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A LOT HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN MARATHI ABOUT V. S. KHANDEKAR AND HIS WORKS. YET THE HISTORY OF HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FILM INDUSTRY HAS REMAINED IN THE DARK. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THIS IS THE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING HIS SCRIPTS. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, A COLLECTION, ‘ANTARICHA DIVA’ IS COMING THE WAY OF THE MARATHI READER. THIS LITERARY LAMP IS BEING LIT AT A TIME WHEN THE MARATHI FILM INDUSTRY IS AWAKENING FROM ITS LASSITUDE. LIGHTING THE LAMP OF AMBITIOUS FILMS, IT WILL ONCE AGAIN COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE MARATHI FILM INDUSTRY! IF YOU WISH TO UNDERSTAND AS TO WHY V. S. KHANDEKAR IS CALLED THE MAXIM GORKY OR PREMCHAND OR SHARATCHANDRA OF MARATHI, THIS ‘ANTARICHA DIVA’ OUGHT TO SPREAD ITS GENTLE, WARM GLOW IN YOUR HEART.

'SANGEET RANKACHE RAJYA' IS A MUSICAL DRAMA WRITTEN BY V.S.KHANDEKAR. IT PORTRAITS THE POLITICS AT MUNICIPAL LEVEL & LOCAL POLITICAL BODIES. IT DESCRIBES THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL CONDITIONS TOO. EVERY CHARACTER IN THE DRAMA APTLY COMMENT ON CORRUPTNESS OF THE SYSTEM.

THE CONFLICT BETWEEN IDEALISTIC AND ZEROIDEALISTIC HAD ALWAYS BEEN A MUCH FAVOURED TOPIC SINCE AGES. ONLY THE IDEALS HAVE CHANGED, THE CONFLICT HAS REMAINED FOREVER. THE CONFLICT IN THE IDEALS PRESENTED IN ‘ULKA` REPRESENT THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. TARA IS THE DAUGHTER OF BHAUSAHEB, HE HAS REMARRIED. HE IS IDEALISTIC. TARA IS REBELLIOUS, RIGHT FROM HER BIRTH. TARA IS BHAUSAHEB`S METEOR ULKA. HE IS A POOR TEACHER AND SOCIETY HAS BOYCOTTED HIM. WHILE GROWING, TARA WITNESSES THE GOOD AND BAD THINGS AROUND HER. SHE SEES THE STAUNCH IDEALISM OF BHAUSAHEB AND CHANDRAKANT. SHE ALSO NOTICES THE FRAUDULENT NATURE OF PEOPLE AROUND HER. HER AUNT, MANIKRAO, INDU, BABURAO, MOST OF THOSE AROUND HER COMPROMISE WITH MANY THINGS FOR A SMOOTH LIVING. THEY PULL EACH OTHERS LEGS. THEY DO NOT WISH ANY THING GOOD FOR OTHERS...

KHANDEKAR WAS A LITTERATEUR WITH MASTER OVER MANY STYLES. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUS FOR HIS PROFOUND WRITING SKILLS. HE DID NOT WRITE WITH THE SHEER PURPOSE OF ENTERTAINMENT. FOR HIM, A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION WITH A CONCERN FOR THE SOCIETY WAS MORE IMPORTANT. HE STROVE FOR A MODERN SOCIETY. HIS ARTICLES BASED ON HIS OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOCIETY HELD A DEEP KNOWLEDGE WHICH STANDS TO BE TRUE TODAY AS WELL. IT WAS HIS DREAM TO BUILD A COUNTRY BASED ON GANDHISM WHICH WOULD FURTHER ALLOW ALL TO LIVE ON EQUAL GROUNDS. HE WISHED TO ACHIEVE A STRONG FOUNDATION BASED ON SCIENCE, EQUALITY, DIGNITY TO LABOUR, LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND PURITY OF HEART. HE BELIEVED THAT THE MODERN WOMAN WAS EDUCATED AND PRUDENT. HE IMAGINED THE COMMON MAN TO BE FULL OF VIRTUE AND JUSTICE. HE BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK TO THE FULLEST OF THEIR CONTENT. HE WAS INSISTENT UPON IGNITING MINDS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE NEW INDIA. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND HIS ARTICLES IN ORDER TO GRASP THE DEPTH OF HIS ASPIRATION. ELSE, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE THE NEW INDIA THAT HE SO WISHED TO ESTABLISH.

