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THE STORIES IN THIS BOOK EVOKE THE YOUNG MINDS, EACH STORY MAKES THEM PENSIVE. THE STORIES HAVE THE SAME REVOKING POWER FOR THE OLDER MINDS TOO. PARENTS, TEACHERS, ELDERS ALL AROUND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RITES AND RITUALS ON THE TENDER MINDS. EVEN READING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAME. THROUGH ALL THIS EACH CHILD GRASPSS. SOMETHING UNDERSTANDS SOMETHING AND ACCEPTS SOMETHING’S. EACH WORSHIPS IDEALS. EACH ACCEPTS SOME MORAL VALUES. BUT WHAT IF THE YOUNG MIND COMES ACROSS SUCH SITUATION WHERE IT WITNESSES THE OTHER SIDE? WHEN IT SEES THE ELDERS BEHAVING EXACTLY OPPOSITE? THEN THE IMAGES OF THE IDEALS SHATTERS IN THEIR TENDER MINDS. THEIR UNIVERSE STARTS SHAKING. THEY GET CONFUSED. IS EVERY GOOD THING A LIE? A HYPOCRACY? THEN, WHAT IS THE TRUTH? AT SUCH MOMENTS, MANY A TIMES THEY COME ACROSS LIGHT, THEY FIND A RAY OF HOPE PENETRATING THROUGH THE HIG WALLS OF THIS HYPOCRACY. SOMEBODY COMES FORWARD AND HOLD THEIR TENDER FINGERS, SHOWS THEM THE TRUE WAY TO GOOD... V. S. KHANDEKAR`S STORIES HAVE THE SAME IMPACT ON THE YOUNG MINDS. THEY SHOW WAY TO THESE BEWILDERED MINDS, THEY HELP TO BALANCE THE CONFUSED MINDS, THROUGH STORIES OR THROUGH METEORS. SOMETIMES APPEARING CASUAL, SOMETIMES JOKINGLY SOMETIMES CHILDISHLY....

THIS IS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TYPE BUT STILL THE "ME` IN IT IS NEVER HARSH UPON US. THIS OFTEN HAS HAPPENED IN MANY AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS LATELY. YADAV IS AN EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE. THE PERSONALITY OF HIS "ME` DOES NOT RANKLE IN OUR EYES. ON THE CONTRARY, THE "ME` IS VERY SHY, BASHFUL, VIRTUOUS. IT LOVES OTHER PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATIONS. IT HAS A LONGING FOR THE NATURE. THE WRITER DOES NOT IGNORE THE CURRENT ACTUALITY. THERE IS A FEELING OF BEING UNSAFE IN THIS MODERN WORLD IN SPITE OF ALL THE PRECAUTIONS, THERE IS TERRIBLE MENTAL TANGLING. THE COMMON MAN IS DUBIOUS ABOUT HIS LIFE. HIS LIFE IS FULL OF ARTIFICIAL AND MECHANICAL FEELINGS. HIS MIND IS AT TWO ENDS WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE HIS VIRTUOUSNESS. HIS LIFE STILL POSSESSES THE CULTURAL VALUES INCULCATED SO DEEPLY AND SO THOROUGHLY PRACTICED. HE HAS EYESIGHT WHICH IMMEDIATELY FINDS THE REALITY. HE HAS THE WEFTS AND WARPS WEAVE TIGHTLY TOGETHER WITH THE EMOTIONS. THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF AN URBANITE, THEY MAKE THE MAN REALIZE THAT HE IS A MERE PUPPET IN THE HANDS OF FATE. THESE ARTICLES SHOW THE AUTHOR`S COMMAND OVER HANDLING DIFFERENT SENSATIONS, POETIC SENSE, AND THE EXPERIENCES WITH SUBTLE IMAGINATION.

