Böcker av Anand Yadav

‘HOW DID I REACH THE HEIGHTS? WHILE LIVING LIFE IT IS UNNECESSARY TO GRUMBLE AND COMPLAIN ALL THE WHILE. SO IS LIVING IN THE WORN OUT TRADITIONAL WAY. YOU CAN ALWAYS REACT TO THE SITUATIONS FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART. YOU MUST LOOK AT THE THINGS WITH A NEW ASPECT. YOU CAN EVEN LINE THEM WITH YOUR EXPERIENCES, KNOWLEDGE AND THE FEELING OF LIVELINESS. EVERY MOMENT SOMETHING NEW TAKES PLACE IN OUR LIVES. IT MAY BE SIMPLE AT TIMES, BUT YOUR PERSPECTIVE TO LOOK AT THEM MAKES THE EVERYDAY MOMENTS SPECIAL. THEN THESE SIMPLE MOMENTS REVEAL A WONDERFUL ASPECT, AN AMAZING BREAKTHROUGH AND AN ASTONISHING MEANING EVERY TIME. THEY OFFER A NEVER BEFORE DEPTH TO ALL THESE SIMPLE DAYTODAY HAPPENINGS. THE MOMENT YOU REALIZE THE WORTH OF THESE SPLENDID OCCURRENCES YOUR LIFE TAKES A TURN, A SOLID ONE MESMERIZING YOU WITH ITS YET MORE WONDERS. AS YOU SHARE THESE ABUNDANT MOMENTS, YOU ARE FULL OF HOPES AND VIGOUR TO LIVE LIFE ANEW. TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS YOU MUST READ A LOT AND LATER MUST CONTEMPLATE. IT WILL FURTHER ENRICH YOUR LIVES, FILLING IT WITH VARIED FRAGRANCE AND VIVID ANGLES.

DURING WARTIME, IT IS ALWAYS SEEN THAT PEOPLE COME TOGETHER FORGETTING THEIR PAST, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS AND COMMUNITY DIFFERENCES TO FIGHT THE WAR. THE STORIES OF SOLDIERS` VALOUR AND SPIRIT ALWAYS NURTURE THE TENDER MINDS DEEPLY. WHILE LISTENING TO THE PATRIOTIC SONGS FULL OF BRAVERY; YOUNG MINDS AUTOMATICALLY GET TUNED TO THE WORDS, RHYTHM AND THE MEANING THEREIN. THEY GET IMPRESSED WITH PATRIOTISM. THIS IS A COLLECTION OF POEMS WRITTEN IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE SOLDIERS WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIFE OR WHO FOUGHT WITH IMMENSE BRAVERY. THESE SONGS WILL SURELY INSPIRE THE YOUNG MINDS.

A STORY COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS, IT SEARCHES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT MODES OF LIFE. NONE OF THE EXPERIENCES OR FORMS OF LIFE ARE FORBIDDEN TO IT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE WRITER UNDERGOES SOME PARTICULAR LIFE-STYLE. HE EXPRESSES THIS THROUGH HIS WRITINGS. STILL, HE TRIES TO TAKE AN AIM AT THE UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS BASED ON HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. THIS IN TURN MAKES THE STORY UNIVERSAL WITH ITS PECULIAR BODY AND FORM. THIS IS A UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE ARTISTIC STORIES. WE TASTE THE TRUENESS OF THIS THROUGHOUT ANAND YADAV`S STORIES SKETCHED IN "ZADVATA`, LITERALLY MEANING THE WAYS IN A JUNGLE. EVEN THOUGH THE AUTHOR IS EXPLAINING HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, THE READERS FIND THEM TO BE UNIVERSAL. EACH AND EVERY LEAF OF ALL THE TREES MAKE THIS COME TRUE.

