V.P.KALE

In the article "Signaling Modulators in Bone Marrow Microenvironment and HSC Fate," V. P. Kale delves into the intricate signaling mechanisms in the bone marrow microenvironment that regulate the fate of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).The author highlights the critical role of various signaling modulators, including cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, and extracellular matrix proteins, in HSC maintenance, proliferation, and differentiation. He also discusses the potential implications of abnormal signaling pathways in HSC fate and the development of hematological disorders such as leukemia.This article is a valuable resource for researchers and clinicians interested in the molecular mechanisms underlying HSC function and the potential therapeutic targets for hematological diseases.

I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED TO SOLVE PUZZLES. NOT THOSE WHICH WE GET IN THE MARKET, BUT THOSE WHICH WERE IN THE FORM OF PEOPLE OR FAMILIES. I ALWAYS TRIED TO SOLVE THEM. SOME TOOK FORM OF STORIES, BUT THE MAIN PUZZLE REMAINED AS IT IS. MY SLATE WAS ALWAYS BLANK. THE WORDS WERE WIPED OFF BUT SCRATCHES REMAINED AS IT IS. I KNOW THAT ONE SUCH DAY WILL COME INTO MY LIFE, IT WILL MARK MY LIFE WITH A BIG SCRATCH AND I WILL HAVE TO BID GOODBYE FOREVER TO ALL; I AM NOT SCARED OF IT BUT I WILL REGRET GOING AWAY FROM THIS WORLD VA PU.

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 FRIENDS" BACKS"". "PU. LA. DESHPANDE". &N

ICEBERG, IT IS SAID 9/10TH OF THE ICE IS BENEATH THE WATER, ONLY 1/10TH IS REVEALED ON THE SURFACE. I MAY BE WRONG AS MY MATHS IS NOT VERY STRONG; MATHS NEEDS INTELLIGENCE, WHICH IS WHAT I LACK IN. THAT MUCH PORTION OF MY BRAIN WAS VACANT, NATURALLY; SO THAT PLACE I OFFERED TO MY HEART AS AN EXTRA F.S.I. FOR ME, POETRY ALWAYS IS EXCLUSIVE AND IMPORTANT THAN MATHS, THAT IS WHY I COULD MEET MANY PEOPLE. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE THE VARIOUS FORMS OF HAPPINESS AND VIBRANCY, SO I NEVER COUNTED THE STANZAS OF MY POETRY. AFTER ALL, COUNTING INVOLVES MATHS AND I PREFER TO BE MILES AWAY FROM IT. IF WE DO NOT MEASURE POETRY THEN WE COME ACROSS A "SHRIKANT , MOVING IN THE WHIRLPOOL, TURNING IT UPSIDE DOWN. SHRIKANT CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF THE ICEBERG. HE TURNED IT UPSIDE DOWN. HE WRAPPED THE 9/10TH OF THE ICEBERG IN HAPPINESS WHICH WAS OTHERWISE FULL OF CALAMITIES AND MENTAL TENSIONS. HIS WIFE WRAPPED THE COLD ICE INTO THE WARMTH OF HER AFFECTION. WHAT ARE HIS WHEREABOUTS? SHRIKANT JOSHI, CHAWDAR TALE, MAHAD; I DEDICATE THIS BOOK MAANASE TO THE HUMAN IN HIM.

THIS IS THE TWENTY FIFTH BOOK OF STORIES BY VA PU. IT IS UNIQUE IN ITS SETTING, IT IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF ARABIAN NIGHTS, EACH STORY ENDS IN THE BEGINNING OF YET ANOTHER STORY. VA PU HAS HANDLED NOVELS AND DRAMAS; HE ALSO HAS HANDLED THE BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FORMS, YET HIS BASE IS THAT OF A STORY WRITER AND TO BE PRECISE THAT OF A STORYTELLER. HIS WRITING REACHES ITS PEAK, IS IN FULL BLOOM, IS IN THIS FORM. HIS STORIES ARE ALWAYS MEANINGFUL AND SENSITIVE. BUT WHEN HE PRESENTS THEM HIMSELF, THEN THESE STORIES APPEAR TO BE FULL OF FEELINGS, FRESHNESS, ENERGY AND VIBRANCY. HIS UNIQUE PRESENTATION GIVES CERTAIN DEPTHS TO MANY A WORDS SAID, MANY A SENTENCE PRESENTED; SOMETIMES SHOWING COMPASSION, SOMETIMES STYLE, SOMETIMES AFFECTIONS AND SOMETIMES MELODRAMA. NONE OF THE CHARACTERS ARE SPECIAL OR UNIQUE; THEY ALL ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMON MEN AND WOMEN; YET IT IS HIS PRESENTATION THAT REVEALS THE GREATNESS OF SMALL PEOPLE AND MEANNESS OF GREAT PEOPLE. HIS WRITING HAS BEAUTY, SIMPLICITY, FLOW AND A PRANCE.

