SHANKAR PATIL PORTRAYS THE RURAL LIFE AND THE RURALITES AND WE FIND THAT EACH ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN BESTOWED UPON WITH SOME SPECIAL RELIGION. THE AUTHOR POSSESSES THE IMMENSE WORD POWER TO GIVE JUSTICE TO EACH OF THE SPECIAL RELIGION. HE VERY CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS THE TEMPERAMENT OF EACH EXPERIENCE AND COMPLETES THE "HERCULEAN TASK OF DISCLOSING IT PROPERLY. THROUGH HIS STORIES, THE MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES OF THESE RURALITES ARE REPRODUCED GENUINELY, ACHIEVING UNIQUENESS. AT THE END, IT SUCCEEDS IN GIVING A SPECIAL FRAGRANCE TO THEIR UNIVERSE, FULL OF HAPPINESS AND SADNESS.