Books by V S Khandekar

"THE LEAD FEMALE CHARACTER IN RAGINI IS CONSIDERED AS THE MILESTONE IN MARATHI LITERATURE. THE WRITER HAS TAKEN CONSIDERABLE PAINS TO PEN DOWN VARIOUS SHADES OF HUMAN NATURE. READERS ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE SANCTITY AND VASTNESS OF HIMALAYAS AND RIVER BHAGIRATHI. SHADES OF HUMOUR, PHILOSOPHY, POETRY AND SERIOUSNESS HAVE BEEN HARMONIOUSLY WOVEN PRESENTING A CAPTIVATING STORY. THE LANGUAGE IS SIMPLE AND LUCID, IT IS MATURED AND MEANINGFUL. THE PHILOSOPHICAL ANGLE OF LIFE HAS SURELY GAINED MORE SPACE THROUGHOUT BUT IT DOES NOT ACT AS A BARRIER. RATHER, IT HELPS TO MAKE THE READING MORE SIGNIFICANT. THOSE READERS WHO TEND TO FIND MEANING FROM CREATIVE WRITING CAN ALSO FIND MEANING THROUGHOUT. THE HERO OF THIS NOVEL PRAISES RAGINI BY SAYING THAT THE COMPANY OF RAGINI IS LIKE THAT OF THE HOLY RIVER GANGA, THE MANY SAINTS AND POETS. THE READERS WOULD AGREE TO HEROES QUOTE AFTER READING THE NOVEL. "

THIS IS A COMPILATION OF IMPORTANT AND FAMOUS DIALOGUES FROM THE TOPMOST DRAMAS WRITTEN BY EMINENT PERSONALITIES, RIGHT FROM ANNASAHEB KIRLOSKAR TO V. V. SHIRWADKAR. IT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THE PROGRESS OF MARATHI THEATER IN A BETTER WAY. TODAY, WE ALL MISS THE IMPORTANT THEATER TRIO; THE ACTOR, THE PLAY-WRITER AND THE THEATERS. TILL THE SCENARIO CHANGES TO BETTER, WE NEED TO SURVIVE ON THE PAST MEMORIES OF THEATER AND DRAMAS. THIS BOOK ALLOWS THE READERS TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE BYGONE RICH ERA OF MARATHI THEATER. IT WILL SURELY INITIATE AN INTEREST TO FURTHER STUDY THE DRAMAS IN DETAIL

'TARAKA' IS A POETRY COLLECTION EDITED BY V.S.KHANDEKAR. IT COVERS MARATHI POETS FROM DNYANESHWAR TO MARDHEKAR. MARATHI POETRY HAS INCREDIBLE HISTORY OF SAINT POETRY, THIS BOOK APTLY PRESENTS THAT ERA. THIS BOOK COVERS WIDE SPAN OF MARATHI POETRY WHICH CONTAINS POETS LIKE JANABAI, TUKARAM, MOROPANT, KESHAVSUT, GADKARI, B.B.BORKAR, INDIRA SANT & MANY MORE.

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?

V.S.KHANDEKAR, THE WELL KNOWN MARATHI LITTERATEUR HAS EDITED A FEW OF THE STORIES WRITTEN BY EMINENT WRITERS IN THE EARLY CENTURY. THIS INCLUDES STORIES BY HARI NARAYAN APTE, DIWAKAR KRISHNA, V. S. SUKHTANKAR, Y. G. JOSHI, LAKSHMANRAO SARDESIA AND WAMAN CHORGHADE. TRANSLATION OF 'SHRIMATI' BY RAVINDRANATH TAGORE IS INCLUDED HEREIN. WHILE DESCRIBING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A STORY, AMERICAN CRITIQUE CLAYTON HAMILTON HAD SAID THAT, 'FOR A STORY TO BE IMPRESSIVE AN AUTHOR SHOULD TAKE CARE THAT THE PLACES, INCIDENCES, CHARACTERS, TIME AND EXPLANATION SHOULD NOT BE LENGTHY. WRITING SHOULD BE SHORT AND PRECISE. IN A SHORT STORY, THE SUBJECT OR THE INCIDENCE DO NOT HELD MUCH IMPORTANCE. RATHER LIFE WITH ITS VERSATILITY IS IMPORTANT AND THE PERSONALITY OF THE AUTHOR WHO CONSIDERS THIS LIFE IN A POETIC YET TRUTHFUL MANNER BECOMES IMPORTANT. AFTER READING THIS COLLECTION BY THE EMINENT WRITERS, THE READER WILL SURELY RECOGNISE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRESS OF MARATHI SHORT STORIES.

FREEDOM FIGHTER SHIVRAM MAHADEV PARANJPE WAS A TRUE BY HEART NATIONALIST. HIS ESSAYS POINTED OUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PATRIOTISM. THESE ESSAYS ARE COLLECTED & EDITED BY RENOWN MARATHI AUTHOR V.S.KHANDEKAR.

A COMPILATION OF SELECTED STORIES BY DATT RAGHUNATH KAVATHEKAR BY V. S. KHANDEKAR. KAVATHEKAR IS ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN MARATHI LITERATURE. HE WROTE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT INDIAN WOMEN. HIS WRITING MAINLY HAD THE SHADE OF COMPASSION. HE HAS ALWAYS SUCCEEDED IN SHOWING THE BRIGHT AND VIRTUOUS SIDE AS WELL. THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF SEVEN STORIES FROM FOUR OF HIS BOOKS. HIS WRITING IS SIMPLE AND LUCID. IT RESEMBLES THE MILD, SPONTANEOUS AND REFRESHING RAINS. THERE IS NO THUNDERING OF CLOUDS, NO LIGHTENING IN THE SKIES, NO HARSH WINDS AND NO HEAVY RAINFALL. YET, SHRAVANA IS ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS WITH THE PLAY OF RAIN AND LIGHT.

THIS IS A SHORT EASSY COLLECTION OF RENOWN AUTHOR ANANT KANEKAR EDITED BY V.S.KHANDEKAR. THESE ARE ESSAYS WHERE AUTHOR HAS PRECISELY POINTED OUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PERSONALITIES. THESE ARE INTELLECTUAL THOUGH HUMOUROUS ESSAYS.

THIS BOOK CONTAINS SPEECHES BY V.S.KHANDEKAR WHICH HE HAS DELIVERED ON THE PLATFORM OF VARIOUS LITERARY FESTIVALS. IT COVERS SPEECHES DELIVERED AT MARATHI SAHITYA SAMMELAN , BADODA, GOMANTAK SAHITYA SAMMELAN, MADGAO, SHARDOPASAK SAMMELAN, MUMBAI MARATHI SAHITYA SAMMELAN & SOLAPUR JILHA SAHITYA SAMMELAN. IN THESE SPEECHES V.S.KHANDEKAR PUTS LIGHT ON VARIOUS FLOWS IN MARATHI LITERATURE .

"IT IS THE UNMENTIONED RULE THAT PROBLEMS THAT ANY HUMAN HAS WOULD NEVER END FOREVER. EVEN THOUGH WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS TODAY, WE HARDLY REALISE THAT THEY END UP IN TO ANOTHER PROBLEMS." "HUMAN LIFE IS BASICALLY NOTHING BUT A CONSTANT DUEL. I CANNOT AVOID THE BITTER TRUTH THAT EVERY MOMENT OUR EMOTIONS BATTLE WITH LUST, CONSCIENCE WITH THOUGHTS AND ETERNAL WITH TEMPORARY. I ALSO AGREE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEACH A FEW THINGS RELATED TO DAILY CHAOS OF LIVING TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE FOREVER LOST IN PRAISING THE GOD AND THE POWER OF SELF. AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS TRUE THAT A HUMAN LIFE CANNOT BE FULFILLED WITH ONLY VIRTUES OR FOR THAT MATTER ONLY BY EATING FOOD OR SATISFYING THE OTHER NEEDS. THE HUMAN BODY IS IN ITSELF A COMBINATION OF MATERIALISM AND SPIRITUALITY. IF AT ALL WE TRY TO REDUCE ONE PART IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXTEND THE OTHER THEN WE AS HUMANS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR SORROWS AND GAIN ETERNAL BLISS. MAINTAINING A BALANCE BETWEEN BODY AND SOUL, POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY, GREED AND RELIGIOUS GOOD, MATERIALISM AND SPIRITUALITY IS THE BASIC AND MOST IMPORTANT NEED OF A HUMAN MIND AND OUR LIVING AS WELL.