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, THERE LIVED A TRIBE BY THE NAME BOWL, WE SHOULD NOT ACTUALLY USE THE WORD TRIBE AS THEY WERE A GROUP OF PEOPLE. THE WORD BOWL WAS DERIVED FROM THE ORIGINAL SANSKRIT WORD "VAATUL MEANING HURRICANE OR GALE OR WHIRLWIND. THE BASE OF THIS GROUP WAS LOVE, LOVE AND ONLY LOVE. THEY KNEW NO OTHER FEELINGS LIKE EGO, SELFISHNESS, HATRED, COMPETITION OR ENVY. THEIR MIND WITH ITS VITALITY WAS THE GOD FOR THEM SETTLED IN THE TEMPLE FORMED BY THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL BODIES. NATURALLY, THEY NEVER NEEDED ANY ABODE OUTSIDE, THEY DID NOT FIND IT ESSENTIAL TO SEARCH AND WORSHIP THE GOD ANYWHERE ELSE. THE NATURE ALONG WITH THE TREES, STREAMS AND RIVERS WERE THEIR GOD. THEY HAD NO FOE. SOMETIMES THEY USED CRY A LOT, ALL OF A SUDDEN. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE REASON, THEY USED TO ANSWER THAT THIS LIMITLESS SKY, THE VAST OCEAN, THE RANGES OF MOUNTAINS EVERYTHING IS CREATED BY THE SUPREME POWER. WE WERE BORN LATER; THE SUPREME POWER CONFERRED UPON US THE GIFT OF ALL THE SENSORY ORGANS TO ENJOY THESE CREATIONS. SOMETIMES, WE ARE UNABLE TO TOLERATE THE GOODNESS OF THE SUPREME POWER AND THEN WE CRY. TODAY, THE WORLD NOT ONLY WALKS BUT RUNS ON ALL THE SIX EVIL SPIRITS IN OUR LIFE EXCEPT LOVE. THIS BOOK HAS THE BASE OF BELOVED BY OSHO, WITH JUST ONE FEELING IN MY MIND. I WANTED TO MAKE THE READERS AWARE OF THOSE THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE CAPTURED MY MIND, WHICH HAVE HYPNOTIZED ME IN A WAY.

SOME OF THE RAGA SOME KEYNOTES ARE STRICTLY NOT EXCLUDED, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUITABLE; ON THE CONTRARY THEY ARE& EXCLUDED TO MAKE THE RAGA MORE BEAUTIFUL, THEY ARE; EXCLUDED WILLINGLY TO GIVE A PECULIARITY AND WHILE DOING SO THEIR EXISTENCE IS NOT FORGOTTEN AT ALL, ONLY IT IS AVOIDED. THAT IS THE REASON WHY MY HUSBAND CANNOT FIT INTO YOUR LIFE AND MEMORIES AND WHY WE BOTH CANNOT FIT INTO EACH OTHER S LIVES." VA PU HAS A VERY PECULIAR AND UNIQUE STYLE TO HANDLE DIFFICULT THINGS IN THE MOST SIMPLE MANNER, REVEALING THE HARSH AND HARD CORES OF TRUTHS IN A VERY EASY STYLE, UNTANGLING THE KNOTS SMOOTHLY YET FIRMLY AND SUCCESSFULLY. THE SUCCESS OF HIS STORIES LIES IN THE SELECTION OF THE MOMENTS. THESE SAME MOMENTS ARE WITNESSED BY MANY BUT IT TAKES A VERY SENSITIVE MIND TO PUT THEM INTO WORDS, NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT ONLY VA PU HAS THE CAPACITY, HE GIVES SUCH STRENGTH AND DIMENSIONS TO THESE MOMENTS THAT THEY GLOW IN THEMSELVES, THEY MAKE US THINK, INSPECT OURSELVES, CONTEMPLATE OVER THEM. IT IS HIS STYLE AND FRESHNESS WITH WHICH HE SEES LIFE, HIS HOPEFUL AND MAGNANIMOUSNESS WHICH MAKES EACH STORY A UNIQUE PIECE OF LIFE DAWDLING IN OUR MINDS HOURS LATER.