Love and sympathy these are the two feelings that have been continuously considered by spirituality. Osho beautifully presents his view on these two feelings in the book. Journalism is in no way related to spirituality, yet this book consists of three chapters on journalism. In 1987, Osho had penned down his thoughts on journalism, it is astonishing to see them coming true today. Every journalist should read these chapters at least once. Osho tells us that media should not work as destructive weapons, otherwise the humanity will be burnt to ashes. Osho not only tells us the way to build our fealty inwardly as well as outwardly, but he also relates the important things for raising humanity. In his book `Navi Pahat` he had told about the `Modern Man`, now in this book he tells about the `New World`

“WHENEVER A TIGRESS GIVES BIRTH TO HER LITTER, SHE DELIVERS THEM AS SHE GOES ALONG HER WAY. THOSE THAT HAVE MANAGED TO WALK AWAY ON THEIR FEET SURVIVE; THE REST BECOME PREY…” THE RULERS OF SAVANGARH FOR GENERATIONS TOGETHER. THEIR DYNASTY HAS GROWN UP IN THIS SOIL. THE HAVE ENJOYED THE RICHES IT GAVE THEM. BUT THE KINGDOMS WERE MERGED…THE TIES SNAPPED. THE DESCENDANTS OF SAVANGARH MIGRATED AND SET UP HOTELS. SHOULD THE REINS OF THE DYNASTY BE HANDED OVER TO THESE HOTELIERS?...THEN WHO IS THE TRUE HEIR? CAN HEIRDOM REMAIN IMMORTAL THROUGH THE SACRIFICES AND TRIBULATIONS OF TWO LIVES – A SINGER COURTESAN AND A PRINCE – THAT WERE BURNISHED AND CONSUMED BY LOVE?...

LITERATURE IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY. IT IS A SORT OF CONSORT OF SOMETHING ELSE. HUMAN LIFE IS BASED ON CERTAIN BELIEFS AND VALUES. LITERATURE IS BASED ON THESE VERY BELIEFS AND VALUES. BUT AN AUTHORS OWN EXPERIENCES AND HIS VISION OF LIFE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE BIRTH OF LITERATURE. HE IS NOT JUST A PRESENTER OF REALTY. IT IS NOT AS IF EVERY ASPECT OF REALITY APPEALS TO HIM. SOME THINGS TOUCH HIM DEEPLY AND AWAKEN HIS MIND. IT IS SUCH A MIND, PRIMED BY A PERSONAL INSIGHT INTO REALITY THAT CREATED LITERATURE WHEN IT IS TOUCHED BY IDEALISM. THE RAYS OF THE SUN FALLING UPON THE SURFACE OF WATER DO NOT PRODUCE A RAINBOW. IT IS ONLY WHEN THE RAYS, REFLECTED BY THE CLOUDS PASS THROUGH THE MYRIAD DROPLETS OF DEW IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THAT WE SEE THE BRILLIANT HUES OF THE RAINBOW. WHEN REALITY GETS THE MAGICAL TOUCH OF IDEALISM, ONLY THEN LITERATURE REACHES A DIFFERENT DIMENSION…! AS THE CHIEF GUEST OF VARIOUS LITERARY MEETS, RANJIT DESAI HAS DELIVERED MANY SPEECHES THAT HAVE TOUCHED UPON CLASSIC LITERATURE AND THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND IT. THIS IS A SELECT COLLECTION OF SOME OF HIS SPEECHES!

THE BOND OF WEDLOCK IS LIKE THE WELDING THAT BINDS TWO PLATES OF STEEL TOGETHER. AS A RESULT, TWO BEINGS BECOME STRONGER. LIFE GOES ON RELENTLESSLY. IT DOES NOT PAUSE FOR ANYBODY. CHILDREN GROW UP. WE LOSE THE COMPANY OF OUR FRIENDS; WE EXPERIENCE TIMES OF HAPPINESS AS WELL AS SORROW. BUT THROUGH ALL THESE UPHEAVALS THE COUPLE IS ALWAYS WITH EACH OTHER, ENJOYING THE PLEASURES OF THIS BOND. IT IS HERE THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE HEAVEN ON EARTH. WHEREVER THERE IS SUCH ONENESS, WEDDED LIFE REMAINS UNSCATHED DESPITE THE CONFLICTS OR UPHEAVALS IN THE WORLD AT LARGE, JUST LIKE THE PHOENIX THAT RISES FROM THE ASHES. IF YOU CAN ACQUIRE THIS STRENGTH, YOU CAN LET THE WORLD BE. YOU CAN SMILE AT CRITICISMS. AS LONG AS YOU ARE SURE THAT THERE IS SOMEONE FIRMLY BACKING YOU, THERE IS NO REASON TO FEAR ANYTHING, UNDERSTAND?’