DURING THE 50 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE, THE RURAL LIFE AND CULTURE HAS UNDERGONE A TOTAL CHANGE. THIS CHANGE ALMOST DESTROYED THE VILLAGES PRIOR TO INDEPENDENCE. A FEW TRACES OF THESE PREINDEPENDENT PERIOD VILLAGES ARE NOW SEEN IN THE REMOTEST "ADIVASI` PART OF THE HILLY REGIONS OF MAHARASHTRA. ANAND YADAV HAS TRIED TO PICTURIZE THE SOCIAL, FINANCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL, CULTURAL SIDE OF THESE CHANGED VILLAGES IN THIS BOOK. HE HIMSELF HAS WITNESSED THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THIS NEW ERA. THE READERS REALIZE THIS AS THROUGHOUT THE BOOK YADAV`S EXPERIENCES COME TO MEET US. THIS CAN BE THE FIRST MARATHI BOOK TO GUIDE THE MARATHI PHILOSOPHERS, REFORMERS, LITTERATEURS, PROFESSORS, ACTIVISTS, AND THE YOUNG GENERATION. IT WILL IGNITE ALL THE MINDS; YOUNG OR OLD.

ADORNMENT HAS A PECULIAR PLACE IN OUR LIFE. BUT MANY A TIMES, IT PORTRAYS WOMAN AS A MEDIUM TO SATISFY HEDONISM AND NOT AS A PERSON. THIS IS NOT TRUE. A WOMAN HAS SOME SPECIAL PLACE. SHE HAS AN EXISTENCE BEYOND THE LUST, SHE HAS ETERNAL BEAUTY, WHICH CAN BE SAVOURED WITHOUT INTERMINGLING IT WITH LUST. THE ARTICLES INCLUDED UNDER THIS BOOK ARE WRITTEN WITH THIS ANGLE, TO DESCRIBE HER BEAUTY BEAUTIFULLY. TO SHOW HER AESTHETICNESS. THROUGHOUT THE ARTICLES SHE MEETS US IN VARIOUS FORMS, SOMETIMES SHE IS A CHARMING BABY ANGEL, SOMETIMES SHE IS AN INNOCENT GIRL, SOMETIMES A FULLY GROWN LADY, SOMETIMES AS AN ELITE LADY OF NOBLE BLOOD IN A 9 YARD SAREE, SOMETIMES AS A CONFIDENT URBAN LADY IN A 6 YARD SAREE. SOMETIMES, SHE IS THE `ADIMAYA`, A CLOSE FRIEND, A LOVER, A WIFE, A MOTHER, AND ALL THE TIMES A DIVINE POWER CARING FOR THE MANHOOD.

ANAND YADAV HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE MINDS OF MARATHI READERS. HE HAS NOT ONLY MASTERED THE SHORT STORIES BUT ALSO THE NOVELS. WE HAVE OFTEN COME ACROSS HIS SENSITIVE MIND THROUGH MANY OF HIS STORIES. HIS MIND NOTICES THE SMALLEST OR TINIEST FEELINGS IN THE MINDS AROUND. HE GIVES MEANING TO THE NEGLECTED FEELINGS OF THOSE DOWNTRODDEN PEOPLE. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE PLANTS THRIVE IN THE SOIL. BUT ARE WE ALL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT IT DOES NOT THRIVE BECAUSE OF THE OUTERMOST LAYER VISIBLE TO OUR EYES? ON THE CONTRARY, IT IS THE LAYER OF SOIL BENEATH THE OUTERMOST SOIL WHICH IS NOT ONLY HUMID BUT ALSO WARM, THUS BEARING THE BEST SUITABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE PLANT TO ROOT ITSELF WELL. THE STORIES INCLUDED UNDER THIS TITLE HERE ARE ALL RELATED TO THE LIFE OF VILLAGERS. THROUGHOUT, THE WRITING REFLECTS THE URGE THAT THE WRITER HAS FELT FOR THE WARMTH BENEATH THESE OTHERWISE DRYAPPEARING PEOPLE. IT IS THIS URGE IN HIM THAT MAKES HIM SEE BEYOND THE DAYTODAY LIVING AND BEARING OF THE VILLAGERS. HE REVEALS THE UNKNOWN SHADES OF THESE PURE MINDS WHICH MAY OTHERWISE APPEAR TO BE SELFISH. THE STORIES HELP THE READERS TO FIND THE WARMTH AND MOISTURE DEEP WITHIN WHICH INITIATES THE DAWNING OF SUPER SENSITIVENESS. THE RESULT… THIS BOOK ENHANCES US IN RETURN, IN TERMS OF HUMANITY.

