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EACH OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS CARRY GERM FOR STORIES. MANY A TIMES THESE GERMS ARE HIDDEN IN A PECULIAR STYLE IN AN EMOTION, IN AN EXPRESSION, THEY ARE OFTEN HIDDEN IN EXPRESSIONS, IN OCCASIONS, IN DILEMMA. WE ARE SLEEPING ALL THE TIME, ALWAYS PEACEFULLY BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN SOME FEELING TOUCHES US DEEPLY, UNKNOWINGLY, BUT DEFINITELY. THE AWAKENING TAKES A FORM OF A STORY FULL OF EMOTIONS THOUGHTS AND IMAGINATION. THIS SUDDEN TOUCHING RESEMBLES AN UNEXPECTED THORNY PRICK ON A SMOOTH ROAD. THE STORIES INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION ARE THE PRODUCTS OF SUCH THOUGHTS. THEY HAVE FLOWN TO MIND UNKNOWINGLY AND HAVE TAKEN A FORM OF STORIES. I HAVE DARED TO PEN THEM DOWN FOR MY BELOVED READERS. I TRULY WISH THAT AT LEAST SOME OF MY CREATIONS SUCCEED IN GIVING IMMENSE HAPPINESS. SOME OF MY CREATION MAY ENLIGHTEN THE MINDS OF READERS, MAY HEIGHTEN THEIR FEELINGS. WHAT ELSE DOES AN AUTHOR WANT? HE WANTS THE SHEER HAPPINESS, THE SATISFACTION WHICH CAN BE EXPERIENCED ONLY IF THE READER IS HAPPY. EVERY TIME WHEN MY WRITING IS PUBLISHED I HAVE THE SAME FEELINGS IN MY MIND.

SHORT ESSAYS FROM ZIMZIM DESCRIBES A STORY WITH SENSORY DESCRIPTIONS. V.S.KHANDEKAR NOT ONLY TELLS STORY, BUT ALSO MAKE A POINT BY GIVING REASONS. IN THESE ESSAY'S A WRITER TRIES TO CONVINCE HIS READERS TO ADOPT HIS POSITION ON A POINT OF VIEW OR ISSUE AFTER HE PROVIDES THEM SOLID REASONING IN THIS CONNECTION.

THE STORIES IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN 15-20 YEARS BACK BEFORE THEY WERE PUBLISHED. WHEN THE AUTHOR WENT THROUGH THEM BEFORE PUBLISHING HE WAS ASTONISHED WITH THEM. HIS MINDSEET WAS VERY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THAT EARLIER. HE WANTED TO ALTER THE STORIES, BUT STOPPED HIMSELF FROM DOING SO. HE HAD A STRANGE MIXTURE OF FEELINGS. HE FELT THAT THOSE WERE HIS STORY BUT YET HE DIDN T KNOW THEM. HE REALISED THAT TIME CHANGES A PERSON INSIDE-OUTSIDE. AT MOMENTS, HE THOUGHT THAT THE AUTHOR OF THE STORIES. I.E. HE HIMSELF THEN WAS A DIFFERENT PERSON FROM WHAT HE WAS NOW. HIS MINDSET HAD CHANGED COMPLETELY. HE FELT A PITY AS HE COULD NOT X-RAYED HIS MIND THEN AND NOW. HIS STYLE DURING HIS EARLY YEARS AS A STORY WRITER WAS SIMILAR TO RAM GANESH GADKARI. AT SOME PLACES, HIS STORIES EXAGERRATE A LOT. STILL THE AUTHOR DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES IN HIS STORIES AFTER 10 YEARS, BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT AFTER A LONG TIME THE CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE INSIDE ONE S MIND WILL HARM THE CORE OF THE STORY AND HE ALSO REALISED THAT FOR AN AUTHOR ALSO IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME FEELING WHICH PREVAILED HIS MIND WHILE ORIGINALLY WRITING THE STORY. THAT ILLUSION WHICH CREATES A STORY IS NOT A SLAVE. SO CORRECTING OR CHANGING THE STORY TO MAKE IT BETTER MIGHT DAMAGE IT ACTUALLY. HENCE, THE AUTHOR DID NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE STORIES WHILE PUBLISHING THEM 15-20 YEARS AFTER WRITING THEM.

"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.

