Books by Kale Va. Pu.

WHICH COLOURS ARE REVEALED THROUGH VA PU`S STORIES? THE ANSWER IS `ALL`! THE MAIN COLOUR IS THAT OF PAIN AND ANGUISH. IT ENGULFS THE READERS COMPLETELY. THE CHARACTERS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF THIS PAIN AND ANGUISH LINGER IN OUR MINDS MAKING US ASK OURSELVES A FEW QUESTIONS, JUDGING OURSELVES. HE DOES NOT WRITE SOMETHING OUT OF THE BLUE. HIS CHARACTERS, HIS INCIDENTS, HIS WRITING EVERY THING IS BASED ON THE HAPPENINGS IN HIS SURROUNDINGS, IN YOUR SURROUNDINGS, IN MY SURROUNDINGS. YET, IT IS THE SENSITIVITY OF HIS MIND THAT CAPTURES THIS HAPPENING AND PRESENTS THEM INTO THOSE MAGNIFICENT WAYS. THESE EVENTS ARE THE SAME THAT HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES TOO, YET WE FAIL TO RECOGNIZE THE GRANDEUR BEHIND THEM. WE FIND ALL THESE CHARACTERS CLOSE TO US AS WE OFTEN WITNESS THE REFLECTION OF THESE INCIDENTS IN OUR CLOSE VICINITY. VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WORDS TENDERLY AND EFFECTIVELY. VA PU IS ONE OF THOSE FEW LUCKY PEOPLE. HIS MIND DETECTS THE GERMINATING POWERS OF A MINUTE SEED AND THEN WITH IMMENSE CAPACITY AND PATIENCE HE GROWS A WONDERFUL STORY FROM THE SEED. HE HAS EXCELLENT COMMAND OVER PHILOSOPHY BUT DOES NOT IRRITATE US WITH ITS HIGH DOSES. ON THE CONTRARY, HE PRESENTS IT SO ARTISTICALLY THAT WE WELCOME IT INSTEAD OF RUNNING AWAY FROM IT; FOR A MOMENT OUR MIND PAUSES, PONDERS OVER HIS DOCTRINES OF HAPPY LIFE AND GIVES US A VERY POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO LEAD THIS OTHERWISE BORING AND MONOTONOUS LIFE OF A COMMON MAN.

GERMINATE LIKE THE SEED AND GROW INTO A TREE. MERGE LIKE A DROP OR A WAVE AND BECOME LIKE THE OCEAN. DROWN! MERGE! CEASE TO EXIST! SURRENDER YOURSELF COMPLETELY INTO THE SELF; LOSE YOUR DUALITY; THEN YOU WILL BECOME THE OCEAN! BECOME VAST! THERE WILL BE NO MORE BOUNDARIES, NO SORROW, AND NO PAIN. YOU WILL BE NEITHER POOR NOR MEEK. YOU WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED, WEALTHY, AND LIKE A KING. ALL DIVINE INCARNATIONS ARE YOUR REFLECTIONS. YOU ARE NO LONGER ‘YOU’; YOU ARE GOD!