HOW CHARMING WAS THE IDOL! ALL THE DEVOTEES WERE WORRIED ABOUT WHERE TO KEEP THE IDOL. THE IDOL ANSWERED, "THE PURE HEART OF DEVOTEES IS MY HEAVEN.` BUT THEN HOW CAN ONE SEE THE IDOL INSTALLED IN THE HEART WITH NAKED EYES? ALL THE DEVOTEES DECIDED TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL SHRINE FOR THE IDOL. SOME BROUGHT SANDALWOOD, SOME CARVED IT EXQUISITELY, DAY BY DAY; THE HEAVENLY ALLURE WAS APPEARING IN THE SHRINE STEP BY STEP. EVERYDAY THEY STARTED WORSHIPPING IT. SOME STARTED BRINGING LOVELY FRESH FLOWERS FOR IT. EACH DEVOTEE WANTED TO PROVE HIS DEVOTION. THEY ALL STARTED COMPETING EACH OTHER WHILE COLLECTING THINGS REQUIRED FOR WORSHIPPING. THE DDAY ARRIVED. THE IDOL WAS COVERED WITH FLOWERS. THE SHRINE WAS COVERED IN FLOWERS. THERE WAS FRAGRANCE EVERYWHERE. THE HIGHLY LIGHTED SHRINE WAS NOW COMPETING THE STARS IN THE SKY. THE DEVOTEES PERFORMED POOJA WITH A CONTENT MIND AND TURNED TO GO BACK. EACH ONE STUMBLED UPON SOMETHING. EACH ONE BENT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS. BUT NO ONE COULD MAKE OUT WHAT IT WAS. EVERY ONE STAMPED OVER IT AND LEFT. ALAS! IT WAS THE SAME IDOL. SOMEONE, SOMETIME HAD TROWN IT OUTSIDE. WHO? GOD KNOWS....

'RUTU NYAHALNARE PAAN' IS A COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS OF V.S.KHANDEKAR. THESE INTERVIEWS ARE TAKEN DURING 1935 TO 1976 WHICH WAS WRITING PERIOD OF KHANDEKAR. IT CONTAINS INTERVIEWS TAKEN BY MAGAZINES LIKE 'VIHANGAM' & 'SAMARTH'. THIS COLLECTION COVERS ALMOST FOUR DECADES & WIDE RANGE OF VIEWS OF KHANDEKAR EXPRESSED IN VARIOUS INTERVIEWS.