THIS IS THE THIRD COLLECTION OF ITS TYPE BY MR. YADAV. THE HUMOUR IN THIS COLLECTION TAKES A DIFFERENT TURN FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO COLLECTIONS. THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT TURN DURING THESE 50 YEARS. THEY HAVE CREATED A CONTROVERSY AMONG THEMSELVES. THE AUTHOR SHADES A LIGHT WITH A SARCASTIC AND SATIRICAL NOTE. THE COMMON MAN WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF ALL THE STORIES IS FALLEN A PREY IN THE HANDS OF THE CORRUPTED SOCIAL LIFE, THE SELFISH AND SCHEMING MINDS OF THE POLITICIANS, THE OPPORTUNISTS, THE GREEDY GOVERNMENT SERVANTS, THE SO CALLED COSMOPOLITAN LADIES LOST IN THE SHALLOW IMAGES OF BEAUTY AND FALSE STATUS, THE DRUNKARDS AND THE TERRIBLE ATTITUDE OF THE SOCIETY. IN THIS BOOK, THE AUTHOR IS NOT PLAYING THE ROLE OF AN ENTERTAINER, BUT THAT OF A COMMENTATOR WHO IS TRYING TO BRING THE REAL PICTURE OF THIS SPOILED MARATHI PEOPLE. HE DOES THIS WITH A TINGE OF SARCASM TO THE HUMOUR. THE HUMOUR SUCCEEDS IN MAKING US HAPPY BUT NOT LEAST IS THE TINGE OF SATIRE WHICH DOES MAKE US LOOK AT THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. IT MAKES US THINK ABOUT IT INWARDLY. WE MUST APPRECIATE THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS COLLECTION.

THERE WERE TREMENDOUS CHANGES SEEN IN THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, INDUSTRIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL LIFE IN MAHARASHTRA DURING THE 50 YEARS POST INDEPENDENCE. THIS ALL NATURALLY AFFECTED THE LITERATURE, AS THE VIEWS OF THE LITTERATEUR CHANGED A LOT. NEW LINES AND FORMS OF LITERATURE CAME INTO PRACTICE. INITIALLY, THEY SUCCEEDED IN MAKING THE OLD APPEAR DULL, BUT WITH THE TIME, THEY ALSO LOST THEIR SPEED. ON THIS BACKGROUND, YADAV STANDS IN TO SEARCH THE MENTALITY CHANGED WITH THE TIME; HE TRIES TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT LINES AND FORMS OF LITERATURE, HE WORKS ON THEIR INITIATIVES, THEIR SIMILARITIES, THEIR DIFFERENCES, THEIR BACKGROUNDS WITH ALL HIS WIT AND WILL. HE HIMSELF IS A VERY SENSITIVE LITTERATEUR AND A CONTEMPLATIVE CRITIC.

YOU AND ME, EVERYONE IS THE MEMBER OF SAME SOCIETY, SO ARE THOUSAND OTHERS. BUT, A VERY FEW POSSESS A MIND WHICH IS SENSITIVE, CONTEMPLATIVE AND EMOTIONAL TOO. THIS IS SURELY A MIND OF A WRITER. THE THINGS WHICH WE CONSIDER AS VERY SIMPLE ARE NOT SO IN THE EYES OF A WRITER. WHAT WE FAIL TO NOTICE IN THE SIMPLE MODES AND ASPECTS OF LIFE HAVE A HIDDEN POWER IN THEM, HIDDEN MEANING IN THEM. IT IS THE WRITER WHO FINDS A MEANING FAVOURABLE TO THE SOCIETY IN THE SIMPLE THINGS AROUND US. HE CONTEMPLATES OVER THEM, AS THEY TOUCH VERY DEEPLY HIS EMOTIONAL SENSITIVE MIND. MANY A TIMES, IT IS SEEN THAT THE ROUTINE CULTURAL AND TRADITIONAL EVENTS HAVE LOST THEIR TRUE MEANING OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME. THE TURN THE RITUALS AND THE FESTIVALS TAKE ARE SOMETIMES NOT SO ELEGANT. ON THE CONTRARY, THEY TEND TO BE HIDEOUS IN A WAY OR OTHER. BUT A CONTEMPLATIVE MIND GOES BEYOND THE RITES AND RITUALS, TRIES TO FIND THE ORIGIN OF THE RITUALS, THE CULTURES, AND THE IDEAS BEHIND HAVING THEM. ONCE THE IDEA IS KNOWN THEN THE SAME SIMPLE RITUALS, FESTIVALS ARE BATHED IN A CERTAIN AURA. WE LOVE THE SIMPLEST OF THEM ALL. ONCE THIS MEANING IS MADE CLEAR THEN OUR MIND ENRICHES WITH THE VERY THOUGHT OF THEM. AN INQUISITIVE PERSONALITY OFTEN WONDERS ABOUT THE ORIGIN, BIRTH PLACE, THE EVENTS AND THE SURROUNDINGS OF A LITERATURE. THIS INQUISITIVENESS MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR ANY PERSON TO QUENCH THE THIRST AND TO FIND THE SECRETS OF BIRTH OF LITERATURE. ONE ALSO COMES ACROSS TO KNOW THE FATHER OF LITERATURE BETTER. ONE FINDS IMMENSE PLEASURE IN KNOWING THE SECRETS. THE STORIES UNDER THIS COLLECTION ARE BASED ON SOCIETY, CULTURE AND LITERATURE. THESE WILL NOT ONLY GIVE THE READERS IMMENSE PLEASURE WHILE LEADING LIFE BUT THEY WILL MAKE EVERYONE THINK, AT LEAST FOR SOME TIME.