BABI, THE HEROINE OF THE NOVEL PRESENTS THE HARDEST PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE IN SIMPLEST YET THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY. THIS IS A VERY CHERISHABLE EXPERIENCE. THIS NOVEL STARTS AS A LOVE STORY WHERE BOTH THE HERO AND HEROINE CROSS THE LIMITS AND EXPERIENCE ECSTASY BEFORE MARRIAGE. LATER ON EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT SHE GIVES BIRTH TO THEIR CHILD WITHOUT HIS SUPPORT AND FURTHER RAISES THE CHILD, WHEN HE REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE CHILD AND TO MARRY HER SHE PULLS ON ALL BY HERSELF. THIS IS THE STORY OF HER STRUGGLE AND MORE THAN THAT THE TRUTH THAT SHE FACES ALONE, WITH COURAGE, WITHOUT BOTHERING FOR THE SO CALLED RECOGNISED NORMS OF THE SOCIETY. SHE GETS SUPPORT FROM A FEW LIKE HER, WHO RESPECT THE TRUTH MORE THAN ANYTHING. SHE RAISES HER CHILD KEEPING FAITH ONLY ON THE TRUTH, BUT WHAT IS HER FUTURE? WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF HER CHILD? WHAT DOES SHE ACHIEVE AT THE END? THE ANSWERS TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE WOVEN BEAUTIFULLY ALONG WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE AND THE NAKEDNESS OF HUMAN MINDS. WE COME ALONE, WE LEAVE ALONE, STILL DURING OUR STAY OVER HERE WE TRY TO CONSOLE OUR MIND WITH SOME COMPANY. ""वपु काळे यांची अगदी पहिली आणि विलक्षण गाजलेली, महाराष्ट्र राज्य पुरस्कार लाभलेली कादंबरी... जीवनविषयक एक कठोर तत्त्वज्ञान परखडपणानं बाबी या नायिकेच्या माध्यमातून मांडणारी ही कादंबरी म्हणजे एक अविस्मरणीय अनुभव आहे... तुम्ही तो घ्यायलाच हवा... ""

OUT OUR LIFE EACH ONE OF US ENVIES SOME ONE OR THE OTHER IN SOME FORM. EVERY ONE OF US ALWAYS HAVE A FEELING THAT SOMETHING THAT WE DESERVE THE MOST IS BEING GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE, WHO IS NOT SO DESERVING. THIS VERY THOUGHT KILLS US. THE FACT THAT THIS SECRET CANNOT BE SHARED WITH ANYONE IS WORSE THAN THE NAGGING FEELING ITSELF FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING THE MOST WITH THE DISEASE OF ENVY, I OPENED A CLUB, DILASA MANDAL OR RELIEF CLUB ; WITH THE ONLY INTENTION OF PROVIDING AN OUTLET FOR THE VENOM SO FILLED UP IN THEIR MIND. THE PEAK PERIOD OF THIS CLUB IS EITHER THAT OF THE SAHITYA SAMMELAN AND NATYA SAMMELAN OR THE PERIOD WHEN THE SAHITYA PURASKARS ARE AWARDED. BUT THE ONLY CONDITION FOR THE ADMISSION IS PEOPLE SHOULD BE REALLY JEALOUS OF SOMEONE, THOSE WITH NO JEALOUSY GET NO ADMISSION AT ALL. THE MOST SALIENT FEATURE OF VA PU S WRITING IS THAT HE UNDERSTANDS ALL THE GOOD AND BAD FEELINGS IN EVERYONE S MIND AND FURTHER TRIES TO PUT THEM INTO SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE WRITINGS WITH HIS MIDAS TOUCH . HE CONSIDERS LIFE WITH EARNEST ZEAL, ENTHUSIASM AND A POSITIVE APPROACH. HE IS ALWAYS HOPEFUL IN THE MOST HOPELESS SITUATIONS. HE NOT ONLY PRESENTS THE VERY GOOD IN LIFE AROUND HIM BUT WITH THE SAME INTENSITY AND INTIMACY PRESENTS THE EVIL OF THOSE OTHERWISE INNOCENT MINDS, WHICH ASTONISHES THE READER EVERY TIME HE READS ONE OF VA PU S STORIES. INTIMATE IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE.

