies, not just one or two but as many as possible. When you are bored up with one hobby then you can switch to other one. Or you might nurture many of your hobbies together. In the same way, you should trudge along various paths in your life.

The biggest shopping should be of the size of an elephant... Tanaji was punished and fined for a crime which he never did; and when he really did a crime, he was released... Foolish Gana wanted to be rich, for that he took relied upon 'Indrajal'. Miree and Suba were very close friends, inspite of their different castes, but it was Bawa who brought it to an end. An assorted platter of many such stories.

Sahitya Sammelans are the conferences where all the literature lovers join in together to share their knowledge and in return they get chance to hear to other dignitaries as well. Why are the Sahitya Sammelans held at all? This question always calls for controversy. What is the true purpose behind conducting them? The writer has presented the pros and cons before the readers. The very being of a human being is nothing but an attempt to create manyfold relationship with the world outside. Literature in a way is such a relationship. The Sahitya Sammelan gives a chance to express our love for mother tongue. It quenches knowledge thirst in many ways. It has indeed gained an important place in our society today.

BIRDS ARE CLASSIFIED. IN THE SAME WAY WE CAN CLASSIFY THE AUTHORS. THOSE WHO SCRIBBLE WITH BLACK ON WHITE PAPERS. AUTHORS SPECIALIZING MYTHOLOGY: LIKE THE CRANE; AUTHORS SPECIALIZING HISTORICAL WRITING: LIKE THE PAURANIK; AUTHORS SPECIALIZING HUMOUR: LIKE THE PARAKEET; AUTHORS SPECIALIZING MIDDLE CLASS: LIKE THE PIGEON; AUTHORS SPECIALIZING SLUMS: LIKE THE KING EAGLE; AUTHORS SPECIALIZING RURAL WRITINGS: LIKE THE COUNTRY HEN; AUTHORS SPECIALIZING IN CHILDREN’S BOOK: LIKE A FIST; AUTHORS IN GENERAL: LIKE THE TITVI, THE LAPWING; ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿ '¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿' ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿; ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿-¿¿¿¿ : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ (¿¿¿) ¿¿¿¿ : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

MANADESHI IS AN INSEPARABLE PART OF POSTINDEPENDENCE MARATHI LITERATURE. THE CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THIS COLLECTION ARE NOT ONLY TALES IN THE OLD MOULD, BUT ALSO HAVE THE MAGICAL QUALITY THAT TOUCHES UPON THE VERY ESSENCE OF LIFE. THE CHARACTERS ARE GENUINELY MARATHI IN NATURE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DRAWN WITH THE EASE WITH WHICH DAWN TURNS INTO DAY OR A BUD BLOSSOMS INTO A FLOWER. WITH INNOCENCE, VYANKATESH MADGULKAR TELLS US ABOUT THE POVERTYSTRICKEN LIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF MANDESH AND THEIR SAGA OF NEVERENDING SORROWS. THEIR TRAGEDY IS MOVING. THE MIND IS FILLED WITH THE THOUGHT THAT WHILE MEN SEEK SOME HAPPINESS, THEIR LIVES WERE NEVER SCRIPTED TO FIND IT. THIS ESSENTIAL TRAGIC FACT IS TOLD BY MADGULKAR WITH THE DETACHMENT OF AN ARTIST. THIS RENDERS HIS CHARACTERS UNFORGETTABLE. OUR MIND IS DISTURBED EVERY TIME WE THINK OF THEM.

All around us, we see people who have aged for all our life. The neem tree here is also one of them. Has anyone seen the tree when it was young, is a doubt that I have about it. It has a huge trunk. All over the trunk you will find many hard knotlike structures. It is as if the neem has reached a certain age and is going to remain like that forever. As if the time for it has stood still. But the month of Chaitra brings some change with it. Many shades of parrot green start appearing all over the ageold neem tree. It spreads a sort of aura all over. It shades a wonderful light. As the scorching sun goes on roasting everyone around, people automatically turn towards the neem tree. Its shadow has mesmerizing effect, that of the air conditioning system.

