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Ranjeet Desai
PAPAJI, AN ARCHITECT DRAWS THE PLANS OF A HOUSE, AND THE CONTRACTOR CONSTRUCTS IT. BUT WHO STAYS IN IT? WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, THE RUBBLE, LEFT-OVER CEMENT, BRICKS, AND…
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A RECITAL IS LIKE THE FULL-MOON NIGHT, BILAS. THE RAGA THAT IS RENDERED IS THE MOON OF THAT NIGHT. AT SUCH TIMES, THE DULLER STARS CANNOT EVEN BE SEEN. ONLY…
SNEHDHARA: THE FINAL, PLEASANT MANIFESTATION OF THE DIVINE TALENT OF THE LATE RANJIT DESAI! A PERSON’S LIFE IS SHAPED BY HIS FATE, HIS CHARACTER AND HIS CIRCUMSTANCE. IN THIS COLLECTION…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
RANJIT DESAI WAS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL WRITER. VAISHAKH" INCLUDES THE STORIES DURING THE PERIOD OF HIS APPRENTICESHIP. YET EACH STORY HAS THE STRENGTH TO TOUCH THE INNERMOST CORD OF A SENSITIVE…
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF 18 OF DESAI"S SHORT STORIES. THE STORIES WERE PUBLISHED EARLIER. BUT MEHTA CATEGORISED THE STORIES SUBJECTWISE AND PUBLISHED THEM UNDER THE HEADING OF ASHADH IN…
SANKET IS YET ANOTHER COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY RANJIT DESAI. THE STORIES ASSEMBLED IN THIS BOOK WERE PUBLISHED EARLIER UNDER ANOTHER TITLE. IN THE LATER YEARS, HOWEVER, THEY WERE…
RANJIT DESAI"S SHORT STORIES ARE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER SHORT STORIES. THEY ALWAYS TAKE PLACE IN WONDROUS SITUATIONS, ALMOST HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT AS IF IN A FAIRY TALE. THEY ARE NOT…
THE WHOLE WORLD IS AN OCEAN. EACH ONE OF US HOLDS A NET IN HIS HANDS, AND IT HAS TO BE CAST WHILE MAINTAINING ONES BALANCE ON THE UNDULATING WAVES…
ONE IS BOUND TO RETURN TO SOBRIETY SOME TIME OR THE OTHER, AFTER THE INEBRIATING HIGH OF ALCOHOL, POWER, OR MONEY WANES. BUT THE HIGH OF RELIGION IS THE WORST…
THIS NOVEL PRESENTS THE VILLAGE LIFE AS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE FAMILIAR FACETS OF VILLAGE LIFE LIKE THE FAMILY FEUDS, ASSASSINATIONS ETC. ARE CERTAINLY TRIBES…
…MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE ARMY, FAR AWAY FROM HOME. BUT IT NEVER STRUCK ME THAT HE COULD BE BOOZING OUT THERE, OR DOING THINGS EVEN WORSE! I COULD SEE…
YOUNG MILIND SETS OUT IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING. WHAT IS IT? HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS HE LOOKING FOR TILL HE COMES ACROSS IT. PRATIKSHA" IS A NOVEL BASED…
WHAT IS LIFE? IT IS A GAME OF CHANCE AND CHOICE. WE OFTEN HEAR THIS SAYING. HAVE YOU GIVEN A THOUGHT TO IT? HAVE YOU CONCLUDED ANYTHING FROM YOUR THOUGHTS…
THIS NOVEL REALISTICALLY PRESENTS THE CURRENT PROBLEMS OF RURAL UNTOUCHABLES. ON ONE HAND ONE MEETS DEVA MAHAR- A RESPRESENTATIVE OF THE LAST GENERATION WHICH NATURALLY ACCEPTED AND SUFFERED THEIR DESPICABLE…
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF SHORT SHORIES BASED ON RURAL LIFE. THE URBAN PEOPLE OFTEN FEEL THAT THE RURAL LIFE, THE VILLAGE LIFE IS VERY CALM, QUIET AND PEACEFUL. FROM…
THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES THE SHORT STORIES BY RANJIT DESAI WHICH HE PENNED DOWN DURING HIS EARLY YEARS AS A WRITER. THESE STORIES WERE PUBLISHED IN STANDARD MAGAZINES LIKE MAUJ, SATYAKATHA…
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF 10 STORIES. MOST OF THE STORIES ARE RELATED WITH LOVE. LOVE HAS DIFFERENT MEASURES. LOVE HAS VARIOUS ASPECTS. BUT LOVE IS LOVE. WHAT IS LOVE…
SHEKARA IS AN EXCELLENT AND THE LAST SPECIMEN OF RANJIT DESAI"S NOTEWORTHY INGENUITY. SHEKARA IS A KIND OF SQUIRREL, GREY COLOURED, WITH A BLACK FURRY TAIL. IT IS FAMOUS FOR…
SUCH IS THE NATURE OF A LEGACY, SUBHANA… A LEGACY IS GOD-GIVEN. IT THRIVES ON SACRIFICE. OTHERWISE, KAIKEYI WOULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR THAT BOON. LORD RAMACHANDRA WOULD NOT HAVE…
A PLAY BASED ON RANJEET DESAI"S LITERARY MASTER PIECE “SWAMI”.
