Bøker av Ranjeet Desai

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES BASED ON FAMOUS HISTORICAL FIGURES. THE NAME INDICATES THAT THIS IS A SET OF STORIES HAVING IT`S OWN FRAGRANCE. IN THE BEGINNING THE AUTHOR ADMITS THAT ‘WORDS HAVE NO FRAGRANCE. THEY HAVE ONLY MEANINGS. BUT A COMBINATION OF MANY WORDS PRESENT A PERSON AND THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BE AFTER READING THESE STORIES READER WILL FEEL THE FRAGRANCE TOO THEN IT WILL GIVE ME IMMENSE SATISFACTION.` THE AUTHOR SHOWS HIS CONFIDENCE AND FAITH IN THE READERS. ALL THE STORIES IN ‘GANDHALI` ARE BASED ON THE LIVES OF FAMOUS PERSONALITIES AND THE INCIDENCES FROM THE PAST. HE HAS SLECTED EACH ONE CAREFULLY. EACH STORY IS A HOMOGENOUS MIXTURE OF VALOUR, COMPASSION AND ROMANCE. EACH ONE REFLECTS THE AUTHOR`S COMMAND OVER LANGUAGE AND TAKES THE READER TO THE HISTORY ITSELF. THE SUCCESS OF ‘GANDHALI` IS INTENSE ON THE BACKGROUND OF NOVELS FROM THE SAME AUTHOR, BASED ON HISTORICAL FIGURES.

THE` BARRE` TRIBE HAD TRADITIONALLY LIVED IN THICK AND BEAUTIFUL JUNGLES. THEY RESORTED TO DACOIT AND THEFT IN NEARBY LOCALITIES FOR THEIR LIVING. THEY HARDLY EVER DREAMT OF STABLE LIFE. THE SOCIO-POLITICAL CHANGES AROUND AND FALLING OF FORESTS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED THEIR LIFE STYLE AND INTRODUCED THEM TO NEW WAYS AND VALUES. `BARE' RECOUNTS ALL THIS IN FORM OF A NOVEL. THE PICTURESQUE ENVIRONS, THE RUGGED LIFE-STYLE, THE PETTY FEUDS AND PLEASURES, THE NEW CHANGES ETC. HAVE BEEN POWERFULLY AND REALISTICALLY PRESENTED WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPT TO PASS ANY VALUE JUDGMENTS.

MANY MARATHI AUTHORS WRITE SHORT STORIES, LONG STORIES BUT RANJIT DESAI HAS ADOPTED A VERY UNIQUE STYLE. HIS STORY BLENDS HARMONIOUSLY WITH THE MAGNIFICENT BACKGROUND. IT IS ALWAYS COLOURED IN BEAUTIFUL SHADES OF BLUE, GIVING EVERYTHING A DREAMY TOUCH.

LITERATURE IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY. IT IS A SORT OF CONSORT OF SOMETHING ELSE. HUMAN LIFE IS BASED ON CERTAIN BELIEFS AND VALUES. LITERATURE IS BASED ON THESE VERY BELIEFS AND VALUES. BUT AN AUTHORS OWN EXPERIENCES AND HIS VISION OF LIFE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE BIRTH OF LITERATURE. HE IS NOT JUST A PRESENTER OF REALTY. IT IS NOT AS IF EVERY ASPECT OF REALITY APPEALS TO HIM. SOME THINGS TOUCH HIM DEEPLY AND AWAKEN HIS MIND. IT IS SUCH A MIND, PRIMED BY A PERSONAL INSIGHT INTO REALITY THAT CREATED LITERATURE WHEN IT IS TOUCHED BY IDEALISM. THE RAYS OF THE SUN FALLING UPON THE SURFACE OF WATER DO NOT PRODUCE A RAINBOW. IT IS ONLY WHEN THE RAYS, REFLECTED BY THE CLOUDS PASS THROUGH THE MYRIAD DROPLETS OF DEW IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THAT WE SEE THE BRILLIANT HUES OF THE RAINBOW. WHEN REALITY GETS THE MAGICAL TOUCH OF IDEALISM, ONLY THEN LITERATURE REACHES A DIFFERENT DIMENSION…! AS THE CHIEF GUEST OF VARIOUS LITERARY MEETS, RANJIT DESAI HAS DELIVERED MANY SPEECHES THAT HAVE TOUCHED UPON CLASSIC LITERATURE AND THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND IT. THIS IS A SELECT COLLECTION OF SOME OF HIS SPEECHES!

THE BOND OF WEDLOCK IS LIKE THE WELDING THAT BINDS TWO PLATES OF STEEL TOGETHER. AS A RESULT, TWO BEINGS BECOME STRONGER. LIFE GOES ON RELENTLESSLY. IT DOES NOT PAUSE FOR ANYBODY. CHILDREN GROW UP. WE LOSE THE COMPANY OF OUR FRIENDS; WE EXPERIENCE TIMES OF HAPPINESS AS WELL AS SORROW. BUT THROUGH ALL THESE UPHEAVALS THE COUPLE IS ALWAYS WITH EACH OTHER, ENJOYING THE PLEASURES OF THIS BOND. IT IS HERE THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE HEAVEN ON EARTH. WHEREVER THERE IS SUCH ONENESS, WEDDED LIFE REMAINS UNSCATHED DESPITE THE CONFLICTS OR UPHEAVALS IN THE WORLD AT LARGE, JUST LIKE THE PHOENIX THAT RISES FROM THE ASHES. IF YOU CAN ACQUIRE THIS STRENGTH, YOU CAN LET THE WORLD BE. YOU CAN SMILE AT CRITICISMS. AS LONG AS YOU ARE SURE THAT THERE IS SOMEONE FIRMLY BACKING YOU, THERE IS NO REASON TO FEAR ANYTHING, UNDERSTAND?’

WE ALL KNOW RANJIT DESAI AS A VERSATILE WRITER HE GOT HIS NAME AND FAME BECAUSE OF THE NOVELS, STILL HE STARTED HIS CAREER AS A WRITER WITH SHORT STORIES. DURING THE EARLY YEARS, HE MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE RURAL LIFE AND THE REALITIES THEREIN. LATER ON, HE TRIED TO WALK ON THE PATH OF HISTORY GIVING US WONDROUS STORIES WITH MAJESTIC ENVIRONMENT. HE SKETCHED PICTURES OF WELL KNOWN PERSONALITIES IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC AND ART. LATER ON, HE SWITCHED OVER TO STORIES WITH MORE STRESS ON NATURE, STARS ETC. MORPANKHI SAWALYA IS A COLLECTION OF 15 STORIES OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS, USED TO THE NATURE. THE PECULIARITY OF THESE STORIES IS THOUGH THEY ARE WRITTEN BY A HUMAN NOT EVEN A SINGLE HUMAN BEING COMES INTO OUR SIGHT THROUGHOUT AFTER GOING THROUGH THE WONDERFUL NATURE PICTURED BY RANJIT DESAI, WE WILL ONCE AGAIN REALISE HIS GREATNESS.

THE YOUNG ONE OF THE KOEL DOES NOT FORGET HIS SONG EVEN AFTER BEING RAISED IN A CROW’S NEST. BUT HUMAN BEINGS BROUGHT UP IN GOOD HOUSEHOLDS OFTEN FORGET THEIR HUMANITY. NEITHER LOVE NOR COMPASSION CAN HOLD THEM. IN WHAT DIRECTION WILL THE INDIFFERENT PARENTS, IRRESPONSIBLE TEACHERS, AND IMBALANCED YOUTH TAKE THIS WORLD?