I am inspired with a story and this story has its definite shape as it acquires my thoughts. But I cannot say that this is what happens always. at times, there just a tiny seedling that drops onto the soft cushions of my mind, awaiting favourable conditions for germination, just like the peepul seed. It is also true that every now and then many such seeds drop into my mind. It is not possible to differentiate the peepul seed from that of grass. Yet, I can surely hear the wind passing through the dense foliage of the peepul. These stories resemble the wind passing through it.

What remains on the earth for a longer period of time? His deeds? No! the trees that one had planted stay forth on the earth than anything else done by a person. I never had the power which would allow me to come up with something unforgettable, good or bad! Of course, I have done some god things throughout my life. But today I truly feel that instead of my literary work much liked by all, the trees like mango and tamarind which I not just planted but nurtured as well have thrived in a better way and they will continue to adorn this mother earth for a longer period of time.' The author has shown a wonderful side of his innovative and creative thinking, through his simple yet captivating words.

A postman, collecting a variety of stones, designing the layout of the palace, and later constructing it on his own The agricultural life of a farmer in France A penned down portrait of the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh P. B. Bhave, a person of many qualities with his wit, naughtiness, persistent nature, happy go lucky attitude and many more. He is so very pure at heart. Here is an attempt to portray him, trying to capture all those worthy features Jane Good all, the brave primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist George Schaller, American field biologist and author Jayantrao Tilak who was a great editor and a hunter as well Richard Burton, a versatile personality Taking us through the many trails of the wild forests leading to unbound beauty of nature and many more ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿... ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿... ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿... ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿.¿¿. ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿... ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿-¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿... ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿... ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿...¿¿¿¿¿¿...¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿... -¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿-¿¿¿-¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿... ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿!

All over there was an excitement in the atmosphere.... All around the progress work had caught momentum. One village built a school, the other constructed a road while yet another constructed a dam. This initiated Anna Vani with an exclusive idea. He persuaded all to construct a bridge on the river Belvan in their village Hiwra. The villagers could not digest the idea of the bridge over the river but they agreed upon tiling. Much consideration was given to the amount required and the contribution expected. All of a sudden, Bhima Vastad dropped a bomb. He said that whosoever constructs the bridge will suffer lots of adversities. Hearing this each and every member preferred to stay in the background. None came forward. Actually, this work would have benefitted each and everyone. Then why did not Bhima and his company did not approve of it? Why did they oppose so strongly? Did it benefit Bhima or did it prove to be detrimental? Belvan is the most perfect example of those selfish mentalities who often take pride in obstructing the progress works...

Tulajirao, the Subhedar fought with great valour during the war. His son enrolled himself in the army while continuing the tradition of bravery. During the IndiaPakistan war, he proved his caliber. Right there on the war field, he.... But this left the 'Mohite' in utter despair. Shivaji had learnt and heard a lot many stories about the valour and bravery of the earlier generations. So inspired was the young soldier that he set out on a journey in search of his father. A story of all those for whom their beloved country is the first and the foremost.

Eknathbaba cared for the village as a father would for his baby. A person with such nobility is very rare. Everyone wept for him. In contrast, his son was the worst. All the possible vices had congregated together to form his character.Not just Sundra, the gardener but each and everyone cursed him. Yet he preferred to carry on with his evil deeds. He had such rotten mind. He made passes at each and every female around bringing them hell of an inconvenience. He snatched lands by either extortion or charging excessive interest rate. He did not hesitate to take away the bullocks which he fancied despite of the protests of the owner. He found nothing wrong in cutting woods from ones place and constructing at someone else's place. He made life miserable for all those living in 'Chinchola'. He left no stone unturned while torturing all. The villagers kept quiet, fearing his money, his relations with the political leaders and his father's good deed.But then there was a limit to the tolerance level of the villager. How far would he go on living with so many cursing him? How would he guard his estate? How would the heredity continue...?

