Anand Yadav

KACHVEL" IS THE SUCCESSOR OF ANAND YADAV S AUTOBIOGRAPHIES; "ZOMBI ', "NANGARANI ', AND "GHARBHINTI '. IN THE RURAL AREAS IT IS A CUSTOM TO MAKE A DESIGN ON THE FLOOR USING THE BROKEN GLASS BANGLES. THIS IS ALWAYS SHAPED IN THE FORM OF A VEIL INDICATING THE COMING GENERATION. EVERY HOUSEWIFE CONSIDERS HERSELF TO BE THE VEIL, HER OFFSPRING BEING THE VARIOUS BUDS AND FLOWERS BLOOMING. SHE DRAWS AS MANY BRANCHES AS HER CHILDREN. MY MOTHER POSSESSED THIS DIVINE FOLK ART, I SAW HER DIVINITY FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN THE COMING YEARS, ALL MY SIBLINGS CRAWLED ON THE VEIL. IN ITS PRESENCE, I COMPLETED MY STUDIES. THE "KACHVEL WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR MANY YEARS, RESEMBLING A CARPET. THERE ONWARDS, FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS, I HAVE TRIED TO COLLECT AS MANY BROKEN GLASS PIECES AS POSSIBLE. I HAVE PRESERVED ALL THE GLASS PIECES I THOUGHT WORTHY. THEY WERE GIVEN TO ME BY MANY EXPERIENCED AND DEXTEROUS ARTISTS. THEY HAVE MOULDED ME AS A PERSON. AT THE END, I HAVE FELT THAT THIS KACHVEL IS A SYMBOL OF MARATHI COMMUNITY AND CULTURE; WITH ME AS A MERE PORTER.

ZOMBEE LITERALLY MEANS WRESTLING. THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF A YOUTH FROM INTERIOR MAHARASHTRA. HE FIGHTS HIS WAY THROUGH JUST TO COMPLETE HIS SECONDARY EDUCATION. HIS LANDLESS FATHER TILLING LANDS FOR OTHERS, THINKS HIS SON S EDUCATION NOT ONLY UNAFFORDABLE BUT UNWISE ALSO, HE HELPLESSLY WATCHES HIS MOTHR PERMANENTLY FATED TO THANKLESS LABOUR, CONTINEOUSLY WORKING FOR AN EVERGROWING FAMILY DEEP IN THE CLUTHES OF CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS. HE HAD TO WRESTLE WITH HARDSHIPS AND HUNGER TO COMPLETE HIS SCHOOL EDUCATION. THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL IS AN AUTHENTIC TALE AS MUCH OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS FAMILY AS OF ANY OF THE HUNDREDS OF LANDLESS FAMILIES FROM RURAL INTERIORS.

THE PROCESS OF GENERATING LITERATURE: (PUBLISHED IN 1989) THIS NOVEL OF DR. ANAND YADAV UNTANGLES THE PERPLEXING PROCESS OF THE BIRTH OF LITERATURE. I WOULD RATHER SAY THAT IT IS A UNIQUE AND UNRIVALLED PIECE OF LITERATURE WITH A PHILOSOPHICAL BASE. HOW IS THE SEED FOR GENERATION SOWN IN AN ARTISTIC MIND? HOW DOES THE ARTISTIC MIND TRAVEL FROM THE FORMAL EXPERIENCES TO THE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES? WHY DOES THE ARTIST FIND THE EXPRESSION MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE FORM OF LITERATURE? WHY A RIFT DEVELOPS BETWEEN THE ARTIST S CONVENTIONS AND THE READER S EXPERIENCE? THE AUTHOR HAS HONESTLY TRIED TO ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS IN HIS FULLEST CAPACITY. TO GIVE MORE DEPTH TO THIS DESCRIPTION, HE NEUTRALLYCRITICIZES HIS OWN CREATIVE LITERATURE LIKE "NATARANG , "GOTAVALA , AND BHAY. THIS IS A MASTER PIECE IN THE WORLD OF LITERATURE. IT IS THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE IN THE FIELD OF A NEW FACULTY; "THE WRITER S SKILLS .