GREENERY SHORT ESSAY IS A MODIFIED TYPE OF CREATIVE WRITING. IT HAS TWO PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS; WAYWARD IMAGINATION AND THE STRENGTH TO FIND THE TRUE MEANING OF SIMPLE TOPICS. WEIRDNESS AND VARIETY IS ALSO A PART OF SHORT ESSAYS; SOMETIMES IT IS IN THE PRESENTATION, SOMETIMES IT IS IN THE IMAGINATION, SOMETIMES IN THE FEELINGS PRESENTED IN IT, AND YET SOMETIMES IN THE DOCTRINES THAT IT SUGGESTS. THE SOUL OF SUCH WRITING IS THE INSPIRED THOUGHTS ARISEN FROM THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE HUMAN LIFE WITH AFFINITY. THIS TYPE OF WRITING IS SIMILAR TO TRADITION, MAJORITY, SHORT STORIES IN A WAY, THEY DO NOT GIVE MORE STRESS ON CREATIVITY AND LIMITED SELFTALK. THEY SHOW THE WANTONNESS OF IMAGINATION, FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, THE FREENESS OF ONE`S WANDERING MIND, IN A SWEET AND FREEHAND WAY, PROVING EMINENTLY PROPER TO THE NAME"SHORT ESSAY`. WE HAVE COLLECTED 14 OF SUCH DELIGHTFUL SHORT ESSAYS TO MAKE THE READER MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF WRITING AND TO BRING HIM CLOSE TO IT. THEY ALL POSSESS THE QUALITY OF BEING ENTICING. WE ARE SURE THAT THE READERS WILL ALSO FEEL THE SAME.

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

THE STORIES IN THIS BOOK ARE ALL OF A COMMON WOMAN WHOM WE SEE OFTEN EVERYWHERE. THESE STORIES REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT HER, THE FACTS WHICH ARE SURPRISINGLY INTENSE, YET THESE STORIES ARE VERY MEANINGFUL AND ARTISTIC. A GIRL CHILD IS A BURDEN EVEN BEFORE SHE IS BORN. SHE IS EXPLOITED AT ALL THE MODES OF LIFE. NO ONE SEEMS TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTH, ON THE CONTRARY, EVERY SINGLE BRICK IN THE HOUSE MOURNS ON HER BIRTH. THIS ESPECIALLY, WORRIES THE MOTHER OF SUCH CHILD. IN A LIFESTYLE, WHERE SCARCITY IS IN AMPLE, THEN ALL THE WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY FROM THE OLDEST TO THE YOUNGEST HAVE TO FACE THE INSUFFICIENCY, THE SCARCITY, AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL TORTURE IT BRINGS WITH IT. THE SOCIETY TREATS THE MALE GENDER AND THE FEMALE GENDER DIFFERENTLY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, THE WOMAN CAN BE THE ONE TO CARRY THE NAME OF HER HEREDITY. RICH OR POOR, A WOMAN IS ALWAYS AN OUTSIDER IN HER HOUSE, IN HER FAMILY, AT HER INLAWS PLACE, IN HER PARENT'S HOUSE. SHE IS TREATED AS A SERVANT, AS A SLAVE EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. NOBODY BELIEVES THAT SHE HAS HER CLASS, CASTE, OPINION, MIND, ETC. SHE IS ALWAYS CONSIDERED AS A DOWNTRODDEN, SHE IS ALWAYS IGNORED. THE SOCIETY TAKES A PRIDE IN USING HER FOR ITS VARIOUS DESIRES. SHE IS USED TO SATISFY THE LUST. SHE IS USED FOR GETTING WORK DONE. SHE IS USED FOR RAISING THE FAMILY. THE SOCIETY STANDS ON HER EFFORTS. WHILE DOING SO, THE SOCIETY DECORATES HER WITH DIFFERENT ORNAMENTS UNDER THE NAME OF VICE, VIRTUE, HOLY, SINFUL, LAWFUL, AND UNLAWFUL. THE STORIES HERE ARE A RESULT OF ALL THE FEELINGS AND CONCERN FOR A WOMAN WHO IS NATURALLY A PREY TO ALL THIS.THESE STORIES SHADE LIGHT ON THE DRAMA, PITY, STRUGGLE, POETRY, INJUSTICE, NEGLIGENCE, TORTURE, PAIN, TROUBLE, EXPLOITATION, ETC. WE COME ACROSS THE IMAGES WHICH ARE FULL OF FEELINGS, THE DIALOGUES WHICH ARE VERY MEANINGFUL, THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE LANGUAGE, THE DIFFERENT ANGLES OF NARRATION, THE PERFECT SEQUENCING OF THE WORDS, ETC. ALL THESE ASPECTS MAKE THE STORIES VERY LIVELY AND TRUE. THEY AFFECT THE READER WITH THE TRUTHFULNESS. THEY IMPRESS THE MINDS DEEPLY. ALL THESE STORIES REPRESENT THE PAIN OF A FEMALE MIND AS NEVER BEFORE.