A person is born as a litterateur; he is not moulded into one. This process is similar to healthy shoot of banana emerging from the soil, full of promise of bearing a banana bunch. When a person is full of such competency then he is benefitted by the environment around him.This book is a glimpse of the author's journey for the past 40 years. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿-¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿.

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‘HOW DID I REACH THE HEIGHTS? WHILE LIVING LIFE IT IS UNNECESSARY TO GRUMBLE AND COMPLAIN ALL THE WHILE. SO IS LIVING IN THE WORN OUT TRADITIONAL WAY. YOU CAN ALWAYS REACT TO THE SITUATIONS FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART. YOU MUST LOOK AT THE THINGS WITH A NEW ASPECT. YOU CAN EVEN LINE THEM WITH YOUR EXPERIENCES, KNOWLEDGE AND THE FEELING OF LIVELINESS. EVERY MOMENT SOMETHING NEW TAKES PLACE IN OUR LIVES. IT MAY BE SIMPLE AT TIMES, BUT YOUR PERSPECTIVE TO LOOK AT THEM MAKES THE EVERYDAY MOMENTS SPECIAL. THEN THESE SIMPLE MOMENTS REVEAL A WONDERFUL ASPECT, AN AMAZING BREAKTHROUGH AND AN ASTONISHING MEANING EVERY TIME. THEY OFFER A NEVER BEFORE DEPTH TO ALL THESE SIMPLE DAYTODAY HAPPENINGS. THE MOMENT YOU REALIZE THE WORTH OF THESE SPLENDID OCCURRENCES YOUR LIFE TAKES A TURN, A SOLID ONE MESMERIZING YOU WITH ITS YET MORE WONDERS. AS YOU SHARE THESE ABUNDANT MOMENTS, YOU ARE FULL OF HOPES AND VIGOUR TO LIVE LIFE ANEW. TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS YOU MUST READ A LOT AND LATER MUST CONTEMPLATE. IT WILL FURTHER ENRICH YOUR LIVES, FILLING IT WITH VARIED FRAGRANCE AND VIVID ANGLES.

THE CONFLICT BETWEEN IDEALISTIC AND ZEROIDEALISTIC HAD ALWAYS BEEN A MUCH FAVOURED TOPIC SINCE AGES. ONLY THE IDEALS HAVE CHANGED, THE CONFLICT HAS REMAINED FOREVER. THE CONFLICT IN THE IDEALS PRESENTED IN ‘ULKA` REPRESENT THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. TARA IS THE DAUGHTER OF BHAUSAHEB, HE HAS REMARRIED. HE IS IDEALISTIC. TARA IS REBELLIOUS, RIGHT FROM HER BIRTH. TARA IS BHAUSAHEB`S METEOR ULKA. HE IS A POOR TEACHER AND SOCIETY HAS BOYCOTTED HIM. WHILE GROWING, TARA WITNESSES THE GOOD AND BAD THINGS AROUND HER. SHE SEES THE STAUNCH IDEALISM OF BHAUSAHEB AND CHANDRAKANT. SHE ALSO NOTICES THE FRAUDULENT NATURE OF PEOPLE AROUND HER. HER AUNT, MANIKRAO, INDU, BABURAO, MOST OF THOSE AROUND HER COMPROMISE WITH MANY THINGS FOR A SMOOTH LIVING. THEY PULL EACH OTHERS LEGS. THEY DO NOT WISH ANY THING GOOD FOR OTHERS...

DURING WARTIME, IT IS ALWAYS SEEN THAT PEOPLE COME TOGETHER FORGETTING THEIR PAST, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS AND COMMUNITY DIFFERENCES TO FIGHT THE WAR. THE STORIES OF SOLDIERS` VALOUR AND SPIRIT ALWAYS NURTURE THE TENDER MINDS DEEPLY. WHILE LISTENING TO THE PATRIOTIC SONGS FULL OF BRAVERY; YOUNG MINDS AUTOMATICALLY GET TUNED TO THE WORDS, RHYTHM AND THE MEANING THEREIN. THEY GET IMPRESSED WITH PATRIOTISM. THIS IS A COLLECTION OF POEMS WRITTEN IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE SOLDIERS WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIFE OR WHO FOUGHT WITH IMMENSE BRAVERY. THESE SONGS WILL SURELY INSPIRE THE YOUNG MINDS.

