THIS BOOK INCLUDES CRITICS BY KHANDEKAR. THE AUTHOR CRITICALLY COMMENTS ON THE LITERATURE AND ITS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES. HE COMMENTS ON OTHERS AS WELL AS HIS OWN LITERATURE. BASICALLY, KHANDEKAR WAS A CREATIVE LITTERATEUR. THE PURE NOBILITY, INNOVATIVE AND ALERT MIND, SENSITIVENESS, PONDERING ABILITY, APPRECIATIVENESS AND A FLARE FOR WRITING WERE SOME OF HIS DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. THEY WERE REFLECTED MORE PROPERLY IN HIS SHORT ESSAYS. THE LITTERATEUR THAT TIME, CONSIDERED SHORT ESSAYS AND ESSAYS AS SAME, KHANDEKAR S QUALITIES ARE SEEN THROUGHOUT THESE COLLECTION. EVERY SINGLE PAGE OF THIS BOOK RELFECTS ALL HIS QUALITIES WELL, BE IT THE CRITICISM OF N. C. KELKAR S HUMOUR OR A POEM BY B. R. TAMBE. HE NEVER FORGETS HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AS A WRITER. HE EXPLAINS EACH FORM FROM ALL ASPECTS. THESE ARTICLES ALSO REVIEW HIS LOVE FOR LIFE, ITS ETERNAL BEAUTY. ALL HIS ARTICLES ARE SURE TO CAST A MAGICAL SPELL ON THE READERS...'फुले आणि काटे' या वि.स. खांडेकरांच्या ग्रंथात काही निबंध इतरांच्या साहित्यकृतींची आणि वैशिष्ट्यांची समीक्षा करणारे आहेत आणि काही निबंध स्वत वरील काही संस्कारविशेष सांगणारे आहेत. खांडेकरांची मूळ प्रकृती ललित लेखकाची. या प्रकृतीत मनाची सात्त्विक भव्यता, चिंतनश&