MaunRag

by Mahesh Elkunchwar

Genres: Marathi

118 pages, Paperback

Published December 10, 2005

About the author

Mahesh Elkunchwar is an Marathi playwright, screenplay writer with more than 20 plays to his name, in addition to his theoretical writings, critical works, and his active work in India's Parallel Cinema as actor and screenwriter. Today along with Vijay Tendulkar, he is credited as one of the most influential and progressive playwrights not just in Marathi theatre, but also in Indian theatre. In 2014, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in performing arts in India.

Considered a successor to Vijay Tendulkar, Elkunchwar's plays are written in Marathi. The plays have been subsequently translated into multiple Indian and Western languages (including English, French and German).

Reviews

[Pranav Sakulkar · Rating 5 out of 5]

एलकुंचवारांचा नाटककार म्हणून जुना फॅन आहे. मौनरागच्या निमित्तानं त्यांच्या अंतर्मनात डोकावून बघता आलं. हे ललित लेख एका बैठकीत वाचण्यासारखे नाहीत आणि मुळात तसे वाचुही नये. प्रत्येक परिच्छेद हा तुम्हाला विचार करायला प्रवृत्त करतो. लहानपणीचं घर, नंतर त्याची झालेली फारकत, आई-वडिलांशी असलेलं गुंतागुंतीचं नातं, जन्मभर बाळगलेला आत्महत्येचा विचार यातून एका थोर लेखकाच्या मागची खरी व्यक्ती भेटते. Thoreau, Tennyson, Emily Dickinson यांच्या इंग्रजी कविता, अनेक मराठी कवींच्या कविता, रवींद्रसंगीत, Sartre-Camus यांचं Existentialism, बौद्ध तत्त्वज्ञान, कालिदास, पुराण असे कित्येक दाखले या लेखांमधून एलकुंचवार देतात. एकाच वेळी रडायला लावणारा, विचार करायला भाग पाडणारा आणि खूप काही शिकवून जाणारा असा एलकुंचवारांनी आळवलेला हा 'मौनराग'. एक समृद्ध करणारा अनुभव!

[Aniket Patil · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is Fantastic book to know the insight of Author, not just an author, this book gives insight of every person. The angst, pain, memory, longings. I felt extremely amazing , as this books portrays the anxiety about various things. It wants to say various things, things which we generally either cant explain or don't want to mention or unable to express. having said so, this book is tough one, one needs to read it slowly and get immersed into it.

Some of the dialogues/mentions in this book which are extremely thought provoking and they are as follows:
1.lethargy of soles term by tauber

2.Uncle Vanya
Play by Anton Chekhov

3.one longs to surround his peer but one is surrounded by vast empty spaces, one needs the teacher but one lacks the humility, the flexibility the patience which is demanded ,acceptance is the keyword, but acceptance is precisely the great stumbling block-henry miller, swikar mhnje shaaran jane nahi, swikar mhnje vtyala aalelya dukhapekha swatala mothe karna ani tya dukhala shudra karne . bhartiya manala tar hi kalpana ativ javalchi...

4.It is better to reject, consciously what one cannot have…

5.In a way it is easy to forget others, it pampers one’s ego.but to forgive onself…most difficult!

6.The habit of self-torture..how does it turn into an addiction? Gradually, I realized it comes from fear. The which one has sown so far,one has tasted its fruits from time to time..the fruits we haven’t yet tasted..will have to be tasted one day. That then is this fear.out of this fear..questions starts appearing one by one in front of us like ghosts,asking for a mouthful of life. The fear overshadows our life. One’s conscience refuses to be silenced. If one wants peace in life..one has to listen voice of conscience.
Go around in circles. Go around the circles seems to be my fate. The mind sprouts seeds. And then this messy web of life and death. Is there anything such as life and death? Or are they too imaginary acts..taking place regularly in one’s mind? Aah..this is interesting.
What a torture..this mind needs to be uprooted and thrown away. Minds shreds us into pieces.


7.Mention of Michal angelo's adams birth painting is fantastic allegory.

Those who wants though provoking books, future authors should read this. Those who are new to reading , but still wants to be author should read it after certain time period. Those who wants only entertainment for leisure time should avoid it, you wont be liking it,unless you possess the same feeling.

For me this was one of the best books which I have read, best way to start a year.

[Roshan Wankhade · Rating 5 out of 5]

महेश एलकुंचवर... पुस्तक वाचता वाचता मी कधी माझ्या आजोळ च्या आठवणीमध्ये पोहचलो कळलं नाही. आपलं नेमक आवडतं घर कुठलं असत. ज्यात आपण लहानपणी बागडलो ते की ज्यात ऐन उमेदीचे दिवस घालवले ती हॉस्टेल ची खोली, किंवा मग जे स्वकष्टाने बांधले ते. सब्बा ते फासुका भग्गा, गहकूटं विसङ्खतं।