RANGPANCHAMI, FESTIVAL OF COLOURS, IT IS CELEBRATED WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM, A VARIETY OF COLOUR ARE USED TO PLAY THIS FESTIVAL. THROUGHOUT OUR LIFE, WE COME ACROSS PEOPLE, NO ONE RESEMBLES OTHER, EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, EVERYONE IS SPECIAL, EVERYONE IS THE ONE AND ONLY. PEOPLE MEET US AT EVERY MODE AND CORNER OF LIFE. THEY BRIGHTEN OUR LIFE, THEY ADD COLOURS TO OUR LIFE, THEY HELP OUR LIFE TO BLOSSOM, EACH BRINGING IN A DIFFERENT SHADE OF COLOUR, EVERY SHADE DIFFERENT YET BEAUTIFUL. THE SHADES HAVE A GREAT VARIETY, THEY REVEAL ALL THE FEELINGS A HUMAN MIND POSSESSES; SORROW, HAPPINESS, DEPRESSION, ENTHUSIASM, WISDOM AND FOOLISHNESS TOO. VA PU`S LIFE WAS FULL OF THESE COLOURS LIKE ANY OTHER COMMON MAN, BUT HE HAD A VERY SENSITIVE MIND, HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SHADES, TO PUT THEM INTO WORDS, TO USE THEM TO ENLIGHTEN SOME DARK AND GLOOMY MOMENTS, TO MAKE THEM LAST FOREVER. WHEN WE SEE THE COLOURS IN THE LIGHT THAT HE HAS PRESENTED THEM WITH, WE FEEL THAT "YES, THIS HAS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE TOO,` THEN WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THEM? IT IS VA PU`S MIDAS TOUCH THAT HAS MADE EVERY MOMENT SO MEMORABLE, AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING US THINK OVER LIFE. AND WHAT DOES THIS GREAT AUTHOR THINK ABOUT "RANGPANCHAMI`? LET US READ IT IN HIS OWN WORDS. "THIS WRITING IS BY A COMMON MAN, JUST LIKE YOU, BUT THE ONE WHO HAS ALWAYS LOVED OTHER HUMAN BEINGS FOR WHAT THEY ARE. THIS COMMON MAN CAME ACROSS WITH MANY OTHERS; SOME LOVED HIM IMMENSELY, SHOWERING HIM WITH THEIR AFFECTION, WIDENING THE HORIZONS OF HIS UNDERSTANDING. I WAS BLESSED WITH MANY THINGS, I RECEIVED A LOT, BUT HAVE GIVEN SO LESS IN RETURN. ONCE YOU SET FOR A JOURNEY CAN YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF TREES ON YOUR WAY? YOU ALL MUST HAVE SEEN THE COMMON MAN PRESENTED BY R. K. LAXMAN, I AM JUST LIKE HIM. I LIVED A LIFE OF A COMMON MAN, AND PENNED DOWN WHAT I CAME ACROSS THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY. ACTUALLY, I HAVE NOT REACHED ANYWHERE OR ACHIEVED ANYTHING TODAY, THE CREDIT GOES TO THOSE WHO HAVE READ ME THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS AND HAVE MADE ME WHAT I AM TODAY. ACTUALLY, I HAVE ADOPTED A LOT FROM ALL AND HAVE SIMPLY PRESENTED IT TO YOU AS MINE. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE STAND IN THE GREAT RIVER GANGA, WE FILL OUR HANDS WITH ITS SACRED WATER AND OFFER IT BACK TO HER, I HAVE FOLLOWED THE SAME PATTERN. I HAVE ENJOYED EACH MOMENT OF LIFE THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY. I HAVE BEEN COLOURED IN SO MANY COLOURS OF LIFE THAT NOW IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND OUT MY ORIGINAL COLOUR. THIS BOOK IS THE SAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE COLOURS, WHICH I HAVE ENJOYED SO MUCH, SO FAR.

THE MOST LOVED RELATION WITH A WOMAN IS THAT OF A FRIEND. VA PU MET HER IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS, EVERY NOW AND THEN. VA PU HAS PRESENTED THIS "SAKHI` WITH HER BEING, HER FEELINGS, HER HIGH THINKING, HER SENSITIVITY; EVERY TIME WITH A DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS. THIS SAKHI HAS THE CAPACITY TO TAKE US BEYOND IMAGINATION, GIVING US IMMEASURABLE HAPPINESS. ALL THE NINE STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION GIVE US A NEW DIMENSION FOR LIVING. THEY GIVE US PLEASURE, THEY REVEAL THE SECRETS OF LIVING, THEY SHOW US A NEW ANGLE TO MAKE US HAPPY WHILE LEADING THIS OTHERWISE MONOTONOUS LIFE. THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MAKE US AWARE OF THE BEAUTY OF EACH MOMENT, THE HAPPINESS THAT EACH MOMENT POSSESSES. THE AUTHOR HIMSELF HAS A VERY CLEAR VISION ABOUT THE RELATIONS, THIS CLEAR VISION IS REFLECTED THROUGH HIS SAKHI, HIS SIMPLE, PLAIN AND TRANSPARENT WRITING MAKES HIS SAKHI OUR SAKHI. BUT HE NEVER COMPLAINS ABOUT IT. HE WANTS IT IN PRECISELY THE SAME WAY. VA PU HIMSELF SAYS IN ONE OF HIS WRITINGS, ` A BIG TREE WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CASTING SHADOW SHOULD NEVER QUESTION A WAYFARER AS TO WHY HAS HE CHOSEN THAT TREE FOR SHADOW INSTEAD OF TAKING REFUGE UNDER SOME OTHER SHADOW?`