'SASHACHE SINHAVALOKAN' IS A OVERVIEW OF A MARATHI LITERARY LEGEND V.S.KHANDKAR'S LIFE. KHANDEKAR HAS DESCRIBED HIS LIFE STORY IN THE BOOK 'EKA PANACHI KAHANI' WHICH CONTAINS HIS LIFE SPAN FROM 1818 TO 1929 . AFTER THAT AUTHOR SUNILKUMAR LAWATE BROUGHT COLLECTION OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES NAMED AS 'PAHILI PAVALE' & THIS IS THE THIRD PART OF KHANDEKAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT, "SEX IS THE ULTIMATE PLEASURE OF LIFE A MAN AND A WOMAN COME TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF DERIVING SUCH PLEASURES. THEY HOLD HANDS TO HEIGHTEN THE INTENSITY OF LIFE. THE REAL HAPPINESS LIES IN TOUCHING EACH OTHER` MANY SUCH THINGS ARE SAID WHILE CONSIDERING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN. BUT, TRYING TO SATISFY THE LUST FOR SEXUAL PLEASURES SHOULD NEVER BE THE ULTIMATE AIM OF MARRIED LIFE. IF WE UPLIFT OURSELVES TOO MUCH IN AN ATTEMPT TO TOUCH THE SKY THEN WE ARE SURE TO FALL DOWN. MANY PEOPLE DO ACHIEVE THIS, BUT WHEN ONE IS BEGINNING HIS/HER MARRIED LIFE THEN THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS AFTER SPENDING 1020 YEARS TOGETHER IN A MARRIED LIFE, AFTER GOING THROUGH MOMENTS OF HAPPINESS AND SORROW TOGETHER, OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE EXPERIENCE THE SERENITY OF THE NIGHT. UNDEMANDING LOVE IS LIKE THE WAXING MOON AND NOT LIKE THE WANNING MOON.

THIS IS THE COLLECTION OF 19 STORIES BY V.S.KHANDEKAR. MATERIALISTIC APPROACH IS ON THE RISE AFTER SECOND WORLD WAR & OUR INDEPENDENCE . THIS IS ADVERSELY AFFECTING VALUES & ETHOS OF HUMAN BEING. OUR CURRENT SOCIAL, CULTURAL & POLITICAL LIFE IS THE PROOF OF THIS IMPACT. IN SUCH ADVERSE CONDITION WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR MENTAL WELL BEING . WE NEED TO PRESERVE OUR VALUES . THESE STORIES FULFILLS THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO GUIDE THE SOCIETY AGAINST ALL ODDS OF MATERIALISM .

THIS IS THE LAST COLLECTION OF KHANDEKAR`S SHORT ESSAYS. ALL THESE ESSAYS WERE WRITTEN DURING 19741976, BUT WERE NOT COMPOSED AND PUBLISHED TILL THE YEAR 2004. THESE ESSAYS HAVE CULTIVATED THE MARATHI MINDS WITH DELIBERATE THOUGHTFULNESS, HAVE SOWN THE SEEDS OF HUMAN VALUES ALONG WITH BOUNDLESS EARNESTNESS. THEY HELPED IN SETTLING DOWN THE WAR IN A HUMAN MIND, IN BRINGING DOWN PEACE TO A HUMAN MIND WHICH WAS BADLY AFFECTED BY THE CONFLICT OF DREAMS AND REALITY; SPIRITUALITY AND SCIENCE; SACRIFICE AND ENJOYMENT. KHANDEKAR HAS ALWAYS STRIVED TO FIND THE ETERNAL TRUTH AND TO BRING LIGHT OF HUMANITY IN THE TEMPLE OF LITERATURE. HE HAS TRIED TO REVEAL THE ENIGMA THAT HE HAD FOUND ON THE UNSEEN SCREEN OF LIFE. THESE ESSAYS ARE WRITTEN WITH AN INCLINATION TO AWAKEN THE ATTITUDE; THEY ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE WRITTEN EARLIER. ONE MUST READ THEM LEISURELY.

SORROW IS THE GREATEST AND UNAVOIDABLE PART OF LIFE. A TRUE LITERATURE RECOGNISES THIS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME TRUE LITERATURE IS NOT OVERPOWERED BY SORROW, IT IS NOT SUFFOCATED BY SORROW. IT DOESNOT TRY TO HIDE FROM SORROW OR DOES NOT RUN AWAY FROM SORROW. EVERY HUMAN HAS THE INBORN CAPACITY OF OVERCOMING THE UNHOLY THINGS IN HIM AND AROUND HIM, AND A TRUE LITERATURE FINDS PLEASURE IN PICTURING THE SOUL WITH SUCH CAPACITY CONQUERING THE BAD SPIRITS IS NOT VERY EASY, IT GETS HURT MANY TIMES. BUT, IT STILL FIGHT THE BAD SPIRITS, THE BAD OMENS AND WITH ITS EARNEST WILL AND ZEAL IT CONQUERS.

