YAYATI IS THE STORY OF THE LUST OF A KING BY THE SAME NAME, WHO APPEARS IN THE MAHABHARATA, ONE OF THE TWO EPICS OF INDIA. THOUGH MARRIED TO BEAUTIFUL DEVYANI, HE FOUND THE FEMALE SERVANT, SHARMISHTHA, ENTICING. HE HAD FIVE CHILDREN FROM THESE WOMEN BUT HIS DESIRE FOR PLEASURE REMAINED UNSATISFIED. DID HIS QUEST FOR THE CARNAL END WITH HIS EXCHANGING HIS OLD AGE WITH HIS SON'S YOUTH? HOW LONG DID HE ENJOY THE SENSUAL PLEASURES? YAYATI STANDS FOR ONE WHO IS NEVER SATISFIED WITH EARTHLY PLEASURES. THOUGH THE STORY OF THE ANCIENT TIMES CENTERS ONLY AROUND DISSOLUTE DESIRES OF AN INDIVIDUAL, ONE CAN DRAW PARALLEL EXAMPLES FROM THE PRESENT DAYS OF CONSUMERISM WHERE THE INSATIABILITY TO HAVE MORE PLEASURES CONTINUES.

Yayati (Marathi Edition)

(Vi.S. Khandekar)

Literature & Fiction

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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?

Sukhacha Shodh (Marathi Edition)

THIS NOVEL WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1938. THE FIRST THREEFOUR DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY WERE SEEING A NEW ERA. INDIAN CULTURE WAS TRANSFORMING DRAMATICALLY. COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM, GANDHISM WERE THE PHILOSOPHIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AWAKENING. THESE PHILOSOPHIES ALSO OPENED THE DOORS TO EDUCATION FOR WOMEN. OVERALL, THE SOCIETY WAS UNDERGOING A SLOW BUT STEADY CHANGE. THIS ERA GAVE ACCESS TO WOMEN IN EACH AND EVERY AREA. THE RESTRICTIONS ON LIVING WERE LOOSENED. THE TRADITIONS AND MORAL PHILOSOPHIES WERE BEGINNING TO SHATTER. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN RICH AND POOR WIDENED IMMENSLY. EVERYONE COULD NOT ACCEPT THESE DRASTIC CHANGES. SOME ACCEPTED GRACEFULLY AND WILLINGLY, SOME ACCEPTED THE CHANGES IN BITS AND PIECES AND SOME REMAINED ALOOF NOT ACCEPTING A SINGLE NEW IDEA, PRAISING THEIR OLD VIRTUES AND VALUES. THIS NOVEL PICTURES ALL THESE CHANGES. MUKUND AND SULBHA ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW GENERATION. MUKUND IS FULL OF REVOLUTIONARY THOUGHTS, SULABHA IS INCITED ONLY WITH HER AIM. TATYASAHEB SYMBOLIZES THE OLD GENERATION WHO BELIEVES IN OLD IS GOLD. VIJAY IS THE ODD MAN OUT DISPLAYING THOSE WHO CANNOT ACCEPT THE NEW CONCEPTS WHOLLY AND CANNOT REJECT THE OLD CONCEPTS TOTALLY.

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