GAPPAGOSHTI

IN ‘MAAZAA KAILASVASI VRUTTAPATRA VYAVASAYA’ THE PROTAGONIST NARRATES HOW HIS JOURNALISTIC CAREER CAME TO AN END DUE TO HIS INTELLECTUAL NONONSENSE STYLE OF WRITING…’KHEDYATIL EK DIVAS’ TAKES A SARCASTIC LOOK AT THE GROSS MISCONCEPTIONS THAT CITY DWELLERS HOLD ABOUT VILLAGE LIFE…BHIKU INGALE DECIDES TO BECOME A TEACHER RATHER THAN A CLERK AND IN ‘EKA VARGATIL PATH’ HE TELLS HOW HE LEARNT HIS LESSON FOR LIFE! MOVED BY THE PLIGHT OF FLOOD VICTIMS IN PUNE, THE FOLK OF BHOKARWADI GO ON A FUNDRAISING DRIVE AND END UP NEEDING HELP THEMSELVES…IN ‘GANPAT PATIL’ WE MEET THE LARGEHEARTED, BUT CUNNING PROTAGONIST WHO KEEPS FIGHTING THE CASE FOR PRESTIGE THOUGH HE IS SURE TO LOSE; YET IN THE END HE FORGIVES SAKHU…ON THE OTHER HAND, IN ‘NIKAAL’, GANPAT WAGHMODE SOMEHOW MANAGES TO GET A FAVOURABLE VERDICT FOR HIMSELF… THE COMMON THREAD THAT LINKS THE TALES TOGETHER IN THIS COLLECTION IS THE SOMEWHAT HUMOROUS STREAK UNDERLYING ALL HUMAN NATURE – FULL OF PARADOXES AND CUNNING. THE EASY AND SPONTANEOUS STYLE HAS LENT A CONVERSATIONAL TONE TO THE VOLUME.