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, THERE LIVED A TRIBE BY THE NAME BOWL, WE SHOULD NOT ACTUALLY USE THE WORD TRIBE AS THEY WERE A GROUP OF PEOPLE. THE WORD BOWL WAS DERIVED FROM THE ORIGINAL SANSKRIT WORD "VAATUL` MEANING HURRICANE OR GALE OR WHIRLWIND. THE BASE OF THIS GROUP WAS LOVE, LOVE AND ONLY LOVE. THEY KNEW NO OTHER FEELINGS LIKE EGO, SELFISHNESS, HATRED, COMPETITION OR ENVY. THEIR MIND WITH ITS VITALITY WAS THE GOD FOR THEM SETTLED IN THE TEMPLE FORMED BY THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL BODIES. NATURALLY, THEY NEVER NEEDED ANY ABODE OUTSIDE, THEY DID NOT FIND IT ESSENTIAL TO SEARCH AND WORSHIP THE GOD ANYWHERE ELSE. THE NATURE ALONG WITH THE TREES, STREAMS AND RIVERS WERE THEIR GOD. THEY HAD NO FOE. SOMETIMES THEY USED CRY A LOT, ALL OF A SUDDEN. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE REASON, THEY USED TO ANSWER THAT `THIS LIMITLESS SKY, THE VAST OCEAN, THE RANGES OF MOUNTAINS EVERYTHING IS CREATED BY THE SUPREME POWER. WE WERE BORN LATER; THE SUPREME POWER CONFERRED UPON US THE GIFT OF ALL THE SENSORY ORGANS TO ENJOY THESE CREATIONS. SOMETIMES, WE ARE UNABLE TO TOLERATE THE GOODNESS OF THE SUPREME POWER AND THEN WE CRY.` TODAY, THE WORLD NOT ONLY WALKS BUT RUNS ON ALL THE SIX EVIL SPIRITS IN OUR LIFE EXCEPT LOVE. THIS BOOK HAS THE BASE OF `BELOVED` BY OSHO, WITH JUST ONE FEELING IN MY MIND. I WANTED TO MAKE THE READERS AWARE OF THOSE THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE CAPTURED MY MIND, WHICH HAVE HYPNOTIZED ME IN A WAY.

I CARE MORE FOR THE SHADOW A TREE CASTS ON US. IT IS TRUE THAT IF WE CUT THE TREE, WE WILL GAIN A LOT OF MONEY BY SELLING THE WOOD, BUT WE WILL BE BENEFITTED MORE BY ITS SHADOWS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. IT IS MANY TIMES VALUABLE THAN THE MONEY WE MIGHT GET FROM ONE TIME SELL OF THE WOOD.` "VAPURVAI` THIS TITLE IS BASED ON THE MARATHI WORD APURVAI, WHICH MEANS NOVEL, OR SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED. VA PU PROVES TRUE TO IT. ALL HIS STORIES ATTRACT THE READERS WITH THEIR SIMPLICITY; THERE IS NOT JUST ONE QUALITY OF HIS WRITING WHICH CAPTIVATES A MIND. IT IS A COMBINATION OF MANY GOOD THINGS UNDER ONE ROOF, OR ON ONE PAGE. HE CAPTURES THE BEAUTY OF ALL THE INCIDENTS IN HIS SUPERB STYLE. HE REVEALS THE SECRETS OF THE ROUTINES. HE FINDS THE VERY UNIQUENESS IN EVERY CHARACTER, UNDER EVERY OR ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. LIFE IS FULL OF DIFFERENT PHASES; THOSE OF SORROW, HAPPINESS, STRUGGLE, BROODING, AND MANY MORE. VA PU HANDLES THEM ALL WITH EQUAL CAPACITY REVEALING THE BEAUTY FOR US, AND CONQUERING OUR MINDS ONCE AGAIN; AS ALWAYS.