SET IN THE 1970S, NATARANG IS A VERY RENOWNED NOVEL IN MARATHI LITERATURE, ONE OF ITS OWN TYPE. IT IS ILLUSTRIOUS AS WELL AS GLOOMY. THIS PICTURES ALMOST ALL YADAV`S SKILL AS A WRITER. HE POSSESSES AN IMMENSE QUALITY TO PICTURE THE EVENTS TRULY, MAKING THEM VERY INTERESTING, GIVING THEM A TOUCH OF PSYCHOSCIENTIFIC ASPECT. HE HAS A PERFECT SENSE OF HUMOUR AND COMPASSION, CATCHES IT WITHOUT FAIL AND MAKES THE NOVEL LIVELY. `NATRANG` IS A MOURNFUL NOVEL OF AN INDIAN ARTIST. IT HAS MANY ASPECTS OF EXPERIENCE. IT IS A HOMOGENOUS MIXTURE OF THE INTENSE POVERTY AND ARTISTIC ENERGY, AN ARTIST`S FAMILY AND THE ARTIST`S PERSONALITY. THE AUTHOR HAS PORTRAYED THE LIFESTYLE OF AN ARTIST FROM THE `MATANG` COMMUNITY. HE WANTS TO LEAVE THE SAFE BOUNDARIES, LEAD HIS LIFE IN A DIFFERENT MANNER, AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONS, WANTS TO PRODUCE SOME FINE ARTS, HE IS INSPIRED BY HIS SOUL. HE HAS TO FIGHT WITH THE ARTISTS WHO ARE READY TO SELL THEIR ART FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY. THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS PERFECTLY WELL THE ARTIST WITH HIS PUREST MIND DEDICATED TOWARDS ARTS. DR. CHANDRAKANT BANDIWADEKAR.

THE STORIES INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION TAKES YADAV`S STYLE ON A SPECIFIC STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. THE STORIES ARE A FULL PROOF OF HIS AWAKENING AS AN INCISIVE WRITER. HE CONSIDERS THE REAL RURAL LIFE, ITS MENTALITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE URBAN LIFE VERY MINUTELY. THE AUTHOR SUCCEEDS IN SHOWING THE GOOD AND BAD EFFECTS OF THE REFORMATION OF THE VILLAGE LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION, DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS, WATER PROJECTS, PANCHAYAT PARISHAD, AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE VERY ARTISTICALLY. IT IS A PITY THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS WHICH WERE STARTED WITH THE GOOD INTENTION OF PROGRESS OF THE VILLAGES ARE ACTUALLY SPOILING THE VILLAGE LIFE. THE EFFECT IS NOT SOOTHING, IT`S DEVASTATING. THE DOWN TRODDEN ARE ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCT. THE AUTHOR HAS ALSO STUDIED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT CASTES AND CLASSES OF THE MARATHI COMMUNITY. HE HAS ALSO CAST A LIGHT ON THE CO-RELATION BETWEEN THE VILLAGES AND TOWNS AND THE CULTURAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HIGHLY INTELLECTUAL MIDDLE CLASS. TOGETHER, THIS COLLECTION TAKES HIM TO A CERTAIN HEIGHT. ALL THESE STORIES ARE REPRESENTING THE PRESENT MARATHI VILLAGE CULTURE AND THE OVERALL MARATHI COMMUNITY. DR. DATTATRAYA PUNDE.

ZOMBEE LITERALLY MEANS WRESTLING. THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF A YOUTH FROM INTERIOR MAHARASHTRA. HE FIGHTS HIS WAY THROUGH JUST TO COMPLETE HIS SECONDARY EDUCATION. HIS LANDLESS FATHER TILLING LANDS FOR OTHERS, THINKS HIS SON`S EDUCATION NOT ONLY UNAFFORDABLE BUT UNWISE ALSO, HE HELPLESSLY WATCHES HIS MOTHR PERMANENTLY FATED TO THANKLESS LABOUR, CONTINEOUSLY WORKING FOR AN EVERGROWING FAMILY DEEP IN THE CLUTHES OF CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS. HE HAD TO WRESTLE WITH HARDSHIPS AND HUNGER TO COMPLETE HIS SCHOOL EDUCATION. THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL IS AN AUTHENTIC TALE AS MUCH OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS FAMILY AS OF ANY OF THE HUNDREDS OF LANDLESS FAMILIES FROM RURAL INTERIORS.

