Böcker av Sunilkumar Lavate

KHALI JAMEEN VAR AKASH (LITERALLY BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE EARTH) IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DR. SUNILKUMAR LAWATE WHO AFTER BEING BORN TO AN UNWED MOTHER WAS DESERTED BY HER AND WHO SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD AS AN ORPHAN. HE WAS SHUNTED FROM AN ORPHANAGE TO A REMAND HOME (A DETENTION A PLACE) THOUGH HE WAS NOT AN OFFENDER. THE CHILD IN DR. LAWATE SUFFERED MENTALLY BEHIND THE HIGH WALLS. HIS NEW JOURNEY BEGAN WHEN HE JOINED A PRIVATE SCHOOL WHERE HE EXPERIENCED HUMANITY FOR THE FIRST TIME. ALL THROUGHOUT HIS STUDENT DAYS, HE HAD TO FACE THE STIGMA OF BEING AN ORPHAN AS ALSO TO DODGE RULES OF A RIGID BUREAUCRACY. AFTER COMPLETING SCHOOLING, HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AND STUDIED UPTO HIS DOCTORATE. DR. LAWATE NOW TOOK TO TEACHING WHICH HE DID FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES. HE ALSO DECIDED TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO THE CAUSE OF THE ORPHANS. HE CARRIED OUT VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS, VISITED FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND SOON ROSE TO THE POSITION OF A DECISION MAKER IN CHILD WELFARE. KHALEE JAMEEN VAR AKASH BRINGS OUT THE MANY FACETED PERSONALITY OF DR. LAWATE WHO HAS HAD A HARD AND PAINFUL JOURNEY OF LIFE STARTING FROM NNK (NAME NOT KNOWN) TO NWK (NAME WELL KNOWN). अनाथाश्रमात जन्मलेला, रिमांड होममध्ये वाढलेला तो. त्यास आई-वडील नव्हते. जात, धर्म, कुल, गोत्र, वंश, नातेवाईक अशा पारंपरिक अस्तित्वाच्या कसल्याही खुणा न घेता, जन्मलेला तो एक 'नेम नॉट नोन' होता. त्याला नाव नव्हतं. होता, एक नंबर. (कैद्याला असतो तसा!) त्याचं बालपण प्रश्नग्रस्त होतं. कौमार्य कुस्करलेलं. तारुण्य अव्हेरलं गेलेलं. तो वयात आला तसे त्याचे प्रश्नही वयात आले. प्रश्नांनी त्याला प्रौढ केलं. प्रश्नांनीच त्याचं पालकत्त्व पेललं. प्रश्नांनीच तो शिकला-सवरला नि सावरलाही! आज त्याच्या पुढे आ