THE MOST LOVED RELATION WITH A WOMAN IS THAT OF A FRIEND. VA PU MET HER IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS, EVERY NOW AND THEN. VA PU HAS PRESENTED THIS "SAKHI WITH HER BEING, HER FEELINGS, HER HIGH THINKING, HER SENSITIVITY; EVERY TIME WITH A DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS. THIS SAKHI HAS THE CAPACITY TO TAKE US BEYOND IMAGINATION, GIVING US IMMEASURABLE HAPPINESS. ALL THE NINE STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION GIVE US A NEW DIMENSION FOR LIVING. THEY GIVE US PLEASURE, THEY REVEAL THE SECRETS OF LIVING, THEY SHOW US A NEW ANGLE TO MAKE US HAPPY WHILE LEADING THIS OTHERWISE MONOTONOUS LIFE. THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MAKE US AWARE OF THE BEAUTY OF EACH MOMENT, THE HAPPINESS THAT EACH MOMENT POSSESSES. THE AUTHOR HIMSELF HAS A VERY CLEAR VISION ABOUT THE RELATIONS, THIS CLEAR VISION IS REFLECTED THROUGH HIS SAKHI, HIS SIMPLE, PLAIN AND TRANSPARENT WRITING MAKES HIS SAKHI OUR SAKHI. BUT HE NEVER COMPLAINS ABOUT IT. HE WANTS IT IN PRECISELY THE SAME WAY. VA PU HIMSELF SAYS IN ONE OF HIS WRITINGS, A BIG TREE WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CASTING SHADOW SHOULD NEVER QUESTION A WAYFARER AS TO WHY HAS HE CHOSEN THAT TREE FOR SHADOW INSTEAD OF TAKING REFUGE UNDER SOME OTHER SHADOW?

THIS BOOK HIGHLIGHTS 5 KNOWN FIGURES AND INCLUDES REVIEWS ON 3 TOPICS: 3 PERSONS OF THE 5 MENTIONED ABOVE ARE NOT VERY WELL KNOWN BUT THE QUALITIES THEY POSSESS ARE VERY EXCLUSIVE. THEY CAN BE COMPARED ONLY TO THE MEDICINAL PLANT FOUND IN FORESTS. THESE MEDICINAL PLANTS ARE NEITHER EASILY AVAILABLE NOR MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THEM IS AT HAND. THEY ARE FOUND MOSTLY BY SHEER COINCIDENCE. BUT THOSE WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND THEM ARE BLESSED BY THEIR QUALITIES. IN THE SAME WAY KHANDEKAR HAS BEEN INDEBTED BY SUCH CHARACTERS IN HIS REAL LIFE. KHANDEKAR SAYS "INDEED I AM VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THESE PERSONS IN MY LIFE. I AM TEMPTED TO SAY SO. THE OTHER TWO SKETCHES ARE THAT OF WELL KNOWN CONTEMPORARY LITTERATEUR. THE REVIEWS INCLUDE THAT OF DRAMAS BY KOLHOTKAR, USHA PRABHA (STORIES BY SHRI MANJREKAR) AND MARATHI CHITRAKATHA. THESE ARE DETAILED LITERARY REVIEWS. WE ARE SURE THAT KHANDEKARS FAN CLUB WILL ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME THIS COLLECTION.

