हे सर्व कोठून येते? – A Book Review
If you are aware of the contemporary Marathi theatre scene, then one name will be very familiar to you: Vijay Tendulkar. He was a fantastic playwright with many milestones in Marathi theatre like Ghashiram Kotwal, Gidhade and Sakharam Bainder which are recorded in his name. He has also written stories for some amazing films, such as Ardhasatya, Akrosh and Nishant. On the other hand, he had written many short and long articles, essays on various occasions. “हे सर्व कोठून येते?” is a compilation book.
While talking about this book in its prologue, he said “After observing people for so many years, I feel labelling them is pointless. They are very complex, we can only scrape the surface of one’s personality. We have to accept that every person has a whole different life other than one we have experienced. We should not make judgments about the ‘other part’ of life. If we do, then it should be for our own musing.”
What more to expect from this!
This book is all about people Vijay Tendulkar met, interacted and worked with in his long span of a career as a journalist; an editor of various periodicals, a writer and during his work under Nehru Fellowship. He came across various politicians as a journalist and editor. While writing he tried to present them differently trying to put some light on their unique facet. He had taken the interview of ex-CM of Maharashtra Vasantrao Naik, ex-CM of Gujarat Chimanbhai Patel and J P Naik but in this book he has written elaborately about them and his experience of meeting them for an interview.
While working for Maratha, one of the old popular Marathi daily, he had witnessed a lot of different avatars of Pra. Ke. Atre, legendary writer, orator and owner of Maratha. He has been active in politics in those days and was famous for being blunt while putting his thoughts to words. He has dedicated some of the articles to his fellow writers, friends, and colleagues.
But the last two articles from the book are really different from others. They talk about death, murders and the death penalty elaborately. These two articles have made me reschedule my today’s blog post for next week and write this review for you guys. I tell you, folks, I had never read anything so thought-provoking about somebody’s death or somebody’s act of murdering another human. I wasn’t able to speak about anything for almost 15 minutes after I finished the book on this note.
My rating: – 4.5/5
About the book
- Name of the book: हे सर्व कोठून येते? by Vijay Tendulkar
- Publisher: Rajhans Prakashan
- Pages: 195
- ISBN: 81-7434-317-2
- ISBN13: 9788174343178
My ratings
Stories: 4.5/5
Writing Style: 4.5/5
Cover Design: 3/5
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Should you read it?
Guys, I recommend that you grab a copy of the book at least for these two articles. I know, it’s a Marathi book but you feel free to ask me anything if the language is a barrier for you, I will be very happy to help you in this matter.
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“We have to accept that every person has a whole different life other than one we have experienced.”
very true. sounds like a good book. 🙂 I don’t read Hindi books much, so I won’t say I’ll try, but your review is nice.
Book is not in Hindi, It’s a Marathi book
Oh. then definitely can’t read it. I read Marathi theater, but somehow, I thought the book might be in Hindi.
I have recently starting enjoying Marathi Movies… most of them simple with some good messages… have developed a liking for them. Books could be the next step hopefully.
Sure thing, you can start with books by P. L. Deshpande if you like…
Am a Tendulkar fan, but I didn’t know about this! Would have liked more quotes from the book.
Will try to add more quotes from next time.. 🙂
The language barrier would come in the way but it sounds like an interesting book.
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Dont worry, if you pick this book, feel free to ping me thousands time for language help…
This sounds like an excellent book. Sadly, I have forgotten all the Marathi that I leant at school. If they ever put out a translation, do let me know!
I wish the book was in hindi / english. Looks so interesting.