D M Mirasdar

YET ANOTHER SET OF STORIES 14 IN ALL, BASED ON THE CHARACTERS LIVING IN BHOKARWADI. A GLIMPSE ON A FEW OF THEM: SHIVA JAMDADE AND HIS TEAM, LOST IN DREAMS OF ESTABLISHING BHOKARWADI HIGH TO EXTRACT KEROSENE FROM THE WELL AND EARN LIKE NEVER BEFORE NANA CHENGAT LOST IN THE LUST OF HIDDEN TREASURES, ROAMING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER BABU WRESTLER DECIDES TO GO ON A LONG LASTING FAST, BUT JUST A DAY BEFORE HIS ANNOUNCED FAST HE CONSUMES A LOT BAPU HAD PROMISED HIS WIFE THAT HE WILL TAKE HER FOR A MOVIE AFTER HE IS ABLE TO SELL THE MAWA, BUT COULD HE KEEP HIS PROMISE? HOW DID THE HEADMASTER ALLOW BAWALE SIR TO CONTINUE WITH HIS BAD HABIT OF CONSUMING NASAL TOBACCO? REALLY, WHAT A LOT IS HAPPENING AT BHOKARWADI WE ALL MUST VISIT THIS PLACE AND WITNESS THE HAPPENINGS. THE COMEDY IS SOMETHING NOT TO MISS.

FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END, THIS COLLECTION IS FULL OF ENTERTAINMENT. THE WORDS HAVE SUCH POWER THAT THEY MAKE YOU LAUGH AND THINK AT THE SAME TIME, THEY REVEAL THE HUMOUR BUT ALSO THE SECRETS OF LIFE HIDDEN DEEP DOWN. EACH HUMAN MIND CRAVES FOR AUTHORITY AND YET TRIES TO SHUN AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITY. NANA'S CHARACTER IS BASED ON SUCH CONTROVERSIAL FEELINGS. HE WANTS TO BE FAMOUS YET, HE IS ALWAYS SCARED OF PEOPLE AROUND HIM. HIS MIND CRAVES FOR IMPORTANCE STILL, HE FEARS EVERYONE. DESTINY OPENS UP SOME NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIM, BUT HIS POOR LUCK SNATCHES AWAY EVERYTHING FROM HIM. WHENEVER HE TRIES TO TELL HIS VILLAGERS SOMETHING OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE, THEY EITHER IGNORE HIM OR BEAT HIM. DOES HE GET NAME AND FAME AT THE END.......? TO GET THE ANSWERS, YOU MUST READ GUDGULYA AND EXPERIENCE TICKLING THROUGHOUT.

A SET OF FOUR ONEACT PLAYS EACH BASED ON TOPICS FROM OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.THE FIRST PLAY IS BASED UPON A TEACHER'S ROOM IN A SCHOOL. DA MA DOES NOT FAIL TO PAINT A DETAILED PICTURE OF THE ROOM. HE DESCRIBES NOT JUST THE ROOM BUT ALSO THE MENTALITIES OF EACH PERSON PRESENT THEREIN. THE WAY TEACHERS BEHAVE, THE WAY THEY TREAT EACH OTHER, THE WAY THEY CRAVE FOR A HOLIDAY AND THE WAY THEY DO NOT HESITATE TO CRITICIZE THEIR HEADMASTER. DA MA PICTURES EVERYTHING EXCELLENTLY WELL AND SUCCEEDS IN MAKING A PLACE FOR EVERYONE IN OUR MINDS. WE COME SO CLOSE TO THE SUFFERINGS THAT EACH OF THEM IS PASSING THROUGH THAT AT MOMENTS WE FEEL THAT THIS ALL IS TAKING PLACE IN OUR OWN PREMISES.

A SET OF 12 STORIES WOVEN TOGETHER TO OFFER US SOME KIND OF RELAXATION FROM THE DAILY HUBBUB AND CHAOS. DA MA, WITH HIS SENSITIVE MIND AND CLEAR VISION SUCCEEDS IN REVEALING THE SMALL BOUTS OF HAPPINESS AND CONTENT WRAPPED IN THE TINIEST MOMENTS WHICH WE OTHERWISE FAIL TO NOTICE. IT IS A FACT THAT EACH ONE HAS SUFFERS FROM SOME PROBLEM OR THE OTHER IN HIS OR HER LIFE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO JUST CANNOT COME OUT OF THE SOLACE CREATED BY THEMSELVES. ON THE OTHER HAND, A FEW HAVE SUCH ZEAL THAT THEY INDULGE THEMSELVES IN THE WONDERS OF LIFE INSTEAD OF NITPICKING. THOUGH A FEW, THEY HELP TO RELEASE THE TENSIONS IN THE SURROUNDINGS. TATYA, BHIKU, VITHOBA, MADHU AND MANY SUCH OTHER PEOPLE ARE SUCH FINE EXAMPLES HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF LIFE THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING, MOSTLY AS A RESULT OF THEIR WAY TO LOOK AT LIFE. AFTER READING THIS ONE IS SURELY COMPELLED TO PONDER OVER LIFE AND JUDGE ONESELF AS TO HOW HE OR SHE WANTS TO LEAD HIS OR HER LIFE, WITH SMILES OR WITH COMPLAINTS.......?