TODAY IS THE MOST AUSPICIOUS DAY. THE UPNISHADAS WERE GRATIFIED TODAY. GOD HAS GRACED ALL OF US. TODAY WE ARE WRITING INDIA`S FUTURE. TODAY INDIA REALISES THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE MANKIND IRRESPECTIVE OF HIS CASTE AND RELIGION IS A RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY. THE WHOLE HEREDITY HAS GREAT ABILITIES, EACH COMMUNITY HAS SOME SPECIAL AURA OF ITS OWN, SPECIAL QUALITIES OF THEIR COMMUNITY, INDIANS THINK THAT "IT IS OUR DUTY TO COME CLOSER, TO ENRICH OUR MIND AND INTELLIGENCE, TO WIDEN OUR HUMANITY. WE SHOULD NEVER FEEL THAT ""ONLY OUR COMMUNITY IS GREAT, ALL THE VIRTUES ARE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY ARE UNCULTURED...`` WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THE MENTALITY TO DEGRADE PEOPLE. WE SHOULD NOT TAKE PRIDE IN MAKING THEM OUR SLAVES. ON THE CONTRARY, EVERYBODY SHOULD REALISE THAT ALL HUMANS ARE EQUAL. THEY ALL POSSESS DIVINE QUALITIES. EVERY COMMUNITY HAS ITS OWN AURA. EVERYONE SHOULD EMBRACE EVERYBODY WITHOUT HESITATION. WE SHOULD ENRICH OURSELVES BY REALISING THE IMPORTANCE OF OTHER COMMUNITIES, THEIR VIRTUES, THEIR VALUES. WITH OUR HEART AND SOUL WE SHOULD ACCEPT THE IMPORTANCE OF "ONE IN ALL` AND "ALL IN ONE`. IT IS TRUE THAT ALL THESE YEARS WE FOLLOWED DISCRIMINATION WHOLE HEARTEDLY. BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS OTHERS. LET US HOLD ON THE OUR GOODNESS. LET US HANDOVER ALL THE GOODNESS TO THE NEXT GENERATION. LET US HAND OVER THE HERITAGE OF LOVE AND CARING. LET US BURY THE HATRED DEEP INTO THE EARTH.`

