Bendbaja

by D.M. Mirasdar

THE AUTHOR HAS SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD IN A TOWN LIKE PANDHARPUR WHICH IS ACTUALLY A MIXTURE OF VILLAGE LIFE AND URBAN LIFE. THE RESIDENTS HERE ARE AN EXCELLENT COMBINATION OF INNOCENCE, SHREWDNESS, STUPIDITY AND SMARTNESS. DA MA, THE AUTHOR FAMOUS FOR HIS ENTERTAINING AND HUMOROUS WRITING HAS SUCCESSFULLY PORTRAYED THESE QUALITIES IN HIS STORIES, ALWAYS. HE HAS ALSO WOVEN THESE QUALITIES TOGETHER AND HAS SHOWN THE CONTROVERSIES IN THE MINDS OF THESE PEOPLE. IN THIS BOOK, THE AUTHOR HAS TAKEN A REVIEW OF VARIOUS INCIDENCES RIGHT FROM HIS YOUNG AGE. IT INCLUDES STORIES BASED ON HIS JOURNEYS THROUGH RAILWAYS AND BUSES; HIS VISIT TO MUMBAI WITH HIS FRIEND WHEN BY MISTAKE THEY NOT ONLY ENTERED ANOTHER'S HOUSE BUT ALSO STAYED THERE AS THEIR OWN. THROUGH A FEW ARTICLES, HE HAS TRIED TO ELABORATE A FEW CONCEPTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS. THROUGHOUT THE WRITING, HE REFLECTS HIS WITTY HUMOUR MAKING THE READER FORGET EVERYTHING FOR A MOMENT. HIS WORDS HAS SUCH STRENGTH THAT THEY CREATE A PERFECT PICTURE ENGULFING US IN ITS SURROUNDINGS

160 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1994

About the author

Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar (Devanagari: दत्ताराम मारुती मिरासदार) (born 1927) is a Marathi writer and narrator principally of humorous stories. He hails from Pandharpur(Maharashtra).

Many of Mirasdar's humorous stories revolve around village life in Maharashtra. However, some of his stories concern the serious social issues and lives of the poor living in villages. His stories Gavat, Ranmanus, Kone Eke Kali, Bhavaki, Hubehub, and Sparsha belong to the latter class.

For some years, Shankar Patil, Vyankatesh Madgulkar, and Mirasdar jointly presented, in different towns in Maharashtra, highly popular public recitations of their short stories.

Mirasdar was a professor of Marathi in a college in Pune. He is currently the Acting President of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune.