KRISHNKANYA By RATNAKAR MATKAR

RATNAKAR MATKARI HAD BEEN WRITING STORIES CONSISTENTLY FOR LONGER THAN THE LAST SIX DECADES. STARTING WITH FAIRY TALES FOR ADULT READERS, HE FOUND HIS FORTE IN STRANGE STORIES. HE NOT ONLY MADE THE FORM IMMENSELY POPULAR WITH MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED & FIFTY STORIES BUT EARNED LAURELS FOR IT AS WELL, GETTING NUMEROUS LITERARY AWARDS. ALONG WITH HIS POPULAR STRANGE STORIES, HIS SOCIALLY SIGNIFICANT REAL LIFE STORIES HAVE BEEN SINGULARLY OUTSTANDING BECAUSE OF THE WRITER’S STAND AGAINST SOCIAL DISCREPANCY & INJUSTICE. NOT WITH STANDING THE THEME, SUBJECT OR CATEGORY, MATKARI ALWAYS LOOKED FOR THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN EACH OF HIS WORKS OF ART. NO WONDER THEN, THAT HIS SUPERBLY CRAFTED STORIES DEPICTING ETERNAL CONCEPTS OF FATE, TIME, DEATH, LOVE & SUCH HAVE ENTHRALLED READERS FOR YEARS & YEARS. ‘KRISHNAKANYA’ IS AN OFFERING OF UNFORGETTABLE STORIES TOUCHED BY MATKARI’S GENIUS. IT HAS THE UNIQUE DISTINCTION OF BEING A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE LAST STORIES PENNED BY MATKARI PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS SPECIAL TREAT COULD BE UNDOUBTEDLY CHERISHED BY HIS ADMIRERS & FANS.