V. S. Khandekar

TODAY, WE SEE ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT THE HUMAN MIND IS BECOME TERRIBLY RESTLESS; NO CONTINENT IS AN EXCEPTION TO THIS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATURE, A HUMAN MIND ALSO IS UNABLE TO TOLERATE THE VOID CREATED BECAUSE OF LACK OF FAITH, THOUGHTS AND VALUES. THE FAITHS THAT HAD BEEN BALANCING THE EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS SO FAR HAVE BEEN ERADICATED OR SHATTERED. TO FULFILL THE VOID PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE PASSIONATE AND INCLINING TOWARDS LUST. THE MENTAL PEACE IS REPLACED BY PHYSICAL PLEASURES WITH A WRONG NOTION OF SATISFYING THE 'SELF'. THE APT PICTURE OF SOCIETY PORTRAYED IN 1970 BY THE FAMOUS WRITER V. S. KHANDEKAR IN ADNYATACHYTA MAHADWARAT STANDS TO BE TRUE AFTER ALMOST HALF CENTURY. IT COMPELS THE READERS TO TAKE A PAUSE AND PONDER OVER THE REALITY.

""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

MASKS: KHANDEKAR LOST HIS SIGHT IN 1973, BUT THIS IN TURN GAVE HIM A NEW VISION. HE CONTINUED TO WRITE, THE ESSAYS INCLUDED IN MUKHAWATE WERE WRITTEN DURING THIS PHASE OF HIS LIFE. THEY WERE INITIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE WEEKLY "SAPTAHIK SWARAJ ; THEY ARE AN ATTEMPT OF A VERY SENSITIVE MIND TO REVIEW THE HUMAN LIFE. HE PRESENTS A BALANCE SHEET OF THE PAST LIFE. THESE ARE A HARMONIOUS BLENDING OF THE FACE AND MASK. THESE SHORT ESSAYS ARE MIRRORS REVEALING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HUMAN MIND, HIS TRUE AND IMITATING IMAGES. ARE YOU INTERESTED TO FIND YOUR FACE AND THE MASK IT WEARS? THEN GET READY AND READ.

SORROW IS THE GREATEST AND UNAVOIDABLE PART OF LIFE. A TRUE LITERATURE RECOGNISES THIS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME TRUE LITERATURE IS NOT OVERPOWERED BY SORROW, IT IS NOT SUFFOCATED BY SORROW. IT DOESNOT TRY TO HIDE FROM SORROW OR DOES NOT RUN AWAY FROM SORROW. EVERY HUMAN HAS THE INBORN CAPACITY OF OVERCOMING THE UNHOLY THINGS IN HIM AND AROUND HIM, AND A TRUE LITERATURE FINDS PLEASURE IN PICTURING THE SOUL WITH SUCH CAPACITY CONQUERING THE BAD SPIRITS IS NOT VERY EASY, IT GETS HURT MANY TIMES. BUT, IT STILL FIGHT THE BAD SPIRITS, THE BAD OMENS AND WITH ITS EARNEST WILL AND ZEAL IT CONQUERS.

THIS IS THE COLLECTION OF 19 STORIES BY V.S.KHANDEKAR. MATERIALISTIC APPROACH IS ON THE RISE AFTER SECOND WORLD WAR & OUR INDEPENDENCE . THIS IS ADVERSELY AFFECTING VALUES & ETHOS OF HUMAN BEING. OUR CURRENT SOCIAL, CULTURAL & POLITICAL LIFE IS THE PROOF OF THIS IMPACT. IN SUCH ADVERSE CONDITION WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR MENTAL WELL BEING . WE NEED TO PRESERVE OUR VALUES . THESE STORIES FULFILLS THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO GUIDE THE SOCIETY AGAINST ALL ODDS OF MATERIALISM .

THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES OF V. S. KHANDEKAR S STORIES. IN EACH OF HIS STORIES, HE ANALYSES THE HUMAN NATURE, THE WORKING OF THE MIND, IN A VERY ELABORATE WAY. TIME CHANGES, ALONG WITH IT THE CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE. THE OLD GENERATION SHOULD REALISE THIS, THEY SHOULD NOT HESITATE TO ACCEPT WHATEVER GOOD THINGS ARE THERE IN THE PRESENT. THEY SHOULD NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES HELPLESS BY THE NEW CHANGES, KHANDEKAR HAS DESCRIBED VERY PASSIONATELY THE REFORMATION THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THE 3RD AND 4TH DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

VISHNU SAKHARAM KHANDEKAR (1898-1976) WAS AN EMINENT MAN OF LETTERS IN MARATHI. A PROLIFIC WRITER WHO WAS RECIPIENT OF THE DNYANPEETH AWARD, HE TACKLED ALL LITERARY FORMS EFFECTIVELY. HIS LITERARY WORKS HAVE BEEN RENDERED INTO VARIOUS INDIAN LANGUAGES. HE HAD ALSO MADE HIS MARK AS A LITERARY CRITIC. SAHITYASHILPI: V.S. KHANDEKAR IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF HIS ARTICLES ON ABOUT SEVENTEEN WELL KNOWN AUTHORS IN MARATHI. THE ANTHOLOGY WHICH COVERS LIFE SKETCHES OF WRITERS FROM LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE LATER HALF OF THE TWENTIETH MAY BE SAID TO BE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MARATHI LITERATURE. THE LIFE SKETCHES COVER SALIENT FEATURES OF THE LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, STYLE OF EACH PERSON. INCLUDED HERE ARE DRAMATISTS, BIOGRAPHERS, POETS, JOURNALISTS....'साहित्यशिल्पी' वि. स. खांडेकर लिखित व्यक्तिलेख संग्रह होय. यात त्यांनी आपल्या पूर्वसूरी साहित्यिकांबद्दलचा त्यांच्या मनात असलेला आदर व्यक्त केला आहे. तो करीत असताना खांडेकर साहित्यिकांच्या व्यक्तिमत्त्वाबरोबर त्यांच्या साहित्याचा परामर्षही घेतात. आपल्या पूर्वसूरी व समकालीन साहित्यिकांबद्दल इतक्या बहुसंख्येने आणि उदारपणे लिहिणारे खांडेकर मराठीतील दुर्मीळ व्यक्ती होत. 'साहित्यशिल्पी'मध्ये साहित्यिकांच्या जीवन, साहित्य, विचार, शैली, सौंदर्य अशा अनेक अंगांनी परिचय होत असल्याने त्या त्या साहित्यकाराचं समग्र चित्र व चरित्र प्रकट करण्याचं सामथ्र्य या ग्रंथात आहे. सन १९३० ते १९७६ अशा व्यापक कालखंडातलं हे लेखन म्हणजे समकालीनांबद्दलची आस्था, जिव्हाळा आणि प्रेमाचे अकृत्रिम आविष्करणच वर्तमानात अचंबित करणारा हा वस्तुपाठ अपवाद असला तरी अनुकरणीय खरा

HIS IS THE COLLECTION OF METEORS BY KHALIL GIBRAN TRANSLATED BY KHANDEKAR. ONE MIGHT THINK THAT GIBRAN FOLLOWS EOSEP S STYLE OF WRITING, WHEN ONE READS STORIES LIKE KOLHA, SHAHANA KUTRA AND TEEN MUNGYA. ACTUALLY GIBRAN HAS ACQUIRED THE SKILL TO SHOW THE IRRELEVANCY IN A MAN S NATURE BY CLOTHING THE ANIMALS AND BIRDS IN A HUMANLY WAY. EVERY METEORIST DOES ACQUIRE THIS SKILL TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. GIBRAN HAS A WIDE VISION FOR LIFE, WHICH IS HIS PECULIAR CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE. HIS STORIES SHOW THE GOOD AND BAD SIDES VERY TENDERLY. BUT THAT IS NOT THE SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS. HIS METEORS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONQUER THE HIGHEST PEAKS EFFORTLESSLY. HE VERY EASILY & SIMPLY DISTINGUISHES THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PERSONAL LIFE AND SOCIAL LIFE. HE REALISES THAT TRUE HAPPINESS AND WELL BEING IS POSSIBLE ONLY IF EVERY SINGLE PERSON AND THE SOCIETY TOGETHER ACCEPT THE NEW VALUES AND VIRUTES. HE TRIES TO PRESENT THESE NEW VALUES AND VIRTUES THROUGH HIS METEORS. HE REALISES THAT MAN IS NOT FOR PHILOSOPHY BUT PHILOSOPHY IS FOR MAN. HE HAS ABILITY OF POET, CRITICS AND PHILOSOPHER WHICH MAKES HIM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UNIQUE LITERATURE.

