Why books make the best gifts!
“A book is a gift you can open again, and again, and again!” Books can be incredibly powerful. They have the ability to suck us in, take us on adventures, and influence the way we think. They can teach us, move us, give us new perspectives, and help shape us. And the most powerful ones […]
Why do women writers choose to write about feminism?
“In a culture where individualism and protest remain alien ideas for women, a few women writers have managed to leave an indelible imprint on women-centric issues.” Being a Woman. “ She is like the surface of glass. True and transparent. You see the inside. The more you gently wipe it, the more it will shine. […]
Author of the month : Capt. Nitin Joshi
The hustle and bustle of my mind appears to cease…I’m sitting in a quiet corner of office, knowing that I will have to connect with a military personnel over a phone call. Scary as it gets, I try and memorise the questions I have to ask Capt. Nitin Joshi. Nervousness and anxiety overcomes me […]
What Does it Mean to be Literate?
“We need to redefine literacy in a swiftly changing world and skill development has to be an essential feature of literacy programmes.” 8th September is marked as the International Literacy Day by UNESCO to raise awareness globally on the issues surrounding adult and child literacy. The day aims to draw attention to literacy more than […]
“चौकट वाटोळी”वरील एक अभिप्राय
अविनाश, तुमचं ‘चौकट वाटोळी‘ वाचलं. खूप आवडलं! मी समिक्षक-टिकाकार नसून फक्त वाचक आहे. मुखपृष्ठ आकर्षक, लिखाण साधं सोपं. अलंकार-उत्प्रेक्षा नाहीत. वळणं-आडवळणं नाहीत. प्रवाही लेखन. सस्पेन्स-गूढ नसतानाही उत्कंठा वाढत जाते..वाचत रहावं वाटत रहातं.. विषय परीचयाचा, तरीही ‘आता पुढे काय?’ हे पहायचं भान वाढत जातं! आत्ताच्या काळाचं भान येत रहातं. कनिष्ठ मध्यमवर्गीय मानसिकतेतून बाहेर पडून स्वत:चा […]
वाटा दुर्गभ्रमणाच्या – दुर्गप्रेमींसाठी एक नवी भेट
सातारा हा गडकिल्ले आणि पर्यटनस्थळे यांनी संपन्न असलेला जिल्हा. साताऱ्याची शान आलेल्या अजिंक्यतारा किल्ल्यापासून ते पार वारुगड संतोषगडापर्यंत असलेले किल्ले, कास – बामणोली सारखी पर्यटनस्थळे किंवा अगदी पाटेश्वर यवतेश्वर सारखी नितांत सुंदर मंदिरे ही सातारा जिल्ह्याची खरी दौलत !! पण सातारा जिल्ह्यातल्या दुर्गवैभवावर प्रकाश पाडणारं Exclusive पुस्तक बाजारात उपलब्ध नव्हतं. अनेक दुर्गलेखकांनी त्यांच्या अनोख्या शैलीत […]
Pune International Literary Festival 2018 – Manuscript Competition
The Pune International Literary Festival (PILF) 2018 will soon be upon us. Every year, PILF along with Vishwakarma Publications, the publishing partner, holds a contest for fiction/non-fiction writers. We invite submissions from unpublished writers which will be judged and three winners will be rewarded with a publishing contract. Submissions can be in either English or […]
Rajesh Hendre on his latest book ‘Shakespeare chya Deshatil Kavi’
Rajesh Hendre, a writer by choice and an engineer by profession leads us on a journey of the forgotten era when English playwrights and their work were looked at as a celebrated form of art and entertainment. Born into an academically inclined family, he spent his early life in Junnar, a small town in the […]
The 11 Best environment books for World Environmental Day
Whilst procrastinating on what to write for this month’s article, the calendar gently fluttering on my bedroom wall caught my eye. And there it was, June 5th marked as the ‘World Environment Day’. Schools, colleges, bureaucrats, intellectuals and many others use this day to discuss about the significance of this day and the measures that […]
What do kids want in their story books?
It was not until I had a tete-a-tete with my six year old nephew, did I realize that the magazine culture for kids isn’t quite the same when we were kids. Summer vacations for us meant mangoes, summer camps and a pile of children’s magazines our parents had carefully selected for us. Does one sympathize […]