WE ALL KNOW RANJIT DESAI AS A VERSATILE WRITER HE GOT HIS NAME AND FAME BECAUSE OF THE NOVELS, STILL HE STARTED HIS CAREER AS A WRITER WITH SHORT STORIES. DURING THE EARLY YEARS, HE MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE RURAL LIFE AND THE REALITIES THEREIN. LATER ON, HE TRIED TO WALK ON THE PATH OF HISTORY GIVING US WONDROUS STORIES WITH MAJESTIC ENVIRONMENT. HE SKETCHED PICTURES OF WELL KNOWN PERSONALITIES IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC AND ART. LATER ON, HE SWITCHED OVER TO STORIES WITH MORE STRESS ON NATURE, STARS ETC. MORPANKHI SAWALYA IS A COLLECTION OF 15 STORIES OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS, USED TO THE NATURE. THE PECULIARITY OF THESE STORIES IS THOUGH THEY ARE WRITTEN BY A HUMAN NOT EVEN A SINGLE HUMAN BEING COMES INTO OUR SIGHT THROUGHOUT AFTER GOING THROUGH THE WONDERFUL NATURE PICTURED BY RANJIT DESAI, WE WILL ONCE AGAIN REALISE HIS GREATNESS.

THE YOUNG ONE OF THE KOEL DOES NOT FORGET HIS SONG EVEN AFTER BEING RAISED IN A CROW’S NEST. BUT HUMAN BEINGS BROUGHT UP IN GOOD HOUSEHOLDS OFTEN FORGET THEIR HUMANITY. NEITHER LOVE NOR COMPASSION CAN HOLD THEM. IN WHAT DIRECTION WILL THE INDIFFERENT PARENTS, IRRESPONSIBLE TEACHERS, AND IMBALANCED YOUTH TAKE THIS WORLD?

MY DEAR VA PU; WHENEVER WE READ YOUR STORIES WE FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT READING THEM, YOU ARE TELLING THEM AND WE ARE LISTENING TO THEM. ALL YOUR STORIES REVEAL THE JOURNEY OF MARATHI LITERATURE; THEY SHOW THE UPS AND DOWNS, THE WAVES, THE TURNS THROUGHOUT THE JOURNEY. YOUR STORY TAKES A SHORT BREAK AT EVERY MILESTONE, LOOKS BACK AND THEN CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY ONCE AGAIN, WITH A NEW VITALITY. DEAR VA PU; YOUR NARRATIVES ARE THE MOST SENILE YET THE LATEST. THEY DO NOT ABANDON THE TRADITIONS NOR DO THEY EXCLUDE THE NEWEST TRENDS. YOUR STORYLINES DO NOT HAVE THE FORCE OF THE WATERFALL, NOR DO THEY RESEMBLE THE FATHOMLESS SEA, NEITHER DO THEY RESEMBLE THE RIVERS MAKING THEIR BANKS FERTILE. THEY FLOW LIKE A STREAM, GENTLY, RHYTHMICALLY, CAPTURING THE MINDS, HYPNOTIZING THEM.

Poetry collection by Renown marathi Poet `Shanta Shelke`. These poems nicely describes emotions of women and her bonding towards family and society.

This is a collection of the articles by Shantabai. She has appreciated various stories by various authors. She writes her views about `Changing`, the autobiographical article by the famous actress Leev Ulman. She also describes the very old autobiographical novel `Daivleela` by a Marathi author. She has written about Gandhiji, Madhav Julien, Tambe, Y. G. Joshi, Sharatchandra Punarvasu, and G. D. Madgulkar. She does not spare herself. She writes about her writing in detail. She describes the way through which she got familiar with the Sanskrit drama `Uttar Ram Charit`. She also jots down about the books she read at the very tender age.These articles will show the readers the various places in the field of literature of which they were not aware till today. All these articles reveal Shantabai`s love for literature and her curiosity about it.

THERE WERE TREMENDOUS CHANGES SEEN IN THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, INDUSTRIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL LIFE IN MAHARASHTRA DURING THE 50 YEARS POST INDEPENDENCE. THIS ALL NATURALLY AFFECTED THE LITERATURE, AS THE VIEWS OF THE LITTERATEUR CHANGED A LOT. NEW LINES AND FORMS OF LITERATURE CAME INTO PRACTICE. INITIALLY, THEY SUCCEEDED IN MAKING THE OLD APPEAR DULL, BUT WITH THE TIME, THEY ALSO LOST THEIR SPEED. ON THIS BACKGROUND, ANAND YADAV STANDS IN TO SEARCH THE MENTALITY CHANGED WITH THE TIME; HE TRIES TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT LINES AND FORMS OF LITERATURE, HE WORKS ON THEIR INITIATIVES, THEIR SIMILARITIES, THEIR DIFFERENCES, THEIR BACKGROUNDS WITH ALL HIS WIT AND WILL. HE HIMSELF IS A VERY SENSITIVE LITTERATEUR AND A CONTEMPLATIVE CRITIC.