THE FARMSTEAD LOOKED AS IF IT WAS UNWELL... EVERYTHING LOOKED BARREN DASH; NOT A SINGLE TREE, NOR ANTHILL, NOR AN OUTCROP... HOW WOULD CATTLE COME THERE, OR ANY CHILDREN? COME ON ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. BETTER NOT STAY HERE ANY LONGER. LET ME GATHER ALL THAT IS MINE AND MOVE, FROM ONE MOOR, TO ANOTHER. LOOKING FOR A FARMSTEAD. THERE IS NOTHING HERE TO HOLD ME BACK.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SET IN THE 1970S, NATARANG IS A VERY RENOWNED NOVEL IN MARATHI LITERATURE, ONE OF ITS OWN TYPE. IT IS ILLUSTRIOUS AS WELL AS GLOOMY. THIS PICTURES ALMOST ALL YADAV S SKILL AS A WRITER. HE POSSESSES AN IMMENSE QUALITY TO PICTURE THE EVENTS TRULY, MAKING THEM VERY INTERESTING, GIVING THEM A TOUCH OF PSYCHOSCIENTIFIC ASPECT. HE HAS A PERFECT SENSE OF HUMOUR AND COMPASSION, CATCHES IT WITHOUT FAIL AND MAKES THE NOVEL LIVELY. NATRANG IS A MOURNFUL NOVEL OF AN INDIAN ARTIST. IT HAS MANY ASPECTS OF EXPERIENCE. IT IS A HOMOGENOUS MIXTURE OF THE INTENSE POVERTY AND ARTISTIC ENERGY, AN ARTIST S FAMILY AND THE ARTIST S PERSONALITY. THE AUTHOR HAS PORTRAYED THE LIFESTYLE OF AN ARTIST FROM THE MATANG COMMUNITY. HE WANTS TO LEAVE THE SAFE BOUNDARIES, LEAD HIS LIFE IN A DIFFERENT MANNER, AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONS, WANTS TO PRODUCE SOME FINE ARTS, HE IS INSPIRED BY HIS SOUL. HE HAS TO FIGHT WITH THE ARTISTS WHO ARE READY TO SELL THEIR ART FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY. THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS PERFECTLY WELL THE ARTIST WITH HIS PUREST MIND DEDICATED TOWARDS ARTS. DR. CHANDRAKANT BANDIWADEKAR.

MAULI IS A NOVEL NOVEL, THE CAT BEING ITS CENTRAL CHARACTER. IT IS THE AUTHOR S PET. SLOWLY, ALONG WITH THE AUTHOR ALL HIS FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, RELATIVES, AND THE KINDRED OF THE CAT INCLUDING A CRUEL BLACK HE CAT, JOIN IN TO FORM A UNIT. THE NOVEL TAKES A PECULIAR MODE, THE WEFTS AND WARPS ARE WOVEN TIGHTLY FORMING A BEAUTIFUL WEAVING PATTERN. READERS WILL BE ASTONISHED WITH YADAV S OBSERVATION SKILLS. HIS LONGING FOR KEEN OBSERVATION OPENS UP AN ENTIRE NEW UNIVERSE FOR HIM. HE TRIES TO EXPLORE IT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, YET NOT FORGETTING HIS SENSES WHICH ARE ALWAYS WIDE AWAKE. WITH HIS IMMENSE WRITING SKILLS HE TAKES THE READERS TO THE ABORIGIN OF THE NATURE, WHICH IS BASED ON THE FOUNDATION OF SELFDEFENSE AND CONTINUING THE LINEAGE. THE READER UNKNOWINGLY TURNS TO THE PATH OF PRIMITIVE FOUNDATION OBSERVING THE ONLY TRUE RELATION BETWEEN A MALE AND A FEMALE, WHO THEMSELVES ARE DEPENDENT ON GENESIS AND THE RHYTHM. THIS CAT NO MORE REMAINS A MERE CAT. SHE TAKES THE FORM OF "AADIMAYA , SHE PRESENTS THE DIVINE FORM OF SELFBIRTH. "MAULI THUS TAKES A FORM OF THE CONTEMPLATION OF LIFE. THIS NOVEL IS VERY UNIQUE; I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE, TOUCHING SIMULTANEOUSLY YET GENTLY THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PHILOSOPHY, TRADITIONS, FOLK TALES AND THE ORTHODOX SETTING OF THE TYPICAL INDIAN MENTALITY. PROF. ARVIND VAMAN KULKARNI.

