क्रौंचवध

by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar

Once upon a time, a couple of herons was engrossed in lovemaking. Suddenly, a hunter came over there and with his bow and arrow killed one of the herons. The bird which was killed instantly collapesed from the tree. Upon seeing this, the partner of the bird gave out a loud out cry. It started wailing in grief. So loud and true was the sorrow that Saint Valmiki was touched by the it. The pain he experienced started flowing out in the form of "shlokas'.

A true poetry takes birth in exactly the same manner. V. S. Khandekar has written this novel based on the shlokas so formed. Even today the innocent couples of herons are killed every now and then, These innocent couples represent the innocent people all over the world. The hunter which killed one of the bird was sinful, very very sinful, But so are today's political leader.

They all are equally cruel, wicked. Since the day intelligence and power joined hands together, the kindness of the human heart has abruptly ended. The day when man starts rethinking about the feelings along with intelligence, then such killing will be stopped. In this novel, the author is trying to give us the message that if we follow our head as well as our heart then there are still chances for survival.

Genres: Marathi

221 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1942

About the author

In 1920, Khandekar started working as a school teacher in a small town.He worked in that school until 1938.While working as a teacher,Khandekar produced in his spare time abundant Marathi literature in various forms. In his lifetime, he wrote sixteen novels, six plays, around 250 short stories, 50 allegorical stories, 100 essays, and over 200 critiques.

Reviews

[Neeraj · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good one by V.S. Khandekar which throws light on the fact that human society cannot
progress by just focussing on the intellectual development, it also has to focus on emotional growth and maturity.
Emotions are the very essence of human beings and the books shows very delicately how our society is neglecting
the emotional aspect of a man's nature and how badly it can turn a man's life upside down, if it continues.

[Prashant Mane · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a story of a Indian independence activist. Here writer is trying to tell us that how thinking with only brain is not good. Our thinking should have a touch of feelings too. They (Brain and feelings) both are dependent on each other. And when one tries to kill one of them then we must take strict actions against them. Feeling bad and then forgetting about it doesn't work, neither does crying about it. We should take actions.

[Pankaj Patil · Rating 4 out of 5]

नव्याने फुलू लागलेल्या प्रेमाची हि कहाणी कशाप्रकारे स्वतंत्रतेच्या चळवळीशी जोडल्या जाते.नायक नायिकेची आयुष्याबद्दलच्या अपेक्षा आणि त्यांची स्वप्ने या सर्वांची गुंफण म्हणजे वि.स.खांडेकर लिखित क्रौन्चवध !!
खांडेकरांची रसाळ,उपमा-अलंकारांकृत मराठी भाषा,त्यात भरीस भर म्हणून प्रेमकथा !! देशभक्तीने वेडावलेला नायक आणि योग्य अशा ठिकाणी गोष्टीला नकळतच मिळणारे वळण, प्रेम आणि देश यांच्याबद्दल नायिकेच्या मनातील भावना आणि त्या व्यक्त होण्यासाठीचे तिचे शब्द मनाचा ठाव घेतात.

खांडेकरांबद्दल उत्सुकता असणाऱ्यांनी नक्कीच वाचावी अशी कादंबरी !!

[Omii_7507 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stroy chaan ahe. Pn jar veli pramane ithe hi shevat god houn kuthe tri kahi tri chuklyasarkhe vatate.
Hirva chafa, amrutvel, yayati saglikade hech.. story suruvatila gati dharte madhyavr gelyavr ti ankhi ruchkar hi hote pn shevti ekdam ti kasav gatit nighun jaate.

[Swapneel Kale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome love story by V. S. Khandekar. He is best in portraying the story background.

[Sandeep Londhe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is one of the most amazing book by V S Khandekar Sir, it goes all well in the end in Sulochana, Bhagvantrao, and Dinkar's life. It ends happily, but not everyone in real life is as fortunate as Dinkar is in this marvelous peace know as Krounchvadh.

[Jayashree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ten stars!

[अनिकेत · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay to read once