V.S.KHANDEKAR IS KNOWN FOR HIS PROSE WRITING , BUT HE WROTE SOME BEAUTIFUL POEMS TOO. THESE POEMS ARE COLLECTED & EDITED BY AVINASH AAWALGAOKAR. THIS COLLECTION INTRODUCES KHANDEKAR AS A POET. HIS UNIQUE WRITING STYLE, COMMAND ON WORDS & UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE MAKES HIS POEM EXTRA-ORDINARY. THESE POEMS MESMERIZES READERS.

THIS IS A SET OF TWENTY SHORT ESSAYS FROM THE VAST COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY THE EMINENT AUTHOR. THE TOPICS ARE A COMBINATION OF POETRY, HUMOUR AND PHILOSOPHY. KHANDEKAR HAD HIS OWN ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF SHORT ESSAYS. HE BELIEVED IN JUST A TOUCH OF HUMOUR WITH LITTLE BIT OF POETIC LANGUAGE AND TRACE OF PHILOSOPHY. HE WAS A MAN OF FEW WORDS LOADED WITH DEEP MEANING. HIS ESSAYS ARE GENERALLY A MIXTURE OF IMAGINATION, FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS. IN HIS MIND'S EYE, HE ALLOWS HIS IMAGINATION TO RUN FAR AND WIDE. READING HIS ESSAYS WILL BE A TREAT TO MIND AND EYES.

WHEN ONE RUNS BEHIND FAME, WEALTH AND CULTURE WHILE SEEKING HAPPINESS THEN THE PROCESS BECOMES NEEDLESSLY LENGTHY. IT HAMPERS OUR INTELLECT BUT FAILS TO TOUCH THE HEART. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LITTLE INCIDENCES OF HAPPINESS IN OUR LIFE PLEASE US A LOT. THEY HELP TO MAKE OUR LIFE BETTER IN MANY ASPECTS. AT LEAST, THAT IS WHAT I THINK. JUST IMAGINE THAT ONE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS IS VERY ILL AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEEK A FAMOUS DOCTOR FROM A BIG METROPOLITAN CITY. BUT THEN THE SINGLE ROSE YOU CARRY WITH YOU WHEN YOU VISIT YOUR FRIEND GIVES HIM IMMENSE HAPPINESS. HE MIGHT NOT BE A POET, MIGHT NOT BE A READER, YET, THE FLOWER WILL SURELY BRING A SMILE ON HIS PAINED FACE. THE FLOWER WOULD SURELY REVEAL THE MESSAGE THAT THE ONLY TRUTH LIES IN 'THIS VERY MOMENT'.

"THE LEAD FEMALE CHARACTER IN RAGINI IS CONSIDERED AS THE MILESTONE IN MARATHI LITERATURE. THE WRITER HAS TAKEN CONSIDERABLE PAINS TO PEN DOWN VARIOUS SHADES OF HUMAN NATURE. READERS ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE SANCTITY AND VASTNESS OF HIMALAYAS AND RIVER BHAGIRATHI. SHADES OF HUMOUR, PHILOSOPHY, POETRY AND SERIOUSNESS HAVE BEEN HARMONIOUSLY WOVEN PRESENTING A CAPTIVATING STORY. THE LANGUAGE IS SIMPLE AND LUCID, IT IS MATURED AND MEANINGFUL. THE PHILOSOPHICAL ANGLE OF LIFE HAS SURELY GAINED MORE SPACE THROUGHOUT BUT IT DOES NOT ACT AS A BARRIER. RATHER, IT HELPS TO MAKE THE READING MORE SIGNIFICANT. THOSE READERS WHO TEND TO FIND MEANING FROM CREATIVE WRITING CAN ALSO FIND MEANING THROUGHOUT. THE HERO OF THIS NOVEL PRAISES RAGINI BY SAYING THAT THE COMPANY OF RAGINI IS LIKE THAT OF THE HOLY RIVER GANGA, THE MANY SAINTS AND POETS. THE READERS WOULD AGREE TO HEROES QUOTE AFTER READING THE NOVEL. "

THIS IS A COMPILATION OF IMPORTANT AND FAMOUS DIALOGUES FROM THE TOPMOST DRAMAS WRITTEN BY EMINENT PERSONALITIES, RIGHT FROM ANNASAHEB KIRLOSKAR TO V. V. SHIRWADKAR. IT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THE PROGRESS OF MARATHI THEATER IN A BETTER WAY. TODAY, WE ALL MISS THE IMPORTANT THEATER TRIO; THE ACTOR, THE PLAY-WRITER AND THE THEATERS. TILL THE SCENARIO CHANGES TO BETTER, WE NEED TO SURVIVE ON THE PAST MEMORIES OF THEATER AND DRAMAS. THIS BOOK ALLOWS THE READERS TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE BYGONE RICH ERA OF MARATHI THEATER. IT WILL SURELY INITIATE AN INTEREST TO FURTHER STUDY THE DRAMAS IN DETAIL

'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.