RANGPANCHAMI, FESTIVAL OF COLOURS, IT IS CELEBRATED WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM, A VARIETY OF COLOUR ARE USED TO PLAY THIS FESTIVAL. THROUGHOUT OUR LIFE, WE COME ACROSS PEOPLE, NO ONE RESEMBLES OTHER, EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, EVERYONE IS SPECIAL, EVERYONE IS THE ONE AND ONLY. PEOPLE MEET US AT EVERY MODE AND CORNER OF LIFE. THEY BRIGHTEN OUR LIFE, THEY ADD COLOURS TO OUR LIFE, THEY HELP OUR LIFE TO BLOSSOM, EACH BRINGING IN A DIFFERENT SHADE OF COLOUR, EVERY SHADE DIFFERENT YET BEAUTIFUL. THE SHADES HAVE A GREAT VARIETY, THEY REVEAL ALL THE FEELINGS A HUMAN MIND POSSESSES; SORROW, HAPPINESS, DEPRESSION, ENTHUSIASM, WISDOM AND FOOLISHNESS TOO. VA PU S LIFE WAS FULL OF THESE COLOURS LIKE ANY OTHER COMMON MAN, BUT HE HAD A VERY SENSITIVE MIND, HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SHADES, TO PUT THEM INTO WORDS, TO USE THEM TO ENLIGHTEN SOME DARK AND GLOOMY MOMENTS, TO MAKE THEM LAST FOREVER. WHEN WE SEE THE COLOURS IN THE LIGHT THAT HE HAS PRESENTED THEM WITH, WE FEEL THAT "YES, THIS HAS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE TOO, THEN WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THEM? IT IS VA PU S MIDAS TOUCH THAT HAS MADE EVERY MOMENT SO MEMORABLE, AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING US THINK OVER LIFE. AND WHAT DOES THIS GREAT AUTHOR THINK ABOUT "RANGPANCHAMI ? LET US READ IT IN HIS OWN WORDS. "THIS WRITING IS BY A COMMON MAN, JUST LIKE YOU, BUT THE ONE WHO HAS ALWAYS LOVED OTHER HUMAN BEINGS FOR WHAT THEY ARE. THIS COMMON MAN CAME ACROSS WITH MANY OTHERS; SOME LOVED HIM IMMENSELY, SHOWERING HIM WITH THEIR AFFECTION, WIDENING THE HORIZONS OF HIS UNDERSTANDING. I WAS BLESSED WITH MANY THINGS, I RECEIVED A LOT, BUT HAVE GIVEN SO LESS IN RETURN. ONCE YOU SET FOR A JOURNEY CAN YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF TREES ON YOUR WAY? YOU ALL MUST HAVE SEEN THE COMMON MAN PRESENTED BY R. K. LAXMAN, I AM JUST LIKE HIM. I LIVED A LIFE OF A COMMON MAN, AND PENNED DOWN WHAT I CAME ACROSS THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY. ACTUALLY, I HAVE NOT REACHED ANYWHERE OR ACHIEVED ANYTHING TODAY, THE CREDIT GOES TO THOSE WHO HAVE READ ME THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS AND HAVE MADE ME WHAT I AM TODAY. ACTUALLY, I HAVE ADOPTED A LOT FROM ALL AND HAVE SIMPLY PRESENTED IT TO YOU AS MINE. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE STAND IN THE GREAT RIVER GANGA, WE FILL OUR HANDS WITH ITS SACRED WATER AND OFFER IT BACK TO HER, I HAVE FOLLOWED THE SAME PATTERN. I HAVE ENJOYED EACH MOMENT OF LIFE THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY. I HAVE BEEN COLOURED IN SO MANY COLOURS OF LIFE THAT NOW IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND OUT MY ORIGINAL COLOUR. THIS BOOK IS THE SAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE COLOURS, WHICH I HAVE ENJOYED SO MUCH, SO FAR

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.