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-ONE SHORT ESSAYS BY V.S.KHANDEKAR . IT IS A GREAT COMBINATION OF POETRY, HUMOR AND PHILOSOPHY . KHANDEKAR USED TO BELIEVE THAT POETRY IN THE SHORT ESSAY SHOULD BE LIKE THE SUN`S GENTLE GOLDEN RING. JOKES IN THE ESSAY SHOULD BE ELEGANT & PHILOSOPHY SHOULD BE LIKE DECENT MOONSHINE ON THE HORIZON . V.S.KHANDEKAR'S ESSAYS CONTAINS ALL THESE CHARACTERISTICS ALONG WITH IMMENSE EMOTIONAL WRITING STYLE. THESE ESSAYS REALLY LEAVES READERS SPELLBOUND.

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.

Shantabai has a quality of gauging the depths of minds. She does it very casually. `Nisargakade Parat` shows us a different aspect to look at our life. `Bhulbhulayya` makes us realise that sometimes it is very difficult to understand the behaviour, to know the difference between truth and illusion. `Gulab, Kate, aani Kalya` help us to notice that in daytoday life, we very easily and conveniently change our thorny nature. `Warkoholic` explains that sometimes working continuously and dedicatedly becomes a major problem. `Manatala Killa` reveals the truth that sometimes freedom is unwanted. `Olakh` teaches us to face small defeats and truths. `Chorbajar` is based on the facts of life. Through all the stories, the author has succeeded in showing various surprising aspects of life, exposing us to the naked truths.

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 SHORT ESSAYS BY KHANDEKAR, THE SECOND ONE OF ITS TYPE.I WILL DESCRIBE KHANDEKAR`S SHORT ESSAY AS THE DALLIANCE OF IMAGINATION AND DELIBERATE THINKING.

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.

AS A TEACHER AND A PARENT I HAVE OFTEN FELT THAT SOCIETY SHOULD HELP TO INCULCATE AS MANY VALUES ON THE MINDS OF TEENAGERS AS POSSIBLE. THE WORLD TODAY IS NOT ABLE TO EXPERIENCE BLISS AS WE HAVE FAILED TO INCULCATE THE LIFE-VALUES AS WE SHOULD HAVE. THE RARE BLISS WILL RETURN ONLY WHEN IT NOTICES THE HUMANITY IN EACH ONE OF US. IF WE WISH TO INSTILL DEVOTION IN THE MINDS OF THESE YOUNGSTERS, THEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE TWO ELEMENTS ARE POETRY AND EPICS LIKE RAMAYANA, MAHABHARATA AND BIBLE ETC. THIS COLLECTION OF POEM IS EXTREMELY MEANINGFUL. EACH POEM HAS THE IMMENSE CAPACITY TO CLEAR OUR MINDS AND CHALLENGE THE HIDDEN POWER OF EACH SOUL. ON A DARK NIGHT THE LIGHT OF TWINKLING STAR GUIDES US. IN A SIMILAR WAY THE POEMS IN THIS BOOK WILL GUIDE US ALONG THE PATH OF LIFE. V. S. KHANDEKAR.

THIS IS THE 14TH COLLECTION OF KHANDEKAR`S STORIES. THE FAMOUS WESTERN STORY WRITER "BATES` WRITES ABOUT THE SHORT STORY, A FORM OF LITERATURE - ""A STORY SHOULD NOT BE WRITTEN WITH THE INTENTION OF IMPLEMENTING A MORAL, OR TO FEED THEM A SUGAR-COATED DOSE OF PHILOSOPHY OR TO PRESENT THEM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ASPECT OR TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF BEST AND WORST. ON THE CENTRARY THEY SHOULD WRITE, OUT OF THE CURIOSITY ABOUT LIFE, TO HIGHTEN THE LIVELINESS, TO GIVE IMMENSE PLEASURE - THEY SHOULD BE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BY THE READERS. THE STORY WHICH REFLECTS THE FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS IN A WRITER`S MIND AND THE STORY WHICH MAKES THE READERS AWARE OF THESE FEELINGS IS A TRUE STORY AND IS A BEST STORY TO MY KNOWLEDGE.`` KEEPING THESE ASPECTS WELL IN MIND, THE READER CAN ENJOY KHANDEKAR`S STORIES IN A BETTER WAY.

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....