COMMON MAN STRUGGLES HARD TO LIVE A SIMPLE LIFE. MANY A TIMES, HIS EFFORTS TO LIVE MAKE HIM PITEOUS IN OTHERS MINDS. PEOPLE LAUGH AT HIM. MANY A TIMES, MAN TRIES TO BRING CONSISTENCY IN HIS SURROUNDING FOR A SMOOTH LIVING WHICH ACTUALLY GIVES RISE TO DISCREPANCY. THIS ALSO MAKES A FOOL OUT OF HIM. THIS TYPE OF HUMOUR ALWAYS HAS A TINGE OF COMPASSION TO IT. MANY A TIMES, SMART PEOPLE DECEIVE INNOCENT PEOPLE FOR THEIR SELFISHNESS, UNKNOWINGLY, UNEXPECTEDLY. A NEUTRAL PERSON MIGHT ENJOY THEIR SHREWDNESS AND MAY EVEN PRAISE THEM. A SMILE APPEARS ON HIS LIPS FOR A FRACTION OF SECOND. EXAGGERATION IS THE SOUL OF HUMOUR. ANAND YADAV S STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION ARE A PROOF TO THIS. HIS HUMOUR DOES NOT ARISE FROM THE LANGUAGE, IT IS MAINLY RELATED WITH THE DAYTODAY LIFE. ALL THE STORIES HAVE A HUMOUROUS MEANING. THE CHARACTERS, THE EVENTS, THEIR ADVERSE EFFECTS, ALL THIS BINDS TOGETHER AND CREATES HUMOUR. THIS HUMOUR IS THEN FRESH LIKE A MORNING FLOWER, YET THROWS LIGHT ON THE VARIOUS MENTALITIES OF THE PEOPLE AROUND US.

THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE PIECE OF LITERATURE IN THE MARATHI WORLD. IT INCISIVELY REVEALS THE CUTTHROAT COMPETITION AND THE CAMPAIGN DURING THE DAYTO DAY LIFE, REMINDING ABOUT THE MILITANCY OF MAHABHARAT . THIS IS A REPRESENTATIVE YET PECULIAR STORY OF A RURAL MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY.THIS IS A STORY OF THE DESPERATE FIGHT OF A YOUNG, SENSITIVE MIND AGAINST THE INESCAPABLE, RELENTLESS FINANCIAL SUFFERINGS.IT IS A STORY OF HIS EFFORTS TO COME OUT OF THE LABYRINTH SUCCESSIVELY WITH THE HELP OF SCANTY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. THIS IS YET ANOTHER NOVEL AFTER ZOMBI , WOVEN WITH THE STRONG WEFTS AND WARPS, PRESENTING THE UNBELIEVABLE WORST RURAL ADVERSITIES.IT IS VERY GENUINE. THIS IS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, YET IT PERFECTLY REVEALS THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE FUTURE RURAL LITERATURE IS LEADING.IT SUCCESSFULLY EXPLORES THE INS AND OUTS OF THE RURAL LIFE.

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.

WHAT HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN IT A THOUGHT? IT IS BEING STOIC WHILE GETTING CULTIVATED UNDER THE SHARP EDGES OF IMPLEMENTS IN ALL DIRECTIONS, IN ALL ANGLES, IT IS BURNING THOROUGHLY IN THE SCORCHING SUN. THE SOIL LABORIOUSLY TOLERATES THE FURROWS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MANKIND, FOR THE WHOLESOME HARVEST, FOR THE LUSH GREENERY THEREAFTER, FOR SATISFYING THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE CATTLE, THE BIRDS, THE ANIMALS, THE INSECT KINGDOM. PLOUGHING IS THE OPEN BEAK OF THE LONGING EARTH, WAITING FOR THE RAIN TO QUENCH THE THIRST OF THE UNIVERSE. PLOUGHING IS THE SUFFOCATION OF MOTHER EARTH. IT IS A COMPASSIONATE STAGE OF THE MOTHER EARTH BEFORE THE ANXIOUS CREATIVITY OF GREENERY EVERYWHERE.