V. S. KHANDEKAR WAS BLESSED WITH THE RARE GIFT, HE WAS BLESSED WITH A SENSITIVE MIND. HE HAD THE ABILITY TO SEE EVERYTHING. HIS SIGHT REACHED THE PLACES WHERE EVEN THE SUN RAYS FAILED TO REACH.THIS BOOK IS THE COLLECTION OF HIS STORIES WHICH WERE NOT PUBLISHED. THESE WERE WRITTEN BETWEEN 19741976. THEY ARE SYMBOLIC, EMOTIONAL, PIOUS AND SUBTLE. THEY ARE FULL OF COMPASSION, SYMPATHY TOWARDS THE MANKIND. WRITER HAS SEEN THEM THROUGH HIS INNER EYES. THEY ARE NOT JUST WORDS PUT TOGETHER, THEY CREATE A CONSCIOUSNESS. THEY BRING THE BRIGHT LIGHT FOR THE LIFE BUT ALSO BRING THE PLEASANT MOONLIGHT. THESE STORIES HAVE AN ABILITY TO KEEP THE MARATHI LITERATURE ALIVE EVEN AFTER THE DEATH OF HUMANITY.

THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES V. S. KHANDEKAR`S SHORT STORIES WRITTEN DURING 1971 TO 1973. THEY ARE A PURE MIXTURE OF IMAGINATION, FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS. THE STORIES IN "VIKASAN`` HAVE A PURE YET SACRED STRENGTH OF ENTERTAINMENT. THEY LINGER INTO OUR MINDS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THEY MAKE US VERY INTROSPECTIVE. THESE STORIES REFLECT NOT ONLY KHANDEKAR`S ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH BUT ALSO REFLECT HIS DEEP PONDERING OVER LIFE. THESE STORIES PICTURE THE CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOW QUITE OLD.THEY HAVE ACCEPTED THE DUALITY OF THEIR PRESENT LIVES UNWILLINGLY, BUT THE MEMORIES OF THEIR SWEET PAST LIVES LINGER IN THEIR MINDS. IN A WAY, THESE STORIES ARE THE LIGHT HOUSE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION, BURNING WITH THE OIL OF EXPERIENCE AND MEMORIES OF THE OLDER GENERATION. THESE STORIES TRY TO TEACH US THAT `GRIHASTA DHARMA` WHICH IS THE THIRD STAGE OF LIFE IS ACTUALLY REBIRTH.NOBODY EVER REMEMBERS PAST LIFE. BEFORE MARRIAGE, OUR LIVES ARE CAREFREE LIKE THAT OF BUTTERFLIES, MARRIAGE CHANGES US INTO BIRDS, BUILDING NESTLES FOR THE YOUNG ONES, CARING FOR THEM. WE GET INVOLVED INTO THE ADJUSTMENTS WHILE TRYING TO GET THROUGH OUR NEW ROLES, AUTOMATICALLY FORGETTING OUR PAST LIVES. IS NOT MARRIAGE A REBIRTH AS IT MAKES US FORGET OUR PAST LIFE?

'SWAPNA ANI SATYA ' CONTAINS THE STORIES OF MARATHI LITERARY LEGEND V.S.KHANDEKAR . HE HAS WRITTEN THESE STORIES DURING 1930 TO 1970. SO THIS COLLECTION DESCRIBES HOW THE WRITING OF V.S.KHANDEKAR DEVELOPS DURING THESE YEARS. STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION ARE PERFECT COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIVE WRITING STYLE & STRONG FICTION. KHANDEKAR'S WRITING HAS STRONG ROOTS IN SOCIAL ETHOS . HE NICELY PORTRAITS REALITY IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF WRITING. SO THIS COLLECTION GIVES GREAT EXPERIENCE OF READING .