OUR DAILY LIFE IS FULL OF RAYS, IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY BIG EVENT OR A SERIOUS STRUGGLE OF ANY TYPE, THAT IS THE ONLY PROBLEM. OTHERWISE, OUR ROUTINE LIFE GOES ON AS IT IS. ACTUALLY, OUR MINDS ARE PREPARED FOR THE TRAUMAS OF LIFE, BUT THEN WE COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO SEES US THROUGH IT. BUT THIS VERY MIND SET OF OURS IS NOT AT ALL PREPARED FOR THE SMALL TRAUMAS IN DAYTODAY LIFE, WHICH ACTUALLY HAVE THE UTMOST POWER OF DISASTER. THEY ATTACK SEPARATELY WHILE WE ARE ALONE AND TAKE OUT LIVELINESS FROM OUR MIND AND SOUL. WE HAVE TO SUFFER ALONE, THERE IS NO ONE TO COME ALONG WITH US. A HUMAN MIND THUS ATTACKED, GETS TERRIBLY UPSET, HIS COURAGE FAILS HIM, HE THEN PAUSES FOR SOME TIME, RESTS FOR A WHILE AND ONCE AGAIN GATHERS HIS STRENGTH WITH NEW HOPE AND DESIRE. NO ONE NOTICES HIS TIREDNESS, NO ONE DETECTS HIS RECOVERING. HIS JOURNEY CONTINUES. EVERYONE HAS TO CONTINUE HIS OR HER OWN JOURNEY, SOMETIMES FALLING AND THEN GETTING UP, WITH A NEW HOPE EVERY TIME, WITH A GLANCE AT THE PAST OVER AND OVER, THE JOURNEY HAS TO BE CONTINUED. THIS IS A GLIMPSE OF SUCH SUFFERINGS, OF THOSE WALKING AND TRUDGING, BY YOU AND OF COURSE BY ME

I CARE MORE FOR THE SHADOW A TREE CASTS ON US. IT IS TRUE THAT IF WE CUT THE TREE, WE WILL GAIN A LOT OF MONEY BY SELLING THE WOOD, BUT WE WILL BE BENEFITTED MORE BY ITS SHADOWS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. IT IS MANY TIMES VALUABLE THAN THE MONEY WE MIGHT GET FROM ONE TIME SELL OF THE WOOD. "VAPURVAI THIS TITLE IS BASED ON THE MARATHI WORD APURVAI, WHICH MEANS NOVEL, OR SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED. VA PU PROVES TRUE TO IT. ALL HIS STORIES ATTRACT THE READERS WITH THEIR SIMPLICITY; THERE IS NOT JUST ONE QUALITY OF HIS WRITING WHICH CAPTIVATES A MIND. IT IS A COMBINATION OF MANY GOOD THINGS UNDER ONE ROOF, OR ON ONE PAGE. HE CAPTURES THE BEAUTY OF ALL THE INCIDENTS IN HIS SUPERB STYLE. HE REVEALS THE SECRETS OF THE ROUTINES. HE FINDS THE VERY UNIQUENESS IN EVERY CHARACTER, UNDER EVERY OR ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. LIFE IS FULL OF DIFFERENT PHASES; THOSE OF SORROW, HAPPINESS, STRUGGLE, BROODING, AND MANY MORE. VA PU HANDLES THEM ALL WITH EQUAL CAPACITY REVEALING THE BEAUTY FOR US, AND CONQUERING OUR MINDS ONCE AGAIN; AS ALWAYS.

CHEERS THE GLASSES CLINK ON EACH OTHER. OF COURSE, THAT IS NOT THE ONLY TIME FOR CHEERS . VAPU S CHEERS TOUCHES EVERY SOUL AND PRODUCES THE RHYTHMIC CLINKING, RESULTING INTO CHEERING UP OF THE HEARTS TOGETHER, SPREADING HAPPINESS. VAPU, A PATRON OF HAPPINESS, A COLLECTOR OF HUMAN BEINGS, A FAN OF UNIQUE CHARACTERS; HELPING US TO MEET ALL THESE EXCLUSIVE AND EXQUISITE PEOPLE THROUGH HIS WORD-PORTRAITS, IN CHEERS ANNA ADVISES VAPU, DON T EVER DISCARD THE OLD. WHILE PRACTISING IT, YOU WILL COME ACROSS NEW. THE FIRST LETTER THAT WE WRITE IS AT THE AGE OF THREE. THEREAFTER, WE KEEP ON WRITING TILL OUR LAST BREATH. SOMEWHERE SOME NOBLE BHAUSAHEB IMPLANTS THE SEED OF CONFIDENCE, DEEP DOWN. WE COME ACROSS MANY SUCH GLASSES , TRANSPARENT IN THEIR ATTITUDE AND CLEAR IN THEIR MIND. THEY REMAIN FULL FOREVER. THEY REFRESH OUR MINDS WHILE CHEERING US UP. INTRODUCTION OF PERSONALITIES SHOULD ALWAYS CHEER UP PEOPLE. SOME GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF SUCH NOBLE PEOPLE. VAPU HAD BEEN ONE OF THEM. HIS GREATNESS LIES IN HIS READING SKILLS WHICH HE FURTHER PEN-PORTRAYED FOR HIS READERS. THAT IS HOW WE READERS ARE TOUCHED WITH HIS CHEERS IT IS INTOXICATING BUT NOT INTIMIDATING; IT IS ALCOHOLIC BUT NOT SEDUCING. THERE ARE GLASSES, BUT THEY ARE NOT EMPTY. THERE ARE COLOURS, BUT THEY DO NOT SPOIL THE BEAUTY. CHEERS

