Kakasaheb's 'Descending Walls': Even if the world is upset with me, I am not upset with the world.

- Window Seat: Udayan Thakkar

- Kakasaheb considers pigeons to be the most stupid animals that build nests again from the place where the nest was broken. Introducing a sophisticated style by calling his guttural 'inner voice'

Kakasaheb Kalelkar is one of the best Gujarati essayists. When he was staying in Sabarmati Ashram, he wondered what the Sabarmati Jail in the north (descending) direction would be like. The answer to this question came automatically when he was punished for participating in the non-cooperation movement. Kakasaheb has described his imprisonment experiences in the pamphlet 'Downing Walls'. The jailer's tumakhi, the prisoners' plight, is nothing like that in this book. Kakasaheb has shared with us the joy he got from animals and plants. This book is as popular with children as it is with adults. In the prologue the author says:

'Sometimes I have noticed that a little boy reads it with pleasure, and when he does not have that joy in his stomach, he reads one of these paragraphs in front of the elders of the house. Attracted by one of the motorists, he pulls the book out of his hand and sits down to read it himself. The sweet discomfort my native child feels at the time is remarkable. '

(Kakasaheb's childhood autobiography 'Smaranyatra' is also ingrained in the minds of children and adults.) Instead of talking about his own inconvenience, he describes the prison trees:

Eighteen neem trees were arranged in three rows in the courtyard. Autumn is when the old leaves fall from morning till evening. Within eight days, almost all the leaves fell off and eighteen trees began to look like snakes. I was not very happy to see this situation. I said: The story is first and foremost.

Ksapanak means Digambar Jain Muni. The green garments fell off and the trees withered. Katha prathamev ... 'The character of Sanskrit play' Mudrarakshas' speaks this sentence. Kakasaheb is a scholar, quoting illustrations that stimulate our instincts. This quality of style is called 'illusion' by English critics. Another example of illusion is found immediately. Even though the prisoners were giving him milk and snacks, the cats just stared at him indifferently, so Kakasaheb says: This is Bhartruhari's ethical position. The elephant does not squirm while looking at the food, just eats only after the mahout hears a hundred sweet balls while watching. A prisoner treats a cat's tail so the two become friends. In this way the 'descending walls' take us on a journey of thousands of years and thousands of years.

Kakasaheb observes the occasional use of zinc utensils in the jail. If you are not careful, it will fade away. ' Surprising if a social worker does not know such an analogy. To clean the dishes, one has to use an oily substance which Kakasaheb coined the new word 'Snehaprayog'. In the description of squirrels playing on the trees, it is a mere metaphor:

'Run all day in the yard and on the trees. Walking on the roof in the evening, came around at lunch time, 'Not me?' He asks. Sitting on the mound, we hold the thrown piece in both hands, eat it carved on behalf of the sharp teeth and drink the water from the pot. '

Kakasaheb considers pigeons to be the most stupid animals that build their nests again at the place from which their nest collapsed. Introducing a sophisticated style by calling his guttural 'inner voice'. Pigeons who bathe all day in the kundi are rewarded with the parable of ritualistic Brahmins. King Janmejay organized a serpent session, the order to kill a monkey was released in jail, the author calls it Matkunasatra. They call crows that can't drink water with broken beaks nakato. The author's sense of humor is evident. A prisoner named Alladad grabbed the crow and tied a long rope around its legs. Then ....

The crows roared at all the uncles in the world. But I was present there alone ... there is nothing wrong with tying the legs, nothing like being killed, but the shame of being cheated by a crow must have become unbearable to his whole grandchild. '

Why does the crow not touch his uncle? He freed the crow by request. Kabir had heard the ant's footsteps, Kakasaheb understood the ant's social system: laboring ant, guiding manager ant, lending ant ant and inventive ant bringing distant news. See author's overview:

"It seems that the burden on any laborer has increased so much that other laborers come and shake hands without being called immediately." But they are not quick to agree on which way to go. So the two ants move round and round, tensing the load. After reaching a consensus, they are in a hurry to make up for lost time. '

The book contains vivid descriptions of various creatures like Kanakhjuria, lizard, cockroach, stork, monkey, Indragop, Mankoda, Jambu, Mango, Piplo, Chili, Golgota. The author's outlook on life is illustrated by the statement:

'Even if the world is upset with me, I am not upset with the world. The world is good, the world has kept me happy, it has done me good and given me enough space to live. Even in prison, where there is misunderstanding, injustice and harassment, I love my world. '

As Umashankar Joshi has said, some of Kakasaheb's essays are poetic. There are two main types of essays: serious essays and individual essays. (Personal essay, Lalit essay.) What is an essay? Let us know in the words of Kakasaheb:

One day a Satar Praveen came to us in Sangli. My father introduced me and added that he doesn't know anything about music but he is interested in music. If you play something, he will be happy. That brother picked up Satar carelessly. A little tau tau curry was obtained in a minute, and the alap teased. Satar doesn't even look. Looking at the parrot sitting in the neem tree in the courtyard, the responsibility of concentrating seems to have been handed over to the finger. But the divine music came out of it that I kept drinking. He even closed my page before it started. Seeing the state of dissatisfaction on my face, he raised his voice again. The second conversation broke out, this time completely differently. Before it was over, Bhai Sahib got up from his chair. Satar put it in the corner and left. He did all this with such instinctive green as if his attention was not there.

Excellent essays are the same, should be.