GLORY TO YOU, SHASTRIBUVA! KILLING ONE’S SIBLINGS OR FAMILY FOR GRABBING THE THRONE IS A MUGHAL FAILING. THIS EVIL ENTERED THE MARATHA DOMAIN, AND THE ENTIRE KINGDOM BECAME ANXIOUS. BUT…
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…
THIS COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ONCE AGAIN REVEALS THE STRENGTH DESAI"S WORDS POSSESS. IT REVEALS VARIOUS FEELINGS. THIS IS A COLLECTION OF HIS STORIES DURING HIS EARLY YEARS AS A…
THE INTRINSICALLY TRAGIC STORY OF “KARNA” HAS ALWAYS INSPIRED CREATIVELY MANY A LITERATURERS. THIS IS ANOTHER SUCH OCCASSION. THE AUTHOR HAS ATTEMPTED TO UNIVERSALISE THE “KARMAKATHA” IN THIS NOVEL. HE…
THE LETTER ‘SHREE’ IN DEVANAGARI SCRIPT IS FULL OF CURVES. IT REPRESENTS GODLINESS, EXCELLENCE. ONE WHO STRIVES FOR IT HAS TO GO ALONG SUCH A CURVILINEAR PATH. BUT ALAS, THESE…
MAHARASHTRA, THE STATE IN WESTERN INDIA, HAD BEEN UNDER THE RULE OF THE MUSLIMS SINCE THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. FOR ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED YEARS IT HAD TYRANNICAL AND INTOLERANT KINGS FROM…
THIS IS AGAIN A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. WHAT IS HISTORY? IT IS THE CHAIN OF SUCH EVENTS IN THE PAST WHICH ARE DEEPLY ENGRAVED ON OUR MINDS. OFTEN, SOME…
EACH NATION HAS HISTORICAL FIGURES TO WORSHIP. APART FROM THIS, MANY A TIMES EACH STATE OF EACH NATION HAS ROLE MODELS FROM THE PAST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN HISTORY. MAHARASHTRA HAS…
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ONCE AGAIN, BUT BASED ON THE URBAN LIFE. THEY ARE UNIQUE. THEY MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE. THEY EXPOSE THE URBAN LIFE WITH ITS…
THE AGRICULTURE TENANCY ACT 1948 A LAW WAS PASSED IN FAVOUR OF THE PEASANTS. IT BROUGHT A DEVASTATING CHANGE IN THE SOCIETY. FOR HUNDRED YEARS, THE SOCIETY HAD DEVELOPED A…
Ranjeet Desai,Vasant Kanetkar
KINGS ARE EAGLES YOU SAID.EAGLES DO NOT BUILD NESTS ON THE GROUND; THEY BUILD THEM HIGH UP IN THE CREVASSES OF THE MOUNTAINS. ONCE HER FLEDGLINGS DEVELOP WINGS, THE FEMALE…