THE PROCESS OF GENERATING LITERATURE: (PUBLISHED IN 1989) THIS NOVEL OF DR. ANAND YADAV UNTANGLES THE PERPLEXING PROCESS OF THE BIRTH OF LITERATURE. I WOULD RATHER SAY THAT IT IS A UNIQUE AND UNRIVALLED PIECE OF LITERATURE WITH A PHILOSOPHICAL BASE. HOW IS THE SEED FOR GENERATION SOWN IN AN ARTISTIC MIND? HOW DOES THE ARTISTIC MIND TRAVEL FROM THE FORMAL EXPERIENCES TO THE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES? WHY DOES THE ARTIST FIND THE EXPRESSION MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE FORM OF LITERATURE? WHY A RIFT DEVELOPS BETWEEN THE ARTIST`S CONVENTIONS AND THE READER`S EXPERIENCE? THE AUTHOR HAS HONESTLY TRIED TO ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS IN HIS FULLEST CAPACITY. TO GIVE MORE DEPTH TO THIS DESCRIPTION, HE NEUTRALLYCRITICIZES HIS OWN CREATIVE LITERATURE LIKE "NATARANG`, "GOTAVALA`, AND `BHAY.` THIS IS A MASTER PIECE IN THE WORLD OF LITERATURE. IT IS THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE IN THE FIELD OF A NEW FACULTY; "THE WRITER`S SKILLS`.

THIS IS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TYPE BUT STILL THE "ME` IN IT IS NEVER HARSH UPON US. THIS OFTEN HAS HAPPENED IN MANY AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS LATELY. YADAV IS AN EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE. THE PERSONALITY OF HIS "ME` DOES NOT RANKLE IN OUR EYES. ON THE CONTRARY, THE "ME` IS VERY SHY, BASHFUL, VIRTUOUS. IT LOVES OTHER PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATIONS. IT HAS A LONGING FOR THE NATURE. THE WRITER DOES NOT IGNORE THE CURRENT ACTUALITY. THERE IS A FEELING OF BEING UNSAFE IN THIS MODERN WORLD IN SPITE OF ALL THE PRECAUTIONS, THERE IS TERRIBLE MENTAL TANGLING. THE COMMON MAN IS DUBIOUS ABOUT HIS LIFE. HIS LIFE IS FULL OF ARTIFICIAL AND MECHANICAL FEELINGS. HIS MIND IS AT TWO ENDS WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE HIS VIRTUOUSNESS. HIS LIFE STILL POSSESSES THE CULTURAL VALUES INCULCATED SO DEEPLY AND SO THOROUGHLY PRACTICED. HE HAS EYESIGHT WHICH IMMEDIATELY FINDS THE REALITY. HE HAS THE WEFTS AND WARPS WEAVE TIGHTLY TOGETHER WITH THE EMOTIONS. THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF AN URBANITE, THEY MAKE THE MAN REALIZE THAT HE IS A MERE PUPPET IN THE HANDS OF FATE. THESE ARTICLES SHOW THE AUTHOR`S COMMAND OVER HANDLING DIFFERENT SENSATIONS, POETIC SENSE, AND THE EXPERIENCES WITH SUBTLE IMAGINATION.

THIS IS THE THIRD COLLECTION OF ITS TYPE BY MR. YADAV. THE HUMOUR IN THIS COLLECTION TAKES A DIFFERENT TURN FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO COLLECTIONS. THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT TURN DURING THESE 50 YEARS. THEY HAVE CREATED A CONTROVERSY AMONG THEMSELVES. THE AUTHOR SHADES A LIGHT WITH A SARCASTIC AND SATIRICAL NOTE. THE COMMON MAN WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF ALL THE STORIES IS FALLEN A PREY IN THE HANDS OF THE CORRUPTED SOCIAL LIFE, THE SELFISH AND SCHEMING MINDS OF THE POLITICIANS, THE OPPORTUNISTS, THE GREEDY GOVERNMENT SERVANTS, THE SO CALLED COSMOPOLITAN LADIES LOST IN THE SHALLOW IMAGES OF BEAUTY AND FALSE STATUS, THE DRUNKARDS AND THE TERRIBLE ATTITUDE OF THE SOCIETY. IN THIS BOOK, THE AUTHOR IS NOT PLAYING THE ROLE OF AN ENTERTAINER, BUT THAT OF A COMMENTATOR WHO IS TRYING TO BRING THE REAL PICTURE OF THIS SPOILED MARATHI PEOPLE. HE DOES THIS WITH A TINGE OF SARCASM TO THE HUMOUR. THE HUMOUR SUCCEEDS IN MAKING US HAPPY BUT NOT LEAST IS THE TINGE OF SATIRE WHICH DOES MAKE US LOOK AT THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. IT MAKES US THINK ABOUT IT INWARDLY. WE MUST APPRECIATE THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS COLLECTION.