GHARATE IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES ESPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG BOYS BY ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN OF MARATHI NOVELISTS THE LATE V. S. KHANDEKAR. BOYS OF THIS TENDER AGE ARE VERY SENSITIVE. THEY HAVE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS NOT ONLY WITH THEIR FRIENDS, PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, THEIR SCHOOL, THEIR TEACHERS, BUT ALSO WITH THE NATURAL WORLD AROUND THEM THE TREES, THE FLOWERS, RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, BIRDS, THE SKY, AND THE STARS. THESE RELATIONSHIPS, THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND THE HAPPENINGS AROUND THEM MAKE AN IMPACT ON THEIR IMPRESSIONABLE MINDS. THESE SHAPE THEIR SENSIBILITIES, AND ALSO LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF THEIR BELIEF-SYSTEMS AS WELL AS RAISE INNUMERABLE QUESTIONS IN THEIR MINDS.IN THESE STORIES KHANDEKAR EXPLORES THE DELICATE WORLD OF THE CHILDS MIND AND PAINTS SUBTLE PICTURES IN HIS SIMPLE, UNSOPHISTICATED STYLE. HIS PEN IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE AS IT UNRAVELS THE EMOTIONAL REALM OF CHILDREN, AND INSTILLS LASTING VALUES AND IDEALS. THIS COLLECTION ALSO DEVELOPS THE SENSIBILITIES NECESSARY TO SUCCESSFULLY STEER THE SMALL BOAT OF GOODNESS THROUGH THE VAST, CHOPPY WATERS OF THE WORLD.

THIS EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION OF STORIES COMPLETE BOTH THE TEENAGERS AND GROWNUPS TO INTROSPECT THEMSELVES. MANY PEOPLE HAVE SACRIFICED THEMSELVES FOR THE NOBLE CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE. THEY SACRIFICED EVERYTHING, THEIR PERSONAL LIVES, THEIR AMBITIONS, THEIR HOPES IN THE OBLATION LIGHTED BY THE LEADERS LIKE GANDHI, NEHRU, SARDAR PATEL, LALA LAJPATRAY, TILAK ETC. THEY A DREAMT OF IDEAL SOCIELY. BUT DO THE NEXT GENERATION KNOW THIS, DO THEY REALISE THE VALUE OF SACRIFICE BY THE EARLIER GENERATION? IF THE GENERATION OF INDEPENDENT INDIA DECIDE TO HAVE THEIR OWN WAY THEN? IF THEY GIVE IMPORTANCE ONLY TO THEIR PERSONAL PROSPERITY AND SELFISHNESS... THEN? WILL THIS OBLATION GET EXTINGUISHED? OR WILL THE MORAL VALUES SHINE AS EVER? V. S. KHANDEKAR PRESENTS THESE QUESTIONS THROUGH HIS STORIES, GIVING US MODERATE DOSES OF HIGH MORAL VALUES ESSENTIAL FOR SMOOTH RUNNING OF THE SOCIETY.

PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WRITE OFTEN ASK US, HOW DO YOU WRITE? FROM WHERE DO YOU GET THE IDEAS FOR WRITING? ARE THESE IDEAS TAKEN FROM ALL ABOUT YOU OR DO YOU CREATE THEM? IF YOU FIND THEM ALL AROUND YOU, THEN HOW COME WE DO NOT NOTICE THEM? I WOULD SAY THAT THE IDEAS ARE ALL AROUND US. EACH IDEA HAS THE IMMENSE POTENTIALITY OF EXPRESSIONS. BUT ALL OF THEM ARE NOT CONVERTED INTO ANY FORM OF LITERATURE. WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? I AS AN AUTHOR FEEL THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATION AN AUTHOR HAS. NOT EVERY AUTHOR HAS THE CAPACITY TO METAMORPHASE EACH AND EVERY IDEA INTO A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY. SOMETIMES, SOME IDEA INVOKES SOME INNER STRENGTH AND AUTOMATICALLY THE MIND FILLS IN WITH WORDS, PHRASES, SENTENCES. SOME OF IT TAKES A FORM OF LITERATURE, SOME OF IT JUST DOES NOT. I HAVE BEEN A WRITER SINCE LAST 50 YEARS. FOR HALFACENTURY I HAVE BEEN SHARING MY IDEAS WITH YOU. I AM REALISING THAT MY ENERGY IS DRAWING BACK THESE DAYS, ONE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT THE BOON OF YOUTH FOREVER. THIS COLLECTION CONTAINS A FEW OF MY EXPERIENCES. THEY GIVE ME UTMOST PLEASURE. THEY WILL GIVE A ME A FEELING OF FULFILMENT IF YOU DERIVE PLEASURE, HAPPINESS, MORAL SUPPORT, RELIEF OR ENTERTAINMENT.