ONCE UPON A TIME, A COUPLE OF HERONS WAS ENGROSSED IN LOVEMAKING. SUDDENLY, A HUNTER CAME OVER THERE AND WITH HIS BOW AND ARROW KILLED ONE OF THE HERONS. THE BIRD WHICH WAS KILLED INSTANTLY COLLAPESED FROM THE TREE. UPON SEEING THIS, THE PARTNER OF THE BIRD GAVE OUT A LOUD OUT CRY. IT STARTED WAILING IN GRIEF. SO LOUD AND TRUE WAS THE SORROW THAT SAINT VALMIKI WAS TOUCHED BY THE IT. THE PAIN HE EXPERIENCED STARTED FLOWING OUT IN THE FORM OF "SHLOKAS`. A TRUE POETRY TAKES BIRTH IN EXACTLY THE SAME MANNER. V. S. KHANDEKAR HAS WRITTEN THIS NOVEL BASED ON THE SHLOKAS SO FORMED. EVEN TODAY THE INNOCENT COUPLES OF HERONS ARE KILLED EVERY NOW AND THEN, THESE INNOCENT COUPLES REPRESENT THE INNOCENT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE HUNTER WHICH KILLED ONE OF THE BIRD WAS SINFUL, VERY VERY SINFUL, BUT SO ARE TODAY`S POLITICAL LEADER. THEY ALL ARE EQUALLY CRUEL, WICKED. SINCE THE DAY INTELLIGENCE AND POWER JOINED HANDS TOGETHER, THE KINDNESS OF THE HUMAN HEART HAS ABRUPTLY ENDED. THE DAY WHEN MAN STARTS RETHINKING ABOUT THE FEELINGS ALONG WITH INTELLIGENCE, THEN SUCH KILLING WILL BE STOPPED. IN THIS NOVEL, THE AUTHOR IS TRYING TO GIVE US THE MESSAGE THAT IF WE FOLLOW OUR HEAD AS WELL AS OUR HEART THEN THERE ARE STILL CHANCES FOR SURVIVAL.

WHAT IS THE INITIATIVE BEHIND VA PU`S WRITING? TO TELL IN HIS OWN WORDS, IT IS TO FIND THE HUMAN. "I AM IN SEARCH OF HUMAN. MANY TIMES, I CAME ACROSS THE HUMAN, IN MANY FORMS, SOMETIMES IN TRUE, SOMETIMES IN DISGUISE; SOMETIMES CAPTURING IT TOTALLY, SOMETIMES HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE THOUGH. THIS HUMAN HAS BROUGHT SMILES ON MY LIPS AND TEARS IN MY EYES; DEFEATED ME AND LURED ME; GAVE ME ENERGY AND MADE ME TIRED; TAUGHT ME TO BE INTROVERT AND EXTROVERT AT TIMES. STILL, MY SEARCH IS GOING ON. IT HAS NOT COME TO AN END. I HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE; THE CREDIT GOES TO THE HUMAN ITSELF. THIS VERY HUMAN HAS INCREASED MY PATIENCE TO WAIT MORE, MY STRENGTH TO HOPE MORE. EVERY SEARCH COMES TO A CONCLUSION, A THEOREM AT THE END. MY SEARCH HAS NOT YET COME TO AN END BUT I HAVE FOUND THE CONCLUSION; `THERE ARE MORE GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD`…….."THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WITH WHOM VA PU HAD INTERACTED; IN HIS OWN WORDS AND STYLE.