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?

V.S.KHANDEKAR, THE WELL KNOWN MARATHI LITTERATEUR HAS EDITED A FEW OF THE STORIES WRITTEN BY EMINENT WRITERS IN THE EARLY CENTURY. THIS INCLUDES STORIES BY HARI NARAYAN APTE, DIWAKAR KRISHNA, V. S. SUKHTANKAR, Y. G. JOSHI, LAKSHMANRAO SARDESIA AND WAMAN CHORGHADE. TRANSLATION OF 'SHRIMATI' BY RAVINDRANATH TAGORE IS INCLUDED HEREIN. WHILE DESCRIBING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A STORY, AMERICAN CRITIQUE CLAYTON HAMILTON HAD SAID THAT, 'FOR A STORY TO BE IMPRESSIVE AN AUTHOR SHOULD TAKE CARE THAT THE PLACES, INCIDENCES, CHARACTERS, TIME AND EXPLANATION SHOULD NOT BE LENGTHY. WRITING SHOULD BE SHORT AND PRECISE. IN A SHORT STORY, THE SUBJECT OR THE INCIDENCE DO NOT HELD MUCH IMPORTANCE. RATHER LIFE WITH ITS VERSATILITY IS IMPORTANT AND THE PERSONALITY OF THE AUTHOR WHO CONSIDERS THIS LIFE IN A POETIC YET TRUTHFUL MANNER BECOMES IMPORTANT. AFTER READING THIS COLLECTION BY THE EMINENT WRITERS, THE READER WILL SURELY RECOGNISE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRESS OF MARATHI SHORT STORIES.

FREEDOM FIGHTER SHIVRAM MAHADEV PARANJPE WAS A TRUE BY HEART NATIONALIST. HIS ESSAYS POINTED OUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PATRIOTISM. THESE ESSAYS ARE COLLECTED & EDITED BY RENOWN MARATHI AUTHOR V.S.KHANDEKAR.

A COMPILATION OF SELECTED STORIES BY DATT RAGHUNATH KAVATHEKAR BY V. S. KHANDEKAR. KAVATHEKAR IS ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN MARATHI LITERATURE. HE WROTE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT INDIAN WOMEN. HIS WRITING MAINLY HAD THE SHADE OF COMPASSION. HE HAS ALWAYS SUCCEEDED IN SHOWING THE BRIGHT AND VIRTUOUS SIDE AS WELL. THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF SEVEN STORIES FROM FOUR OF HIS BOOKS. HIS WRITING IS SIMPLE AND LUCID. IT RESEMBLES THE MILD, SPONTANEOUS AND REFRESHING RAINS. THERE IS NO THUNDERING OF CLOUDS, NO LIGHTENING IN THE SKIES, NO HARSH WINDS AND NO HEAVY RAINFALL. YET, SHRAVANA IS ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS WITH THE PLAY OF RAIN AND LIGHT.

THIS IS A SHORT EASSY COLLECTION OF RENOWN AUTHOR ANANT KANEKAR EDITED BY V.S.KHANDEKAR. THESE ARE ESSAYS WHERE AUTHOR HAS PRECISELY POINTED OUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PERSONALITIES. THESE ARE INTELLECTUAL THOUGH HUMOUROUS ESSAYS.

THIS BOOK CONTAINS SPEECHES BY V.S.KHANDEKAR WHICH HE HAS DELIVERED ON THE PLATFORM OF VARIOUS LITERARY FESTIVALS. IT COVERS SPEECHES DELIVERED AT MARATHI SAHITYA SAMMELAN , BADODA, GOMANTAK SAHITYA SAMMELAN, MADGAO, SHARDOPASAK SAMMELAN, MUMBAI MARATHI SAHITYA SAMMELAN & SOLAPUR JILHA SAHITYA SAMMELAN. IN THESE SPEECHES V.S.KHANDEKAR PUTS LIGHT ON VARIOUS FLOWS IN MARATHI LITERATURE .