BY THE TIME, ANAND STARTED WRITING STORIES, HE HAD MASTERED THE POETRY FORM VERY WELL. HIS STORIES SOUGHT NEW DIMENSIONS AND ACHIEVED HEIGHTS LINE AFTER LINE. HIS STORIES ARE BASED ON RURAL LIVES. THEY ARE NOT MONOTONOUS IN THEIR FORM. EACH TALKS FOR ITSELF. THE CHARACTERS HAVE THEIR OWN NATURE, VOICE AND WAY OF BEHAVING AND COMMUNICATING. IN THIS RECENT BOOK, THE DIFFERENCE IN STYLE IS NOTICEABLE. HE IS SKIPPING THE UNWANTED DETAILS LIKE SKETCHING THE NATURE, EXTRA DIALOGUES AND MANY SUCH THINGS. HIS CHARACTERS ARE BECOMING MORE PRECISE. AT TIMES, HIS WRITING HAS A TOUCH OF DRAMATIC. THE EMOTIONS REVEALED ARE VARIED. THIS IS A COLLECTION OF 24 STORIES. THEY ALL ARE BASED ON VARIOUS EXPERIENCES. THE CHARACTERS PAINTED HERE HAVE SHADES TOO. THEY DO NOT COPY EACH OTHER. EACH ONE LEADS HIS OR HER LIFE AND HAS HIS OR HER PERCEPTIONS. THESE STORIES TAKE PLACE IN THE VICINITY OF A VILLAGE WHICH ITSELF IS A COMMUNITY. EACH VILLAGE HAS ITS OWN IDENTITY. YET, IT WILL NOT BE WRONG TO SAY THAT SOMEWHERE ALL THE VILLAGERS ARE TIED UP IN A HARMONIOUS SETTING. WHATEVER DIFFERENCES THEY MIGHT BE HAVING, THEY JOIN HANDS IN CASE OF DANGERS. THEY ALL ARE INDEED HUMANS AFTER ALL...............

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.

ANAND YADAV S STORIES ARE NOT BASED ON HUMOUR CREATED BY WORDS OR LANGUAGE. THE HUMOUR IS BASED ON THE LIFE, EVENTS, FAMILY BACKGROUND, SOCIAL SITUATION IN A RURAL AREA. THE ANOMALY, THE MISERABLE NATURE OF SHALLOW LIVING GIVES RISE TO HUMOUR AND THE AUTHOR CATCHES IT PERFECTLY IN HIS WORDS. HIS STORIES DO NOT HAVE THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ENTERTAINMENT. IT POINTS OUT THE SITUATION, THE SOCIAL LIFE, THE HUMAN NATURE SPORTINGLY, WITHOUT ANY SARCASM. HIS STORIES OFTEN HAVE A LINING OF COMPASSION, WHICH MAKES US THINK AUTOMATICALLY. THIS IS THE UNIQUE FEATURE OF HIS STORIES.

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 LIFESTYLE. 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.

THIS WORK WHICH FOCUSSES ON RURAL MARATHI LITERATURE IS A COLLECTION OF 17 ARTICLES WRITTEN BETWEEN 1968 AND 1979. THE AUTHOR WHO IS A SENIOR AND EMINENT AUTHOR AND LITERARY. ग्रामीण साहित्याचा सर्वांगीण अभ्यास करणारा हा मराठीतील पहिलाच ग्रंथ. मराठी ग्रामीण कथा, कादंबरी,कविता या साहित्य-प्रकारांचे ऐतिहासिक स्वरूप तर ग्रंथकाराने विशद करून दाखविलेच आहे; शिवाय त्यातून निर्माण होणाNया अनेक तात्त्विक प्रश्नांची उत्तरे साहित्यशास्त्रीय भूमिकेवरून देण्याचा प्रयत्न केला आहे. स्वातंत्र्यकाळातील ग्रामीण साहित्यातल्या पहिल्या पिढीच्या अनेक मर्यादाही ग्रंथकाराने स्पष्ट केल्या आहेत.ग्रामीण भाषेसंबंधीचे आपले विचार निर्भीडपणे मांडून नव्या पिढीच्या ग्रामीण साहित्याचे स्वरूप, या पिढीच्या ग्रामीण लेखकांचे व्यक्तिमत्त्व, त्यांच्या साहित्यविषयक अडचणीही दाखवून दिल्या आहेत. एवू ण मराठी साहित्यात 'ग्रामीण साहित्याचे स्थान' नेमके काय आहे, हे धीटपणे सांगितले आहे.ग्रामीण साहित्याच्या संदर्भात या गोष्टी प्रथमच चिकित्सक रसिकांच्या समोर येत आहेत. ग्रामीण साहित्याची स्वत निर्मिती करणाNया डॉ. आनंद यादव यांनी एवू ण ग्रामीण साहित्याचा केलेला विचार त्यांच्या स्वानुभवाचे तेज घेऊन आल्याचे ग्रंथातील अनेक प्रखर आणि परखड विधानांतून जाणवते.