Balwant Moreshwar Purandare

I intent to speak hindi but I can’t. I’m not very habituated for that. Chhatrapati Shivaji maharaj liked books. In his father’s court there were around 23 different language speakers. Once a man name Jayaram Pende came to his court and wrote a poem in hindi on him. From early time literature was cared for in India. There were many books kept in Raigad but everything burned in a fire in 1885. Foreigner have praised our literary richness saying we have highly intelligent writers since beginning. Even one Englishman said that these people didn’t know about their great king

We need a dedication for literature. In 1626, near pune there was a village named kondhava it’s still there. There, to resolve water crises it was decided to build a dam connecting two hill tops. But there was a huge rock at the bottom which needs to be removed, but who will do this job? There was a young boy named Yesha kamthe he was give this task and agreed upon finishing it. In time he did job well. When he was offered money he respectfully denied to take it. We need to make our literature task dedicated like Yesha kamthe. The publication and writing should never stop. It must go on until we are here.