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES. THEY ALL HAVE BLOSSOMED WITH THE WRITER`S SKILL IN PICTURISING THE VARIOUS FORMS. AUTHOR HAS SUCCESSFULLY PENETRATED THE ADVERSE SURROUNDINGS, THE FINE TENSIONS IN THE RELATIONSHIPS, THE CHANGING VILLAGES, THE CONTRAST IN EVERYONE`S LIFE, THE VIRILITY, THE RURAL ADORNMENT, AND THE THROBBING MINDS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ABSTEMIOUS IN BALANCING THE TRUE SOCIALIZATION AND THE ART.

THIS COLLECTION COMPRISES OF 75 METEORS BY KHANDEKAR. IT IS YET ANOTHER ADDITION TO BOOKS LIKE ‘KALIKA`, MRIGJALATIL KALYA AND SONERI SAVALYA. METEOR IS A VERY TREMULOUS FORM OF PROSE. THE MAIN ASPIRATION OF THE METEOR IS TO CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE WITH THE HELP OF VERY FEW WORDS, TO BEAUTIFULLY THE CREATION WITH PERFECT BUT MAGICAL WORDS AND TO MIX THOUGHTS AND FELLINGS INTO IT PERFECTLY, THUS INTRODUCING LIFE WITH ITS PRECIOUS VALUES. METEOR RESEMBLES COVERT INSINUATION. IT HAS TREMENDOUS INNER POWER. IT IS REFLECTED PERFECTLY WELL IN COVERT BUT FAULTLESS PRESENTATION. METEOR UNREVEALS THE SELFISHNESS BY UNMASKING THE WORLD AND SOCIETY AS WELL, MAKING IT APPEAR AS A PHILOSOPHICAL DOSE. KHANDEKAR`S FAN CLUB WILL WELCOME THIS BOOK FULL OF VIGOUR AND VITALITY, WHOLE HEARTEDLY AND WILLINGLY.

V.S.KHANDEKAR SET THE NEW FORMS IN MARATHI LITERARY CRITICISM . HIS 'RESHA AANI RANG' IS THE COLLECTION OF SUCH EIGHTEEN ARTICLES ON CRITICISM . HE BROADLY DESCRIBES THE NORMS OF GOOD LITERATURE. HE GIVES NEW PERSPECTIVES TO THE READERS . HIS ARTICLES ARE NOT ONLY ACADEMIC & INTELLECTUAL , BUT THEY ARE GOOD LITERARY PIECE ITSELF. KHANDEKAR WELCOMES , APPRECIATE THE NEW GENERATION IN WRITING , BUT DOESN'T FORGET THE BONDING WITH THE TRADITIONAL & CLASSICAL LITERATURE TOO.

