Böcker av Shanta J Shelake

वृत्तपत्रांतून सदरलेखन करणे मला नेहमीच आवडत आले आहे. दैनंदिन जीवनातील अनेक लहानमोठ्या घटना, वेगवेगळ्या वृत्तिप्रवृत्तींच्या माणसांशी या ना त्या कारणाने होणाया भेटी आणि संवाद, निसर्गाच्या अनेक भाववृत्ती, नित्याच्या वाचनातून मनावर होणारे विविध संस्कार - या सायांमधून मला सदरलेखनासाठी विषय सुचतात. बरेचसे काही, जे इतर कोणत्याच साहित्यरूपाने प्रकट होऊ शकत नाही, ते व्यक्त करण्यासाठी सदरलेखनासारखे अन्य माध्यम नाही, असा माझा अनुभव आहे....

This is a collection of the articles by Shantabai. She has appreciated various stories by various authors. She writes her views about `Changing`, the autobiographical article by the famous actress Leev Ulman. She also describes the very old autobiographical novel `Daivleela` by a Marathi author. She has written about Gandhiji, Madhav Julien, Tambe, Y. G. Joshi, Sharatchandra Punarvasu, and G. D. Madgulkar. She does not spare herself. She writes about her writing in detail. She describes the way through which she got familiar with the Sanskrit drama `Uttar Ram Charit`. She also jots down about the books she read at the very tender age.These articles will show the readers the various places in the field of literature of which they were not aware till today. All these articles reveal Shantabai`s love for literature and her curiosity about it.

AFTER THE FIRST THREE POETRY BOOKS LIKE `GONDAN`, `ANOLAKH`, AND JANMAJANHAVI` THIS IS THE NEW POETRY BOOK BY SHANTA SHELKE. THE POEMS UNDER THIS COLLECTION MAKE US REALIZE THAT THE POETESS HAS ACCEPTED THE NEW TREND IN THE WORLD OF POETRY GRACEFULLY, SUCCESSFULLY; AT THE SAME TIME, NOWHERE SHE HAS FORGOTTEN THE AGEOLD TRADITIONS OF MARATHI POEMS. WHILE PRACTICING THE NEW STYLE, SHE GENUINELY GRASPS THE NEW ANGLES, NEW MEANINGS, NEW UNIVERSE OF THE CHANGED STYLE, YET DEEP INSIDE HER POEM REMAINS THE SAME SIMPLE AND CASUAL, SPONTANEOUSLY RELATING THE WORDS TO THE MEANINGFUL STANZAS, ONE AFTER OTHER; WITH THE SAME PASSION.