OT;GAUTAM BUDDHA, LAOTSE AND CONFUCIUS WERE SITTING TOGETHER IN THE HEAVEN. THE TIMEFAIRY CAME OVER THERE WITH THREE GLASSE. ALL THE THREE GLASSES WERE FULL UP TO BRIM. SHE OFFERED THEM TO THE TRIO. GAUTAM BUDDHA REFUSED THE GLASS SAYING THAT LIFE IS FULL OF SADNESS. LAOTSE ACCEPTED THE GLASS SAYING THAT “NOW THE GLASS IS ALREADY BEEN OFFERED, LET ME TASTE IT”. CONFUCIUS JUST ACCEPTED THE GLASS.”IF “ASHTAVAKR” REACHES THE HEAVEN THEN WHAT WOULD BE HIS REACTION?”, ONE DISCIPLE ASKED OSHO. OSHO ANSWERED, HE WILL ACCEPT THE DRINK AND THEN FINISH OFF THE TIMEFAIRY TOO AS SHE HERSELF IS TIME, “SAMAY”. THE JUICE IN THE GLASS IS LIFE ITSELF. THE FULLNESS OF THE GLASS INDICATES THAT LIFE IS FULL OF JUICES OR THE JUICE IS FILLED IN THE GLASS OF LIFE. TO ENJOY THE JUICE MEANS TO ENJOY LIFE, TO CONQUER OVER TIME. EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIVING IS FULL OF VIGOUR AND VITALITY, TO ENJOY IT MEANS TO WIN OVER LIFE. IF YOU MISS EVEN A SINGLE SECOND THEN YOU MISS THE HAPPINESS IN IT TOTALLY, FOREVER. J. KRISHNMURTI CALLS THIS AS AWARENESS. IF WE ARE AWARE THEN WE CAN KEEP OUR EYES OPEN TO EACH AND EVERY MOMENT OF PRESENT. THAT SINGLE MOMENT WILL TEACH US TO INVEST AND SPEND PROPERLY. THOSE PEOPLE WHO COME ACROSS SUCH AWARENESS NEVER REPENT IN LIFE FOR ANYTHING. I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE VERY LUCKY AS I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SUCH A PERSON IN MY LIFE; FIRST IT WAS MY FATHER AND LATER ON IT WAS DR. SURESHCHANDRA NADKARNI WHO ACTUALLY FINISHED THE TIMEFAIRY. I NEVER CAME ACROSS THE TIMEFAIRY, BUT MY FATHER HAD DRANK TO THE LAST DROP OF LIFEJUICE FROM THE GLASS OF LIFE, HAD ENJOYED IT, HAD STRIVED FOR IT; AND ME? I HAD WITNESSED IT. IT WAS DR. NADKARNI WHO WAS DITTO LIKE MY FATHER; THIS BOOK WHICH IS WRITTEN IN THE MEMORIES OF MY FATHER IS DEDICATED TO HIM." VA PU. "VASANTA; ANNA KALE”S LUCKY SON. ANNA HIMSELF WAS A VERY LUCKY PERSON. HE HAD A BEAUTIFUL COMMAND OVER BRUSH AND THE PEN. VASANTA WAS ALWAYS MORE CLOSE TO THE PEN. BUT BOTH FATHER AND SON HAD SAME ADDICTION; DRAMA AND THE PEOPLE RELATED TO IT. I AM NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THE THIRD GENERATION HAS CONTINUED WITH THE TREND. ANNA”S GRANDSON SUHAS IS ACQUIRING NAME AND FAME AS AN ACTOR AT THE VERY YOUNG AGE AND ALSO HAS A SMOOTH HAND OVER THE BRUSH. SUHAS MIGHT BECOME A SINGER IF PURSUED PROPERLY. ANNA WILL BE 87 YEARS OLD NOW AND WE WISH THAT VERY SOON WE GET A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE THE CENTURY. THOUGH HE IS VASANTA”S FATHER, FOR ALL OF US DRAMATIST HE IS NO LESS THAN OUR FATHER.HE MAINLY WORKED AS A DRAPER AND MANY OF US HAD HAD IT AS THE BACKGROUND. OVER THE YEAR, ANNA AND HIS DRAPERY BOTH HAVE STOOD FIRMLY BEHIND US. HE ALWAYS PASSESSED EVER FRESH ATTITUDE. VASANTA IS LUCKY TO HAVE A FATHER WHO GAVE HIM NOT ONLY GUIDANCE, SUPPORT, BUT A WHOLE LOT OF FRIENDSHIP. HE WAS THE BEST FRIEND OF HIS SON. HE WAS HIS SON”S ROOM PARTNER IN ALL SENSE. HE TRAVELLED BETWEEN PUNE AND MUMBAI THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. WITH DUE RESPECT, HIS DAUGHTER AND DAUGHTERINLAW ALSO ENJOY TEASING HIM, CAN BE FRIENDS WITH HIM. HE IS SO SWEET BY NATURE THAT HIS KIDS HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT HE CAN SCOLD TOO. EVEN TODAY, MANY A FAMILIES WONDER WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR THE “PA” TO BE FRIENDLY WITH THEM. HIS APPEARANCE IS VERY SIMPLE; THE ART STUDENTS DRESS UP MORE COLOURFULLY THAN HIS PAINTINGS. HE DRESSES ACCORDING TO THE OLD TRENDS BUT COLOURS BEYOND THE SET NORMS. DRAPERY COLOURING IS TIRING MENTALLY AS WELL AS PHYSICALLY; BUT AT THE AGE OF 80, ANNA COLOURED THE DRAPERY FOR THE JUNGLE, PALACE ETC. FOR BALGANDHARVA NATYA MANDIR AT PUNE, IN HIS OWN STYLE. ART ITSELF HAS A FLOW, CREATIVITY, AN INNOVATIVE TREND. ANNA FOLLOWS THE STYLE OF ANANDRAOJI PAINTER. THE STAGE RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF TRENDS IN DRAMA AND IN DRAPERY TOO. ANNA IS A MASTER OF IT. I AM VERY MUCH FOND OF ANNA”S DRAPERY AND WRITING. HIS HAND MOVES SWIFTLY AND DELICATELY OVER THE CANVAS AND THE PAPER BUT EQUALLY OVER HIS