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF 7 STORIES. IT WAS PUBLISHED AFTER A GAP OF 56 YEARS. MANY THOUGHT THAT KHANDEKAR HAS LOST HIS ABILITY TO WRITE. SOME CRITICIZED HIM. BUT HE WAS USED TO EVERYTHING. HE KNEW THE LIMITS OF ALL THE COMMENTATORS. HE WAS WRITING DURING THESE 56 YEARS BUT HE COULD NEVER COMPLETE IT. THROUGH HALF WRITTEN ARTICLES HE USED TO THINK ABOUT THE VALUES AND THEN USED TO STOP WRITING THE ARTICLE. HE SHIFTED TO KOLHAPUR DURING THIS PERIOD. WHILE IN KOLHAPUR HE MISSED THE SEASHORE AND THE HILLS AT SHIRODA. APART FROM THIS HE HAD STARTED WRITING SCRIPTS FOR MOVIES. THEN STARTED THE 2ND WORLD WAR WHICH KILLED THE HUMANITY. AFTER A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS HE WROTE HIS FIRST STORY "MAUNVRAT`. HE STARTED WRITING AGAIN BUT HE WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE NEW SOCIAL PATTERN. HE BELIEVED THAT SOCIALISM WILL BRING HAPPINESS BUT FOR THAT THE OLD PATTERN OF SOCIALISM SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED COMPLETELY. HE TRIED TO SEARCH FOR THE NEW AND VIRTUES WHICH WOULD PROVIDE HEALTHY ATMOSPHERE TO EVERYBODY. HE TRIED TO ATTEMPT THIS THROUGH HIS STORIES INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION.

YAYATI IS THE STORY OF THE LUST OF A KING BY THE SAME NAME, WHO APPEARS IN THE MAHABHARATA, ONE OF THE TWO EPICS OF INDIA. THOUGH MARRIED TO BEAUTIFUL DEVYANI, HE FOUND THE FEMALE SERVANT, SHARMISHTHA, ENTICING. HE HAD FIVE CHILDREN FROM THESE WOMEN BUT HIS DESIRE FOR PLEASURE REMAINED UNSATISFIED. DID HIS QUEST FOR THE CARNAL END WITH HIS EXCHANGING HIS OLD AGE WITH HIS SON'S YOUTH? HOW LONG DID HE ENJOY THE SENSUAL PLEASURES? YAYATI STANDS FOR ONE WHO IS NEVER SATISFIED WITH EARTHLY PLEASURES. THOUGH THE STORY OF THE ANCIENT TIMES CENTERS ONLY AROUND DISSOLUTE DESIRES OF AN INDIVIDUAL, ONE CAN DRAW PARALLEL EXAMPLES FROM THE PRESENT DAYS OF CONSUMERISM WHERE THE INSATIABILITY TO HAVE MORE PLEASURES CONTINUES.

EVERYBODY FEELS THAT HIS OR HER LIFE IS A BOOK WRITTEN IN A CODE LANGUAGE. WE CANNOT JUDGE OTHER BY HIS EXPERIENCES NOR CAN UNDERSTAND ANOTHER PERSON. FOR YEARS WE SIT TOGETHER IN THE SAME COMPANY, BUT HAVE WE EVER TOLD OUR GOODBAD EXPERIENCES TO EACH OTHER WITHOUT ANY HESITATION? ON THE CONTRARY, WE PREFER PINING INWARDLY, WE PREFER TO SUFFOCATE PRIVATELY, WE PREFER TO STUMBLE ALONE DURING THE JOURNEY... WHY DO NOT WE EXCHANGE OUR EXPERIENCES OPENLY AND TRULY? THIS RESULTS IN EVERY MAN STARTING HIS LIFE SAVAGELY. NO ONE IS BENEFITTED THOUGH MAN HAS PROGRESSED TREMENDOUSLY. WE TAKE A PRIDE IN SAYING THAT EXPERIENCE IS A GREAT TEACHER. IT EXAMINES FIRST AND TEACHES LATER. BUT, THIS CANNOT BE TRUE, BECAUSE WE KEEP OURSELVES AWAY FROM EXCHANGING OUR EXPERIENCES. IF WE GET HURT DURING THIS PROCESS THEN WE TEND TO HIDE IT AND WALK AWAY WITH AN ATTITUDE AS IF NOTHING HAS GONE WRONG... AND THEN THE SOCIETY....