WHAT IS HUMAN LIFE? IT IS A UNION OF THREE BEAUTIFUL FEELINGS. THE FIRST IS OUR OWN HAPPINESS AND PROGRESS. THE SECOND FELLING IS TOWARDS OUR FAMILY, THE OBLIGATIONS, THE INDEBTNESS. ONE HAS TO TRY TO REPAY IT TO THE BEST OF HIS/HER ABILITY. THE THIRD IS THE UNSEEN FLOW, TO HELP THE SOCIETY PROGRESS, THE SOCIETY OF WHICH WE ARE MEMBERS. ONES LIFE CAN BE SAID FULFILLED ONLY WHEN THE INDEBTEDNESS OF OURSELVES, THAT OF THE FAMILY AND OF THE SOCIETY IS SATISFIED AT THE SAME TIME. IF THERE IS NO CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE THREE THEN WE CAN SAY THAT THE PERSON IS SUCCESSFUL IN HIS LIFE. V. S. KHANDEKAR`S BOOK REVEALS THESE SECRETS OF HUMAN LIFE IN HIS NOVEL. THERE ARE MANY CHARACTERS IN THIS NOVEL OF THEM, ANAND BELIEVES ONLY IN SACRIFICE, THE TRADITIONAL BELIEF; APPA AND BHAYYA ARE THOSE INCOMPETENT PEOPLE WHO SHADE OFF THEIR RESPONSIBLITIES AND JUSTIFY THEMSELVES BY MAKING A SINGLE PERSON SHOULDER IT. MANIK IS HOPELESS, LITERATE GIRL BUT HAS ALWAYS FAILED IN RECOGNISING A GOOD MIND, USHA IS YET ANOTHER CHARACTER WHO HAS BEEN ALOOF, NEVER EXPRESSING FEELINGS, GOOD OR BAD. WHAT ARE THESE CHARACTERS EILLING US? THEY TELL US THAT FOLLOWING THE CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS BLINDLESSLY IS HARMFUL NOT ONLY TO THE PERSON FOLLOWING THEM BUT ALSO TO THE SOCIETY AT LARGE. IT WAS IN 1939 THAT THE AUTHOR STATED HIS VIEWS AS FOLLOWS, "WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE VALUES IN A MAN`S LIFE THEN SACRIFICE IS ALWAY HIGHLY REGARDED THAN ENDURING. BUT THE SACRIFICE SHOULD ALWAYS BE FOR A NOBLE CAUSE.` DO NOT YOU THINK THAT THIS VIEW IS TRUE EVEN TODAY?

KHANDEKAR WAS A LITTERATEUR WITH MASTER OVER MANY STYLES. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUS FOR HIS PROFOUND WRITING SKILLS. HE DID NOT WRITE WITH THE SHEER PURPOSE OF ENTERTAINMENT. FOR HIM, A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION WITH A CONCERN FOR THE SOCIETY WAS MORE IMPORTANT. HE STROVE FOR A MODERN SOCIETY. HIS ARTICLES BASED ON HIS OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOCIETY HELD A DEEP KNOWLEDGE WHICH STANDS TO BE TRUE TODAY AS WELL. IT WAS HIS DREAM TO BUILD A COUNTRY BASED ON GANDHISM WHICH WOULD FURTHER ALLOW ALL TO LIVE ON EQUAL GROUNDS. HE WISHED TO ACHIEVE A STRONG FOUNDATION BASED ON SCIENCE, EQUALITY, DIGNITY TO LABOUR, LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND PURITY OF HEART. HE BELIEVED THAT THE MODERN WOMAN WAS EDUCATED AND PRUDENT. HE IMAGINED THE COMMON MAN TO BE FULL OF VIRTUE AND JUSTICE. HE BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK TO THE FULLEST OF THEIR CONTENT. HE WAS INSISTENT UPON IGNITING MINDS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE NEW INDIA. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND HIS ARTICLES IN ORDER TO GRASP THE DEPTH OF HIS ASPIRATION. ELSE, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE THE NEW INDIA THAT HE SO WISHED TO ESTABLISH.

