My first love!

 

पद्माकर रामचंद्र भावसार (01.05.1954 to 22.01.2004) 

In these 20 years, since the time he has gone into another world, I have never expressed anything related to my father on a social platform. The reason is simple it being a very sensitive corner of my heart, difficult to put in words. But today I gather The strength and wisdom from my father And I have penned down a few words regarding him. The main reason why I write this is because it’s been two decades that physically he isn't around us and a number of people have been sharing thoughts related to him, like the relatives, the teachers from Saint Philomena, the students from so many batches of the school, his fellow mates from the writers group, his friends and all the people whom I don’t even know but he has happened to touch their lives in some or the other ways. In these 20 years I have been a listener to so many of the experiences shared by people regarding how he had stood beside them when the waters were troublesome. In these 20 years I and my mother have been breathing under the shade of the legacy that he left behind. The legacy of sharing, caring, helping, guiding, and simply being there with a true heart. This legacy is a new richness today when we long for good humans. Many of the people remember him for his light humour which would surface up exactly when the time wasn’t good, diluting the pain and increasing the strength. He volunteered a lot of  painstaking efforts for the Bhavsar क्षत्रिय समाज upbringing. He was the one who established a separate महिला मंडळ in Bhavsar क्षत्रिय समाज,  cidco, Nasik. He is cherished for his empathy quotient, social quotient, creativity quotient and communication skills. He is remembered for so much of literary contributions. Some well known dramas written and directed by him are 'प्रायश्चित्त', 'चार रेषांचा त्रिकोण' and 'बेकार ' , these were played in परशुराम साईखेडकर नाट्यगृह, नाशिक. His बालनाट्य,   'गोष्ट एका शेंडीची' gained popularity in several shows played in कालिदास कलामंदिर, नाशिक. 'जानता राजा ', 'बॉबी ची गोष्ट ' and 'Son of God' written and directed by him received love in Nasik and the videos even traveled across country. Several बालनाट्य  written and directed by him were 'मुले tv वर जातात ', 'मुले चोर पकडतात ', 'चामडेपती झिंदाबाद ', 'किस्सा अपहरणाचा ', 'संदेश शांतीचा ', 'जेथे जातो तेथे' and 'detective राजू '. The कथा penned by him 'वामन ओढेकर' gained praises in 'धमाका ' दिवाळी अंक and his several write ups gained popularity in साप्ताहिक 'नगारा ' दिवाळी विशेषांक. He gained popularity through his daily column write up in गावकरी in the name of 'मनस्वी'. He was the first marathi writer to reach on internet in 1997 in the internet edition of पुणे दर्शन दिवाळी अंक, through his humorous katha 'धूमधुमाल'. He was all in one, चित्रकार,  व्यंगचित्रकार, नाटककार,  कवी and साहित्यिक. He was a super active member of सार्वजनिक वाचनालय, महाराष्ट्र साहित्य पत्रिका,  वसंत व्याख्यानमाला,  व्यक्ति विकास मंच,  संवाद: एक वाङ्मयीन चळवळ,  रोटरी क्लब and नासिक कविसंमेलन संघटना. His one of the attention seeking and heart touching poem was 'लहान माझी बाहुली ' regarding gender equity those days. One of the most impact making drama he directed was 'कारगील' for which he used LCD projector those days. Those days when there was no watsapp and internet, his write ups related to 'राष्ट्रीय एकात्मता', 'सामाजिक बांधिलकी' and 'भ्रष्टाचार आजचा शिष्टाचार ' were displayed in गणपती decorations and सार्वजनिक वाचनालय premises on hoardings. They went viral with mouth publicity and gained a lot of attention. He was teacher who would make students cry when he taught us 'कलिंगड' and would make us laugh when he taught us 'व्यक्ति आणि वल्ली '. Due to his multifaceted personality he touched the lives of thousands of students and he was also awarded the prestigious 'आदर्श शिक्षक पुरस्कार' सार्वजनिक वाचनालय नासिक. His काव्यसंग्रह 'फुलोरा ' duely autographed by his mentor वि. वा. शिरवाडकर was published at the hands of मा. दादासाहेब पोतनीस and श्री किशोर पाठक in the presence of his friends, followers, writers, and relatives.

आज ही अनेकांचे प्रेरणास्थान आणि श्रद्धास्थान असलेल्या माझ्या वडीलांना व त्यांच्या स्मृतीस शब्दरुपी आदरांजली 🙏

प्रा. डॉ. स्वाती पद्माकर भावसार, सूक्ष्मजीवशास्त्रज्ञ, H.P.T. आर्ट्स अँड R.Y.K सायन्स कॉलेज,  नासिक.