INTIMATE - Kale, V. P.

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Résumé :
OUT OUR LIFE EACH ONE OF US ENVIES SOME ONE OR THE OTHER IN SOME FORM. EVERY ONE OF US ALWAYS HAVE A FEELING THAT SOMETHING THAT WE DESERVE THE MOST IS BEING GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE, WHO IS NOT SO DESERVING. THIS VERY THOUGHT KILLS US. THE FACT THAT THIS SECRET CANNOT BE SHARED WITH ANYONE IS WORSE THAN THE NAGGING FEELING ITSELF FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING THE MOST WITH THE DISEASE OF ENVY, I OPENED A CLUB, `DILASA MANDAL` OR `RELIEF CLUB`; WITH THE ONLY INTENTION OF PROVIDING AN OUTLET FOR THE VENOM SO FILLED UP IN THEIR MIND. THE PEAK PERIOD OF THIS CLUB IS EITHER THAT OF THE `SAHITYA SAMMELAN AND NATYA SAMMELAN` OR THE PERIOD WHEN THE `SAHITYA PURASKARS` ARE AWARDED. BUT THE ONLY CONDITION FOR THE ADMISSION IS PEOPLE SHOULD BE REALLY JEALOUS OF SOMEONE, THOSE WITH NO JEALOUSY GET NO ADMISSION AT ALL. THE MOST SALIENT FEATURE OF VA PU`S WRITING IS THAT HE UNDERSTANDS ALL THE GOOD AND BAD FEELINGS IN EVERYONE`S MIND AND FURTHER TRIES TO PUT THEM INTO SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE WRITINGS WITH HIS `MIDAS TOUCH`. HE CONSIDERS LIFE WITH EARNEST ZEAL, ENTHUSIASM AND A POSITIVE APPROACH. HE IS ALWAYS HOPEFUL IN THE MOST HOPELESS SITUATIONS. HE NOT ONLY PRESENTS THE VERY GOOD IN LIFE AROUND HIM BUT WITH THE SAME INTENSITY AND INTIMACY PRESENTS THE EVIL OF THOSE OTHERWISE INNOCENT MINDS, WHICH ASTONISHES THE READER EVERY TIME HE READS ONE OF VA PU`S STORIES. `INTIMATE` IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE.