Böcker av V S Khandekar

THIS COLLECTION OF SHORT ESSAYS WAS PUBLISHED IN 1948. IT CONTAINS 10 SHORT ESSAYS. MOST OF THEM REPRESENT THE AUTHOR S STATE OF MIND. AUTHOR FEELS THAT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF SHORT ESSAYS. THEY DIFFER IN TOPICS, THEY DIFFER IN STYLE. IN MARATHI, LESS TOPICS AND STYLES ARE HANDLED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE MARATHI SHORT ESSAYS REFLECT INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND DELICATE AFFECTION. LAST 20 YEARS HAVE SEEN A LOT OF MARATHI ESSAYS. MARATHI DOES HAVE A SCOPE IN THE FIELD OF LITERATURE. 'TEESRA PRAHAR IN MARATHI MEANS THE TIME OF LIFE BETWEEN THE YOUTH AND THAT OF A RESPONSIBLE PERSON OF 2530 YEARS. THIS STAGE IS CONSIDERED AS VERY IMPORTANT AS A PERSON IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE DOWN DURING IT. श्रेष्ठ वाङ्मयाची एक मोठी खूण म्हणजे शोकभावना.हा जीवनाचा एक अपरिहार्य भाग आहे.या सत्याची त्याला असलेली जाणीव. मात्र या जाणिवेमुळे ते वाङ्मय दबून जात नाही,गुदमरत नाही. भीतिग्रस्त होऊन डोळे मिटून घेत नाही, जीवनापासून दूर पळून जात नाही.माणसाच्या मनात आणि सामाजिक जीवनात जे जे अमंगल असते त्याच्यावर मात करू पाहणाNया त्याच्या आत्मशक्तिचे चित्र रेखाटण्यात या वाङ्मयाला नेहमीच आनंद होतो. ही शक्ती अनेकदा पराभूत होते,तिला नेहमी नवनव्या जखमा होत असतात.पण एखाद्या उत्कट क्षणी अमंगलाचा पराभव करून ती विजयी होते.

THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF FOURTEEN OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ESSAYS BY THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER AND NOVELIST OF BYGONE ERA, LATE VAMAN MALHAR JOSHI. HIS EXCELLENCE IN SEEMINGLY TWO DIFFERENT AREAS CREATED VALUABLE LITERATURE. HE IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WRITER AND CRITIQUE. A FEW OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS WRITINGS WERE IMPRESSIVE WRITING STYLE, FORCEFUL EXPRESSIONS, BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENT OF IDEAS WOVEN INTO PERFECTLY SUITED WORDS. HE HAS EXPRESSED HIS THOUGHTS REGARDING PATRIOTISM. HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN FOR THE COMMON MAN. YET, APART FROM ALL THIS, HE COMES STRONGLY AS A THOUGHT-PROVOKER. HE SEEKS ULTIMATE TRUTH WHILE ALIGNING IT WITH CORE OF VALUES. HE HAS ARTISTICALLY WOVEN ASSIGNED TRUTH WITH CULTURES AND CUSTOMS. VERY RARELY, ONE POSSESSES SO MANY QUALITIES TOGETHER. THOUGH HE WAS CRITICIZED AS A PERSON WHO WOULD NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING BLINDLY, HIS CRITIQUE WOULD ALSO NOT HESITATE TO DECLARE HIM AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL THINKER AND SCHOLAR. मागच्या पिढीतील थोर तत्त्वचिंतक कादंबरीकार कै. वामन मल्हार जोशी यांच्या निवडक चौदा निबंधांचा श्री. वि. स. खांडेकरांनी संपादित केलेला हा संग्रह आहे. तत्त्वविवेचक व वाङ्मयविवेचक या दुहेरी भूमिकेत वामनरावांनी जे लेखन केले आहे, त्यामुळे मराठीतल्या पहिल्या प्रतीच्या निबंधकारांत आणि टीकाकारांत त्यांची सदैव गणना केली जाईल. त्यांच्या निबंधांचे बळ आकर्षक भाषाशैलीत, प्रचाराच्या तीव्रतेमुळे येणार्या आवेशात, सौंदर्याने मनाला मोहून सोडणार्या कल्पकतेत, देशभक्तीसारख्या वाचकाच्या एखाद्या आवडत्या भावनेला मì