I REACH HOME AT 11 IN THE NIGHT; URMILA GREETS ME IN THE MOST SIMPLE STYLE AND SAYS, "OH HOW TIRED YOU ARE . THIS IS WHAT KEEPS ME GOING. HER WORDS AND GESTURE MAKE ME FORGET MY TIREDNESS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I GET MORE ENERGETIC. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS SIMPLE SENTENCE IS. WHEN YOUR WIFE IS VERY MUCH TIRED AFTER COOKING A LARGE MEAL FOR MANY GUESTS SHE ALSO NEEDS ONLY ONE SENTENCE FROM HER HUSBAND, JUST LIKE THE HUSBAND WHO RETURNS HOME AFTER A VERY BUSY AND ESPECIALLY TIRING DAY. WE HAVE PROBLEMS, WE TRY TO FIND OUT THE ANSWERS SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT CANNOT FIND IT. THE ANSWER LIES WITHIN US. THE SECOND SIDE OF THE PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY THE ANSWER, WE JUST NEED TO REVERSE OUR DIRECTION. WHY IS THAT EACH AND EVERY STORY BY VA PU IMPRESSES US EQUALLY? WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT IT? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. VA PU SEES THE THINGS WHICH WE FAIL TO SEE, HE EXPERIENCES IN A WAY WE NEVER THINK. THE SORROWS, HAPPINESS, MOMENTS OF PAIN AND JOY, THE STRUGGLE IN THE BUSY SCHEDULE DAY AFTER DAY, THE VARIOUS DILEMMAS AT THE JOB, THE PREDICAMENTS, THE PROBLEMS IN SEX LIFE, EGO, INSULTS AND MANY SUCH THINGS KEEP ON HAPPENING ALL AROUND US. BUT IT TAKES A VERY SENSITIVE MIND LIKE VA PU S TO SENSE ALL THIS, TO GO THROUGH IT AS IF OUR OWN, TO PUT IT DOWN IN WORDS, AND TO PRESENT THE BEST PICTURE BEFORE US. HE FINDS SOME SORT OF POSITIVE APPROACH IN EACH PROBLEM. HE WIDENS OUR HORIZONS, HE MAKES US MORE SANGUINE TOWARDS LIFE, HE IS THE FRIEND, GUIDE AND PHILOSOPHER IN EVERYONE S LIFE. HE HAS OPTED A SPECIAL STYLE FOR THE DIALOGUES IN THIS PRESENT BOOK SANVADINI , AS THE NAME SUGGESTS.

DEAR GOD WE DID NOT COME INTO THE WORLD FOR NOTHING; NEITHER HAS LEFT IT FOR NOTHING. DEAR GOD WE HAVE AFTER ALL OFFERED SOMETHING TO THIS WORLD, WHICH IS YOUR CREATION. WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED BY OFFERING OUR SHAYARI TO THIS WORLD THE SHAYARI, WHICH WAS THE SOUL OF MY LIVING; DEAR GOD YOU MAY BE FORGOTTEN ONE DAY, BUT MY SHAYARI WILL NEVER MAKE ME A THING OF PAST. V.V.PATANKAR.