VISHNU SAKHARAM KHANDEKAR (1898-1976) WAS AN EMINENT MAN OF LETTERS IN MARATHI. A PROLIFIC WRITER WHO WAS RECIPIENT OF THE DNYANPEETH AWARD, HE TACKLED ALL LITERARY FORMS EFFECTIVELY. HE DID NOT LIMIT HIMSELF TO LITERATURE AND EXPLORED GOOD QUALITIES OF ALL WHO HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH. JEEVANSHILPI: V.S. KHANDEKAR CONTAINS LIFE SKETCHES OF SEVENTEEN PERSONALALITIES WHO WITH THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD THEY TOOK TO HAVE MADE A GREAT NAME. INCLUDED HERE ARE TEACHERS, DOCTORS, ARTISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND UNSUNG HEROES WHO HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CULTURAL LIFE OF MAHARASHTRA. THE TITLE IS SIGNIFICANT IN THAT INTRODUCES THE READER TO LITTLE KNOWN FACTS OF THESE PERSONALITIES....वि. स. खांडेकर केवळ समाजहितैषी लेखन करणारे साहित्यिक नव्हते. माणूस म्हणून व्यक्तिगत जीवनात त्यांचा मोठा मित्रपरिवार होता. साहित्य, संपादन, नाटक, संगीत, चित्रपट, शिक्षण, आरोग्य, पत्रकारिता अशा वैविध्यपूर्ण क्षेत्रांतील जिवलग मित्रांचा सहवास, सहकार्य आणि सदभावामुळे आपलं जीवन सुसह्य झालं, अशी खांडेकरांची मनोधारणा होती. म्हणून आपल्या मित्रांच्या स्मृतींना त्यांनी विविध प्रसंगांनी उजाळा दिला. यात गतायुष्याचे स्मरणरंजन जसे आहे, तशी कृतज्ञता आणि जिव्हाळाही. ही जीवनचरित्रे वाचत असताना लक्षात येतं की, माणूस स्वप्रयत्नाने मोठा होतो खरा; पण त्याला पूर्णत्व येतं ते जीवनशिल्पी ठरणा-या सुहृदांच्या साथ-संगतीनेच आपले मित्र असे मोठे हवीे की, त्याच्या सान्निध्यानेच आपण मोठं ठरावं.

MARATHI LITERARY LEGEND V.S.KHANDEKAR HAD PLANNED TO WRITE HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN THREE PARTS. HE WROTE HIS FIRST AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY FROM BIRTH TILL MARRIAGE IN THE BOOK 'EKA PANACHI KAHANI' WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 1981. KHANDEKAR COULD ONLY PENNED THREE DECADES OF HIS LIFE. AFTER THAT AUTHOR SUNILKUMAR LAWATE TOOK THE TASK IN HIS HAND. LAWATE EDITED KHANDEKAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS . 'PAHILI PAVALA' IS THE FIRST PART OF THOSE ESSAYS. THIS BOOK DESCRIBES V.S.KHANDEKAR'S EARLY LITERARY LIFE.

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.

WHY DID I NAME THIS COLLECTION AS SAYANKAAL? SOME OF MY READERS QUESTIONED ME POINTING AT THE FACT THAT MY EARLIER COLLECTION WAS 'CHANDANYAT , SO THE NEXT SHOULD NATURALLY BE NAMED AS 'MADHYARATRA-MIDNIGHT . HOW IT IS THAT YOU ARE GOING IN A REVERSE MANNER? WHEN I GAVE IT A THOUGHT THEN I REALISED THAT THE MOST APPRECIATED PICTURE THAT I HAD IN MY MIND CONTAINED THREE MAIN FEATURES. FIRSTLY, THE PICTURE WAS SHOWING A SETTING SUN WITH ITS MILD GOLDEN RAYS REFLECTING IN A BEAUTIFUL LAKE, SECONDLY THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF LOTUSES IN THE LAKE, THEY WERE SLOWLY AND TENDERLY CLOSING THEIR PETALS AND THIRDLY THE SKY WAS AWAKENING TO THE TWINKLING STARS. THE LOTUSES WERE TELLING THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE ARE IN FULL BLOOM AND THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT YOU ARE IN FULL SWING. TWILIGHT IS THE ONLY TIME WHEN WE ALL ARE HALFWAY EITHER FOR TWINKLING OR FOR SHUTTING. THE PICTURE RESEMBLED MY ATTEMPT OF BLENDING POETRY, HUMOUR AND PHILOSOPHY TOGETHER IN A SORT OF COLLECTION. THE POETIC ASPECT OF A SHORT ESSAY SHOULD BE AS MILD AS THE SETTING SUN. THE HUMOUR SHOULD BE AS TENDER AS THE LOTUS PETALS, ONLY HALF CLOSED, CREATING ONLY HUMOUR, NOT HURTING ANY ONE, BRINGING A SMILE ON THE READER S LIPS AND THE PHILOSOPHY SHOULD BE AS SCANTY AS THE STARS JUST EMERGED IN THE SKY, BUT BEAUTIFUL FROM THE BEGINNING.

PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WRITE OFTEN ASK US, HOW DO YOU WRITE? FROM WHERE DO YOU GET THE IDEAS FOR WRITING? ARE THESE IDEAS TAKEN FROM ALL ABOUT YOU OR DO YOU CREATE THEM? IF YOU FIND THEM ALL AROUND YOU, THEN HOW COME WE DO NOT NOTICE THEM? I WOULD SAY THAT THE IDEAS ARE ALL AROUND US. EACH IDEA HAS THE IMMENSE POTENTIALITY OF EXPRESSIONS. BUT ALL OF THEM ARE NOT CONVERTED INTO ANY FORM OF LITERATURE. WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? I AS AN AUTHOR FEEL THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATION AN AUTHOR HAS. NOT EVERY AUTHOR HAS THE CAPACITY TO METAMORPHASE EACH AND EVERY IDEA INTO A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY. SOMETIMES, SOME IDEA INVOKES SOME INNER STRENGTH AND AUTOMATICALLY THE MIND FILLS IN WITH WORDS, PHRASES, SENTENCES. SOME OF IT TAKES A FORM OF LITERATURE, SOME OF IT JUST DOES NOT. I HAVE BEEN A WRITER SINCE LAST 50 YEARS. FOR HALFACENTURY I HAVE BEEN SHARING MY IDEAS WITH YOU. I AM REALISING THAT MY ENERGY IS DRAWING BACK THESE DAYS, ONE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT THE BOON OF YOUTH FOREVER. THIS COLLECTION CONTAINS A FEW OF MY EXPERIENCES. THEY GIVE ME UTMOST PLEASURE. THEY WILL GIVE A ME A FEELING OF FULFILMENT IF YOU DERIVE PLEASURE, HAPPINESS, MORAL SUPPORT, RELIEF OR ENTERTAINMENT.

'RUTU NYAHALNARE PAAN' IS A COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS OF V.S.KHANDEKAR. THESE INTERVIEWS ARE TAKEN DURING 1935 TO 1976 WHICH WAS WRITING PERIOD OF KHANDEKAR. IT CONTAINS INTERVIEWS TAKEN BY MAGAZINES LIKE 'VIHANGAM' & 'SAMARTH'. THIS COLLECTION COVERS ALMOST FOUR DECADES & WIDE RANGE OF VIEWS OF KHANDEKAR EXPRESSED IN VARIOUS INTERVIEWS.

