Vyankatesh Madgulkar

Sachin Ketkar is a bilingual writer and translator. He is Professor in English, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India. Keerti Ramachandra is a teacher, freelance editor and translator of fiction and nonfiction from Marathi, Kannada and Hindi into English.

Introduction: Situating Vyankatesh Madgulkar Section 1. Chitrakathi: Selections from Madgulkar’s creative writing Short Stories 1. The Black-faced One (“Kalya Tondachi”) 1. “Deva Satva Mahar” 2. “Dharma Ramoshi” 3. “Vyaghri” 4. Way to the Bazar (“Bazarachi Vaat”) Excerpts from the novels 5. The Village had no walls (Bangarwadi) 6.The Windstorm Vavtal 8. Days of Youth ( Kovale Divas) 9. Transfer of Power (Sattantar ) Excerpts from the plays 10. Oh, You Silly Potter (Tu Veda Kumbhar)11. Sati 12. Oh, The husband has gone to Kathewadi (Pati Gele ga Kathewadi ) Section 2. When the brush was not enough 13. Presidential Address, 57th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammellan, Ambejogai, 4 February 1983: Vyankatesh Madgulkar 14. A Conversation with Vyankatesh Madgulkar: Dr Vidyadhar Pundalik 15. My Life as a Hunter: Vyankatesh Madgulkar 16.Vyankatesh Madgulkar’s Work in the World of Art, Writing on Art, and his Art : Vasant Sarwate 17. Vyankatesh Madgulkar’s drawings and Illustrations Section 3. Between the Regional and the Universal 3.1 Critical Reception and Legacy 18. The Course of the New Short Story and Madgulkar’s Story 19.The Regional and the Rural Reality in Vyankatesh Madgulkar’s Short Stories 20. Limitations of Language in Rural Literature and the Way Forward: Anand Yadav 21. Plays of Vyankatesh Madgulkar: Observations and Questions: Anagha Mandavkar 22. Vyankatesh Madgulkar (Vyama): Depiction of Dalit: Go Ma Pawar 23. Female characters in Vyankatesh Madgulkar's narrative prose: Vandana Bokil-Kulkarni 24. Reconnoitering Caste, Language and Folklore in the novels Vavtal by Vyankatesh Madgulkar and Fakira by Anna Bhau Sathe: Baliram Gaikwad 25. Nature of Political Consciousness in Vyankatesh Madgulkar's Writings: Bhaskar L. Bhole 26. Tatya: A Tribute: Vinay Hardikar 27. The Inseparable Relationship between Man and Water-culture as seen in Madgulkar’s writings Rajanish Joshi 28. Vyankatesh Madgulkar’s Nature Writing - A love and a passion by Suhas Pujari 3.2 Remembering Tatya 29. Loving yet Detached: Dnyanada Naik 30. Dear Tatya: Ravi Mukul 31. The rustic journey of Bangarwadi: Amol Palekar 32. Memorabilia and Image Gallery Section 4. Biochronology and Bibliography 33. Biochronology compiled34. A Select Bibliography of Vyankatesh Madgulkar