A STORY COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS, IT SEARCHES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT MODES OF LIFE. NONE OF THE EXPERIENCES OR FORMS OF LIFE ARE FORBIDDEN TO IT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE WRITER UNDERGOES SOME PARTICULAR LIFE-STYLE. HE EXPRESSES THIS THROUGH HIS WRITINGS. STILL, HE TRIES TO TAKE AN AIM AT THE UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS BASED ON HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. THIS IN TURN MAKES THE STORY UNIVERSAL WITH ITS PECULIAR BODY AND FORM. THIS IS A UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE ARTISTIC STORIES. WE TASTE THE TRUENESS OF THIS THROUGHOUT ANAND YADAV`S STORIES SKETCHED IN "ZADVATA`, LITERALLY MEANING THE WAYS IN A JUNGLE. EVEN THOUGH THE AUTHOR IS EXPLAINING HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, THE READERS FIND THEM TO BE UNIVERSAL. EACH AND EVERY LEAF OF ALL THE TREES MAKE THIS COME TRUE.

DURING THE 50 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE, THE RURAL LIFE AND CULTURE HAS UNDERGONE A TOTAL CHANGE. THIS CHANGE ALMOST DESTROYED THE VILLAGES PRIOR TO INDEPENDENCE. A FEW TRACES OF THESE PREINDEPENDENT PERIOD VILLAGES ARE NOW SEEN IN THE REMOTEST "ADIVASI` PART OF THE HILLY REGIONS OF MAHARASHTRA. ANAND YADAV HAS TRIED TO PICTURIZE THE SOCIAL, FINANCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL, CULTURAL SIDE OF THESE CHANGED VILLAGES IN THIS BOOK. HE HIMSELF HAS WITNESSED THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THIS NEW ERA. THE READERS REALIZE THIS AS THROUGHOUT THE BOOK YADAV`S EXPERIENCES COME TO MEET US. THIS CAN BE THE FIRST MARATHI BOOK TO GUIDE THE MARATHI PHILOSOPHERS, REFORMERS, LITTERATEURS, PROFESSORS, ACTIVISTS, AND THE YOUNG GENERATION. IT WILL IGNITE ALL THE MINDS; YOUNG OR OLD.

ADORNMENT HAS A PECULIAR PLACE IN OUR LIFE. BUT MANY A TIMES, IT PORTRAYS WOMAN AS A MEDIUM TO SATISFY HEDONISM AND NOT AS A PERSON. THIS IS NOT TRUE. A WOMAN HAS SOME SPECIAL PLACE. SHE HAS AN EXISTENCE BEYOND THE LUST, SHE HAS ETERNAL BEAUTY, WHICH CAN BE SAVOURED WITHOUT INTERMINGLING IT WITH LUST. THE ARTICLES INCLUDED UNDER THIS BOOK ARE WRITTEN WITH THIS ANGLE, TO DESCRIBE HER BEAUTY BEAUTIFULLY. TO SHOW HER AESTHETICNESS. THROUGHOUT THE ARTICLES SHE MEETS US IN VARIOUS FORMS, SOMETIMES SHE IS A CHARMING BABY ANGEL, SOMETIMES SHE IS AN INNOCENT GIRL, SOMETIMES A FULLY GROWN LADY, SOMETIMES AS AN ELITE LADY OF NOBLE BLOOD IN A 9 YARD SAREE, SOMETIMES AS A CONFIDENT URBAN LADY IN A 6 YARD SAREE. SOMETIMES, SHE IS THE `ADIMAYA`, A CLOSE FRIEND, A LOVER, A WIFE, A MOTHER, AND ALL THE TIMES A DIVINE POWER CARING FOR THE MANHOOD.

V.S.KHANDEKAR IS KNOWN FOR HIS PROSE WRITING , BUT HE WROTE SOME BEAUTIFUL POEMS TOO. THESE POEMS ARE COLLECTED & EDITED BY AVINASH AAWALGAOKAR. THIS COLLECTION INTRODUCES KHANDEKAR AS A POET. HIS UNIQUE WRITING STYLE, COMMAND ON WORDS & UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE MAKES HIS POEM EXTRA-ORDINARY. THESE POEMS MESMERIZES READERS.

