KALPANATARANG

V.S. KHANDEKAR HAS SUCCESSFULLY HANDLED THE MANY TYPES OF LITERATURE. MEGHASHYAM SHIRODKAR WITH HIS EXPERIENCE IN PRINT MEDIA STARTED PUBLISHING ‘VAINATEY’, THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. HIS COLLEAGUE FROM HIS PRINTING BUSINESS HELPED HIM IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT. KHANDEKAR OFTEN PRESENTED HIS THOUGHTS THROUGH VAINATEY. MANY OF HIS THOUGHTS ARE ALL COMPILED UNDER THE TITLE ‘KALPANATARANG’.
‘VAINATEY’ WAS BASICALLY MEANT FOR MASS-EDUCATION. IT AIMED AT MAKING PEOPLE REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SERVICE. IT ALSO HELPED TO CREATE POLITICAL AWARENESS AND INTEREST IN MASSES. IT WAS WELL-KNOWN FOR THE ITS LITERARY QUALITIES. KHANDEKAR MADE MANY COLUMNS POPULAR.
ARTICLES LIKE ‘GAJARACHI POONGI’, BAHURATNA VASUNDHARA’, ‘RAANFULE,’ ‘KALPANATARANG’, ‘KANASACHE DANE’, ‘VANGMAY VICHAR’, ‘SAMUDRAMANTHAN’, ‘PUSTAK PARICHAY’, ‘PARICHAYACHI PARADI’, ETC. WERE WIDELY WELCOMED ALL OVER MAHARASHTRA. VAINATEY SOON GAINED NAME AND FAME.