"IT IS THE UNMENTIONED RULE THAT PROBLEMS THAT ANY HUMAN HAS WOULD NEVER END FOREVER. EVEN THOUGH WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS TODAY, WE HARDLY REALISE THAT THEY END UP IN TO ANOTHER PROBLEMS." "HUMAN LIFE IS BASICALLY NOTHING BUT A CONSTANT DUEL. I CANNOT AVOID THE BITTER TRUTH THAT EVERY MOMENT OUR EMOTIONS BATTLE WITH LUST, CONSCIENCE WITH THOUGHTS AND ETERNAL WITH TEMPORARY. I ALSO AGREE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEACH A FEW THINGS RELATED TO DAILY CHAOS OF LIVING TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE FOREVER LOST IN PRAISING THE GOD AND THE POWER OF SELF. AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS TRUE THAT A HUMAN LIFE CANNOT BE FULFILLED WITH ONLY VIRTUES OR FOR THAT MATTER ONLY BY EATING FOOD OR SATISFYING THE OTHER NEEDS. THE HUMAN BODY IS IN ITSELF A COMBINATION OF MATERIALISM AND SPIRITUALITY. IF AT ALL WE TRY TO REDUCE ONE PART IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXTEND THE OTHER THEN WE AS HUMANS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR SORROWS AND GAIN ETERNAL BLISS. MAINTAINING A BALANCE BETWEEN BODY AND SOUL, POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY, GREED AND RELIGIOUS GOOD, MATERIALISM AND SPIRITUALITY IS THE BASIC AND MOST IMPORTANT NEED OF A HUMAN MIND AND OUR LIVING AS WELL.

HOW CHARMING WAS THE IDOL! ALL THE DEVOTEES WERE WORRIED ABOUT WHERE TO KEEP THE IDOL. THE IDOL ANSWERED, "THE PURE HEART OF DEVOTEES IS MY HEAVEN.` BUT THEN HOW CAN ONE SEE THE IDOL INSTALLED IN THE HEART WITH NAKED EYES? ALL THE DEVOTEES DECIDED TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL SHRINE FOR THE IDOL. SOME BROUGHT SANDALWOOD, SOME CARVED IT EXQUISITELY, DAY BY DAY; THE HEAVENLY ALLURE WAS APPEARING IN THE SHRINE STEP BY STEP. EVERYDAY THEY STARTED WORSHIPPING IT. SOME STARTED BRINGING LOVELY FRESH FLOWERS FOR IT. EACH DEVOTEE WANTED TO PROVE HIS DEVOTION. THEY ALL STARTED COMPETING EACH OTHER WHILE COLLECTING THINGS REQUIRED FOR WORSHIPPING. THE DDAY ARRIVED. THE IDOL WAS COVERED WITH FLOWERS. THE SHRINE WAS COVERED IN FLOWERS. THERE WAS FRAGRANCE EVERYWHERE. THE HIGHLY LIGHTED SHRINE WAS NOW COMPETING THE STARS IN THE SKY. THE DEVOTEES PERFORMED POOJA WITH A CONTENT MIND AND TURNED TO GO BACK. EACH ONE STUMBLED UPON SOMETHING. EACH ONE BENT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS. BUT NO ONE COULD MAKE OUT WHAT IT WAS. EVERY ONE STAMPED OVER IT AND LEFT. ALAS! IT WAS THE SAME IDOL. SOMEONE, SOMETIME HAD TROWN IT OUTSIDE. WHO? GOD KNOWS....

'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.

'SASHACHE SINHAVALOKAN' IS A OVERVIEW OF A MARATHI LITERARY LEGEND V.S.KHANDKAR'S LIFE. KHANDEKAR HAS DESCRIBED HIS LIFE STORY IN THE BOOK 'EKA PANACHI KAHANI' WHICH CONTAINS HIS LIFE SPAN FROM 1818 TO 1929 . AFTER THAT AUTHOR SUNILKUMAR LAWATE BROUGHT COLLECTION OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES NAMED AS 'PAHILI PAVALE' & THIS IS THE THIRD PART OF KHANDEKAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS.

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT, "SEX IS THE ULTIMATE PLEASURE OF LIFE A MAN AND A WOMAN COME TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF DERIVING SUCH PLEASURES. THEY HOLD HANDS TO HEIGHTEN THE INTENSITY OF LIFE. THE REAL HAPPINESS LIES IN TOUCHING EACH OTHER` MANY SUCH THINGS ARE SAID WHILE CONSIDERING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN. BUT, TRYING TO SATISFY THE LUST FOR SEXUAL PLEASURES SHOULD NEVER BE THE ULTIMATE AIM OF MARRIED LIFE. IF WE UPLIFT OURSELVES TOO MUCH IN AN ATTEMPT TO TOUCH THE SKY THEN WE ARE SURE TO FALL DOWN. MANY PEOPLE DO ACHIEVE THIS, BUT WHEN ONE IS BEGINNING HIS/HER MARRIED LIFE THEN THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS AFTER SPENDING 1020 YEARS TOGETHER IN A MARRIED LIFE, AFTER GOING THROUGH MOMENTS OF HAPPINESS AND SORROW TOGETHER, OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE EXPERIENCE THE SERENITY OF THE NIGHT. UNDEMANDING LOVE IS LIKE THE WAXING MOON AND NOT LIKE THE WANNING MOON.