IN THIS WORLD AROUND US WE COME ACROSS MANY MISFORTUNES, HARDSHIPS. WHO CAUSES THEM? MAN IS NOT THE ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. IT IS NOT JUST HIS WICKEDNESS THAT CAUSES IT. HIS INTELLECTUAL AND SOULFUL FEEBLENESS IS AS MUCH RESPONSIBLE. THERE IS A STEADY CONFLICT BETWEEN OUR TWO MINDS. ONE BLINDLY ABIDES BY ALL THE NATURAL FEELINGS AND ONE VOTES FOR THE CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE SOCIETY. COMMON MAN FAILS TO UNVEIL THE CURTAIN OVER THE CONFLICT TO FIND THE TRUTH. HE IS SIMPLY UNABLE TO PICTURE THE VASTNESS OF HUMANITY BEAUTIFULLY ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS CREATED BECAUSE OF THE MACHINES. TILL THESE PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED AND THESE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED, EVERBODY S LIFE WILL BE SHADOWED DURING THIS REFORMATIVE PHASE.

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....

""THE MULTI FACETED PERSONALITY OF AGARKAR WAS ADORNED WITH QUALITIES LIKE PURITY, NOBILITY AND MAGNIFICENCE. HE PERFORMED EVERY ROLE IDEALLY INCLUDING THAT OF A STUDENT, TEACHER, WRITER, EDITOR AND A SOCIAL REFORMER. HIS PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS WERE REFLECTED IN HIS WRITING AND TEACHING EFFECTIVELY AND STRONGLY. HIS VISION, LOVE FOR TRUTH, FERVOUR, SOLICITUDE, ETC. WERE BLENDED HARMONIOUSLY IN HIS WRITING. HE IS ONE OF THE TOPMOST ESSAY WRITERS AMONG THE MARATHI WRITERS. IT IS NOT JUST HIS ART OF EXPRESSING BUT HIS SKILL AS A WRITER AND A PROFOUND THINKER THAT MADE HIS WORK SO IMPRESSIVE. HIS STRONG AFFECTION TOWARDS SOCIETY HELPED HIM CREATE WONDERS WITH WORDS. HE TRIED INTENTLY TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL TO SURVIVE WELL. HE MIGHT NOT HAVE STUDIED THE TRUE FORM OF AN ESSAY OR ITS TECHNIQUES BUT HE HAD DEFINITELY GIVEN A STRONG CONSIDERATION TO THE REASONS THAT TIED US TO SLAVERY FOR YEARS TO COME. HIS WRITING IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND IS BASED ON HIS INTENT STUDY OF SOCIETY. AGARKAR AIMED TO AWAKEN THE SOCIETY. UNINTENTIONALLY, HE MASTERED MANY ASPECTS OF GOOD LITERATURE WRITING. HE CONSIDERED HIS PEN AS A SWORD AND HIS WORDS AS ULTIMATE POWER. "" ""मराठी साहित्यातील अलौकिक प्रतिभेचे कवी, नाटककार आणि विनोदकार वै . राम गणेश गडकरी यांच्या जीवनपटाच्या पाश्र्वभूमीवर श्री. वि. स. खांडेकरांनी चितारलेले हे वाङ्मयात्मक, परंतु यथार्थ व्याQक्तचित्र आहे. हा मूळ ग्रंथ वै . गडकNयांच्या मृत्यूनंतर सुमारे बारा वर्षांनी १९३२ मध्ये प्रथम प्रसिद्ध झाला. त्याची सुधारित आवृत्ती १९४७ मध्ये प्रसिद्ध झाली. त्यानंतर पन्नास वर्षांनी, १९९७ मध्ये तिसरी आवृत्ती प्रसिद्ध झाली आणि आता या पुस्तकाचे पुनर्मुद्रण होत आहे, ते वाचकांच्या आणि अभ्यासकांच्या सततच्या मागणीमुळेच. या ग्रंथात श्री. गडकNयांच्या सर्व प्रकारच्या साहित्याचे विस्तृत समालोचन असले, तरी प्राधान्याने त्यांच्या नाटकांवरच अधिक भर देण्यात आला आहे. मराठी नाट्यसृष्टीच्या जन्मकाळापासूनच्या पुढील पन्नास वर्षांतील सर्व प्रमुख नाट्यप्रवाहांचा संगम वै . गडकNयांच्या नाटकांत झालेला होता; त्यामुळे त्यांच्या नाटकांचा मार्मिक व चिकित्सक दृष्टीने अभ्यास होणे आवश्यक होते. या अभ्यासाचे फलस्वरूप गडकरी व्यक्ती आणि वाङ्मय या पुस्तकाच्या रूपाने श्री. खांडेकरांनी चोखंदळ वाचकांपुढे ठेवले आहे. वै . गडकNयांच्या मृत्यूला आता जवळजवळ शंभर वर्षे पूर्ण होत आली असली, तरी त्यांच्य