THERE WERE TREMENDOUS CHANGES SEEN IN THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, INDUSTRIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL LIFE IN MAHARASHTRA DURING THE 50 YEARS POST INDEPENDENCE. THIS ALL NATURALLY AFFECTED THE LITERATURE, AS THE VIEWS OF THE LITTERATEUR CHANGED A LOT. NEW LINES AND FORMS OF LITERATURE CAME INTO PRACTICE. INITIALLY, THEY SUCCEEDED IN MAKING THE OLD APPEAR DULL, BUT WITH THE TIME, THEY ALSO LOST THEIR SPEED. ON THIS BACKGROUND, YADAV STANDS IN TO SEARCH THE MENTALITY CHANGED WITH THE TIME; HE TRIES TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT LINES AND FORMS OF LITERATURE, HE WORKS ON THEIR INITIATIVES, THEIR SIMILARITIES, THEIR DIFFERENCES, THEIR BACKGROUNDS WITH ALL HIS WIT AND WILL. HE HIMSELF IS A VERY SENSITIVE LITTERATEUR AND A CONTEMPLATIVE CRITIC.

YOU AND ME, EVERYONE IS THE MEMBER OF SAME SOCIETY, SO ARE THOUSAND OTHERS. BUT, A VERY FEW POSSESS A MIND WHICH IS SENSITIVE, CONTEMPLATIVE AND EMOTIONAL TOO. THIS IS SURELY A MIND OF A WRITER. THE THINGS WHICH WE CONSIDER AS VERY SIMPLE ARE NOT SO IN THE EYES OF A WRITER. WHAT WE FAIL TO NOTICE IN THE SIMPLE MODES AND ASPECTS OF LIFE HAVE A HIDDEN POWER IN THEM, HIDDEN MEANING IN THEM. IT IS THE WRITER WHO FINDS A MEANING FAVOURABLE TO THE SOCIETY IN THE SIMPLE THINGS AROUND US. HE CONTEMPLATES OVER THEM, AS THEY TOUCH VERY DEEPLY HIS EMOTIONAL SENSITIVE MIND. MANY A TIMES, IT IS SEEN THAT THE ROUTINE CULTURAL AND TRADITIONAL EVENTS HAVE LOST THEIR TRUE MEANING OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME. THE TURN THE RITUALS AND THE FESTIVALS TAKE ARE SOMETIMES NOT SO ELEGANT. ON THE CONTRARY, THEY TEND TO BE HIDEOUS IN A WAY OR OTHER. BUT A CONTEMPLATIVE MIND GOES BEYOND THE RITES AND RITUALS, TRIES TO FIND THE ORIGIN OF THE RITUALS, THE CULTURES, AND THE IDEAS BEHIND HAVING THEM. ONCE THE IDEA IS KNOWN THEN THE SAME SIMPLE RITUALS, FESTIVALS ARE BATHED IN A CERTAIN AURA. WE LOVE THE SIMPLEST OF THEM ALL. ONCE THIS MEANING IS MADE CLEAR THEN OUR MIND ENRICHES WITH THE VERY THOUGHT OF THEM. AN INQUISITIVE PERSONALITY OFTEN WONDERS ABOUT THE ORIGIN, BIRTH PLACE, THE EVENTS AND THE SURROUNDINGS OF A LITERATURE. THIS INQUISITIVENESS MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR ANY PERSON TO QUENCH THE THIRST AND TO FIND THE SECRETS OF BIRTH OF LITERATURE. ONE ALSO COMES ACROSS TO KNOW THE FATHER OF LITERATURE BETTER. ONE FINDS IMMENSE PLEASURE IN KNOWING THE SECRETS. THE STORIES UNDER THIS COLLECTION ARE BASED ON SOCIETY, CULTURE AND LITERATURE. THESE WILL NOT ONLY GIVE THE READERS IMMENSE PLEASURE WHILE LEADING LIFE BUT THEY WILL MAKE EVERYONE THINK, AT LEAST FOR SOME TIME.