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 IS THE LAST COLLECTION OF KHANDEKAR`S SHORT ESSAYS. ALL THESE ESSAYS WERE WRITTEN DURING 19741976, BUT WERE NOT COMPOSED AND PUBLISHED TILL THE YEAR 2004. THESE ESSAYS HAVE CULTIVATED THE MARATHI MINDS WITH DELIBERATE THOUGHTFULNESS, HAVE SOWN THE SEEDS OF HUMAN VALUES ALONG WITH BOUNDLESS EARNESTNESS. THEY HELPED IN SETTLING DOWN THE WAR IN A HUMAN MIND, IN BRINGING DOWN PEACE TO A HUMAN MIND WHICH WAS BADLY AFFECTED BY THE CONFLICT OF DREAMS AND REALITY; SPIRITUALITY AND SCIENCE; SACRIFICE AND ENJOYMENT. KHANDEKAR HAS ALWAYS STRIVED TO FIND THE ETERNAL TRUTH AND TO BRING LIGHT OF HUMANITY IN THE TEMPLE OF LITERATURE. HE HAS TRIED TO REVEAL THE ENIGMA THAT HE HAD FOUND ON THE UNSEEN SCREEN OF LIFE. THESE ESSAYS ARE WRITTEN WITH AN INCLINATION TO AWAKEN THE ATTITUDE; THEY ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE WRITTEN EARLIER. ONE MUST READ THEM LEISURELY.

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.

V. S. KHANDEKAR WAS BLESSED WITH THE RARE GIFT, HE WAS BLESSED WITH A SENSITIVE MIND. HE HAD THE ABILITY TO SEE EVERYTHING. HIS SIGHT REACHED THE PLACES WHERE EVEN THE SUN RAYS FAILED TO REACH.THIS BOOK IS THE COLLECTION OF HIS STORIES WHICH WERE NOT PUBLISHED. THESE WERE WRITTEN BETWEEN 19741976. THEY ARE SYMBOLIC, EMOTIONAL, PIOUS AND SUBTLE. THEY ARE FULL OF COMPASSION, SYMPATHY TOWARDS THE MANKIND. WRITER HAS SEEN THEM THROUGH HIS INNER EYES. THEY ARE NOT JUST WORDS PUT TOGETHER, THEY CREATE A CONSCIOUSNESS. THEY BRING THE BRIGHT LIGHT FOR THE LIFE BUT ALSO BRING THE PLEASANT MOONLIGHT. THESE STORIES HAVE AN ABILITY TO KEEP THE MARATHI LITERATURE ALIVE EVEN AFTER THE DEATH OF HUMANITY.

THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES V. S. KHANDEKAR`S SHORT STORIES WRITTEN DURING 1971 TO 1973. THEY ARE A PURE MIXTURE OF IMAGINATION, FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS. THE STORIES IN "VIKASAN`` HAVE A PURE YET SACRED STRENGTH OF ENTERTAINMENT. THEY LINGER INTO OUR MINDS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THEY MAKE US VERY INTROSPECTIVE. THESE STORIES REFLECT NOT ONLY KHANDEKAR`S ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH BUT ALSO REFLECT HIS DEEP PONDERING OVER LIFE. THESE STORIES PICTURE THE CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOW QUITE OLD.THEY HAVE ACCEPTED THE DUALITY OF THEIR PRESENT LIVES UNWILLINGLY, BUT THE MEMORIES OF THEIR SWEET PAST LIVES LINGER IN THEIR MINDS. IN A WAY, THESE STORIES ARE THE LIGHT HOUSE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION, BURNING WITH THE OIL OF EXPERIENCE AND MEMORIES OF THE OLDER GENERATION. THESE STORIES TRY TO TEACH US THAT `GRIHASTA DHARMA` WHICH IS THE THIRD STAGE OF LIFE IS ACTUALLY REBIRTH.NOBODY EVER REMEMBERS PAST LIFE. BEFORE MARRIAGE, OUR LIVES ARE CAREFREE LIKE THAT OF BUTTERFLIES, MARRIAGE CHANGES US INTO BIRDS, BUILDING NESTLES FOR THE YOUNG ONES, CARING FOR THEM. WE GET INVOLVED INTO THE ADJUSTMENTS WHILE TRYING TO GET THROUGH OUR NEW ROLES, AUTOMATICALLY FORGETTING OUR PAST LIVES. IS NOT MARRIAGE A REBIRTH AS IT MAKES US FORGET OUR PAST LIFE?