THIS IS A SET OF TWENTY SHORT ESSAYS FROM THE VAST COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY THE EMINENT AUTHOR. THE TOPICS ARE A COMBINATION OF POETRY, HUMOUR AND PHILOSOPHY. KHANDEKAR HAD HIS OWN ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF SHORT ESSAYS. HE BELIEVED IN JUST A TOUCH OF HUMOUR WITH LITTLE BIT OF POETIC LANGUAGE AND TRACE OF PHILOSOPHY. HE WAS A MAN OF FEW WORDS LOADED WITH DEEP MEANING. HIS ESSAYS ARE GENERALLY A MIXTURE OF IMAGINATION, FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS. IN HIS MIND'S EYE, HE ALLOWS HIS IMAGINATION TO RUN FAR AND WIDE. READING HIS ESSAYS WILL BE A TREAT TO MIND AND EYES.

WHEN ONE RUNS BEHIND FAME, WEALTH AND CULTURE WHILE SEEKING HAPPINESS THEN THE PROCESS BECOMES NEEDLESSLY LENGTHY. IT HAMPERS OUR INTELLECT BUT FAILS TO TOUCH THE HEART. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LITTLE INCIDENCES OF HAPPINESS IN OUR LIFE PLEASE US A LOT. THEY HELP TO MAKE OUR LIFE BETTER IN MANY ASPECTS. AT LEAST, THAT IS WHAT I THINK. JUST IMAGINE THAT ONE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS IS VERY ILL AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEEK A FAMOUS DOCTOR FROM A BIG METROPOLITAN CITY. BUT THEN THE SINGLE ROSE YOU CARRY WITH YOU WHEN YOU VISIT YOUR FRIEND GIVES HIM IMMENSE HAPPINESS. HE MIGHT NOT BE A POET, MIGHT NOT BE A READER, YET, THE FLOWER WILL SURELY BRING A SMILE ON HIS PAINED FACE. THE FLOWER WOULD SURELY REVEAL THE MESSAGE THAT THE ONLY TRUTH LIES IN 'THIS VERY MOMENT'.

SNEHDHARA: THE FINAL, PLEASANT MANIFESTATION OF THE DIVINE TALENT OF THE LATE RANJIT DESAI! A PERSON’S LIFE IS SHAPED BY HIS FATE, HIS CHARACTER AND HIS CIRCUMSTANCE. IN THIS COLLECTION OF CHARACTERSKETCHES – HIS LAST SUCH WORK – RANJIT DESAI GRATEFULLY REMINISCES ABOUT THE DIFFERENT HUMAN BEINGS ­– SIMPLE BEINGS AS WELL AS GREAT ONES – THAT TOUCHED HIS LIFE AND WITH WHOM HE DEVELOPED SOME SORT OF BOND. THIS IS NOT A CONTINUOUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. AS IT HAPPENED, DIFFERENT MINOR OCCASIONS HAVE SERVED TO TRIGGER RECOLLECTION OF INTENSE MEMORIES OF CERTAIN PEOPLE. THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL RECOLLECTION OF EACH SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND THE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIM, WRITTEN BY A SENSITIVE PEN. THE CHARACTERS DESCRIBED HERE ARE NOT ‘COMPLETE’ BEINGS. THESE MEMOIRS AND SKETCHES TELL US ABOUT THE ENCOUNTERS DESAI HAD WITH EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THE WAY THESE ENCOUNTERS MADE A LASTING IMPRESSION ON HIM. OUR JOY AT PRESENTING THIS COLLECTION WRITTEN BY THE LATE RANJIT DESAI TO THE READER IS TINGED WITH SADNESS…BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST OF HIS UNPUBLISHED WORK THAT WE ARE PRESENTING IN BOOK FORM…