THIS IS COLLECTION OF KHANDEKAR S METEORS. THEY ARE VERY FEW IN NUMBER BUT ARE INTENSE IN FEELINGS. THEY HAVE THE UNIVERSAL TOUCHING PHILOSOPHY. METEORS IS A TITLE IN ITSELF, A TYPE, A PARTICULAR WAY. BUT, SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN THE FORM OF LEGENDS. SOMETIMES, THEY ARE DRESSED WITH A PHILOSOPHICAL TOUCH. SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN THE FORM OF PROSE BUT HAVE THE TREMULOUS FORM OF POETRY. THE READERS WHO ARE GREATLY FOND OF KHANDEKAR S LITERATURE AND WHO ARE VERY WELL FAMILIAR WITH HIS STYLE NEED NO OTHER DESCRIPTION OF THIS BOOK.

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.

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 CONSISTS OF SEVENTEEN OF KHANDEKAR'S PROSE ARTICLES. KHANDEKAR STARTED TO WRITE FOR A WEEKLY 'VAINATEY' WHICH WAS PUBLISHED FROM SAWANTWADI. LATER, HE ALSO CONTRIBUTED FOR THE WEEKLY 'AKHAND BHARAT'. THIS PARTICULAR WRITING RESEMBLES SHORT ESSAYS. THE TOPICS ARE RELATED TO DAY-TO-DAY LIVING YET, THE WRITING REFLECTS A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS. KHANDEKAR HAS A UNIQUE STYLE WHICH IS CLEARLY SEEN HERE. THESE ARTICLES HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE MARATHI CULTURE IN THE LAST CENTURY...श्री. वि.स.खांडेकरांच्या सतरा ललित गद्यलेखांचा हा संग्रह आहे. श्री. खांडेकरांनी लेखनास प्रारंभ केला, तो साप्ताहिकातून. सावंतवाडीच्या वैनतेय या साप्ताहिकात ते नियमितपणे लिहीत असत. त्यानंतर अखंड भारत या साप्ताहिकात त्यांनी असेच सातत्याने लेखन केले. लघुनिबंधाशी जवळचे नाते सांगणारे हे लेखन आहे. त्यातील विषय प्रासंगिक स्वरूपाचे असले, तरी त्यावरील हे लेखन चिंतनगर्भ असे आहे. त्यावर श्री. खांडेकरांची स्वतंत्र अशी मुद्रा उमटलेली आहे. पंचाहत्तर वर्षांपूर्वींची मराठी संस्कृती कशी होती, याचे नेमके चित्रण या सतरा ललित गद्यलेखांच्या संग्रहातून अभ्यासू वाचकाला आढळेल.

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.

A NEST PROTECTS THE NEWLY HATCHED, WINGLESS BIRDS, BUT ONCE THE BIRDS GROW AND DEVELOP WINGS THEN THE SAME NEST ACTS AS A CAGE FOR THEM. WE HUMAN BEINGS FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT OUR FAMILY, HOME, GOD, RELIGION, LOVE, FARMING, EDUCATION, BUSINESS ETC. AT A VERY EARLY STAGE, THAT OF A CHILD, WE FIND EVERTHING BEAUTIFUL. WE FEEL PROTECTIVE INSIDE OUR SHELTERS. ALL OF THESE ABOVE MENTIONED PLACES HAVE BUILT AND NURTURED THE SOCIETY. BUT REALLY THINKING, ARE ALL THESE ASPECTS USEFUL IN TODAYS MACHINE MINDED CULTURE? THE INGENIOUSLY TALENTED AND COMPETENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS HAVE CAGED THEMSELVES. THEIR COMPETENCY FAILS TO CROSS THE WALLS OF THEIR HOUSES. THEY ARE CONFINED INSIDE THEIR CIRCLES. THEY JUST BLAHBLAH ABOUT THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL REFORMATION BUT THEY DO NOT DARE TO ACT UPON IT. ON THE CONTRARY THEY IGNORE THEIR DUTIES. THEY JUST DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE SECURED BOUNDARIES OF THEIR NESTS. THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS LUST TOWARDS PERSONAL LIFE AND EXTREME DISPASSION TOWARDS THE SOCIAL LIFE. THIS APPROACH HOLDS THEM FROM STEPPING ON TO NEW PATH. THEY PREFER TO STUMBLE ON THE SAME PATH WHICH IS FULL OF PITHOLES, WHICH IS FULL OF MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT EDUCATION, FAMILY MANAGEMENT, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, THE RELATIONS BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN, ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR APPROACH TO BE CONFINED TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR HOUSE.

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.

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.

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.

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.