WHAT IS HUMAN LIFE? IT IS A UNION OF THREE BEAUTIFUL FEELINGS. THE FIRST IS OUR OWN HAPPINESS AND PROGRESS. THE SECOND FELLING IS TOWARDS OUR FAMILY, THE OBLIGATIONS, THE INDEBTNESS. ONE HAS TO TRY TO REPAY IT TO THE BEST OF HIS/HER ABILITY. THE THIRD IS THE UNSEEN FLOW, TO HELP THE SOCIETY PROGRESS, THE SOCIETY OF WHICH WE ARE MEMBERS. ONES LIFE CAN BE SAID FULFILLED ONLY WHEN THE INDEBTEDNESS OF OURSELVES, THAT OF THE FAMILY AND OF THE SOCIETY IS SATISFIED AT THE SAME TIME. IF THERE IS NO CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE THREE THEN WE CAN SAY THAT THE PERSON IS SUCCESSFUL IN HIS LIFE. V. S. KHANDEKAR S BOOK REVEALS THESE SECRETS OF HUMAN LIFE IN HIS NOVEL. THERE ARE MANY CHARACTERS IN THIS NOVEL OF THEM, ANAND BELIEVES ONLY IN SACRIFICE, THE TRADITIONAL BELIEF; APPA AND BHAYYA ARE THOSE INCOMPETENT PEOPLE WHO SHADE OFF THEIR RESPONSIBLITIES AND JUSTIFY THEMSELVES BY MAKING A SINGLE PERSON SHOULDER IT. MANIK IS HOPELESS, LITERATE GIRL BUT HAS ALWAYS FAILED IN RECOGNISING A GOOD MIND, USHA IS YET ANOTHER CHARACTER WHO HAS BEEN ALOOF, NEVER EXPRESSING FEELINGS, GOOD OR BAD. WHAT ARE THESE CHARACTERS EILLING US? THEY TELL US THAT FOLLOWING THE CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS BLINDLESSLY IS HARMFUL NOT ONLY TO THE PERSON FOLLOWING THEM BUT ALSO TO THE SOCIETY AT LARGE. IT WAS IN 1939 THAT THE AUTHOR STATED HIS VIEWS AS FOLLOWS, "WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE VALUES IN A MAN S LIFE THEN SACRIFICE IS ALWAY HIGHLY REGARDED THAN ENDURING. BUT THE SACRIFICE SHOULD ALWAYS BE FOR A NOBLE CAUSE. DO NOT YOU THINK THAT THIS VIEW IS TRUE EVEN TODAY?

THE WILD FLOWERS: THE SHORT ESSAYS INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION UNDER THE NAME "RANPHULE WERE WRITTEN BY V. S. KHANDEKAR DURING 19271961. THEY WERE NOT PUBLISHED UNDER ONE TITLE TILL THE YEAR 2002. IT IS TRUE THAT HOWEVER BEAUTIFUL THE WILD FLOWERS FAIL TO ATTRACT ATTENTION, BECAUSE THEY REMAIN DESERTED, UNTOUCHED. THE ESSAYS IN TRUE SENSE RESEMBLE THE WILD FLOWERS, THEY ARE VARIED IN COLOUR, FRAGRANCE, SHAPES AND EACH IN TURN IS AN EXAMPLE OF ETERNAL BEAUTY. WE ARE PRESENTING THESE WILD FLOWERS BLOOMING IN THE ORCHARD OF MARATHI LITERATURE ESPECIALLY FOR THE CURIOUS TRUE LOVERS OF LITERATURE, FOR THE STUDIOUS RESEARCHERS, FOR THE PONDEROUS WAYFARER TO ALLOW THEM TO ENJOY THEIR BEAUTY. IN THESE SHORT ESSAYS YOU WILL BE MEETING THE MATURED THINKERS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT V. S. KHANDEKAR ALWAYS REPRESENTED HIGHER CLASS, BUT THESE ESSAYS WILL THROW LIGHT ON THE FACT THAT HE WAS ALSO THE SAVIOUR OF NEGLECTED AND DOWN TRODDEN PEOPLE. HIS INNOVATIVE PICTURISATION OF KAPINJAL, MAHASHWETA, PUNDARIK, VIKARNA, RAMDAS, HANUMAN, PENDYA, VRIDDHAR, ETC. WILL GIVE US A NEW INSIGHT. THIS COLLECTION IS A COMBINATION OF RURAL SWEETNESS AND URBAN SOURNESS. THIS IS A MAGICAL POTENT OF EXCLUSIVE MIXTURE. IF YOU PRESERVE IT, SAFEGUARD IT, IT WILL BECOME MORE EXPLOSIVE, SO IT IS BETTER TO READ IT AND DIGEST IT, ISN T IT?

'TARAKA' IS A POETRY COLLECTION EDITED BY V.S.KHANDEKAR. IT COVERS MARATHI POETS FROM DNYANESHWAR TO MARDHEKAR. MARATHI POETRY HAS INCREDIBLE HISTORY OF SAINT POETRY, THIS BOOK APTLY PRESENTS THAT ERA. THIS BOOK COVERS WIDE SPAN OF MARATHI POETRY WHICH CONTAINS POETS LIKE JANABAI, TUKARAM, MOROPANT, KESHAVSUT, GADKARI, B.B.BORKAR, INDIRA SANT & MANY MORE.