MASKS: KHANDEKAR LOST HIS SIGHT IN 1973, BUT THIS IN TURN GAVE HIM A NEW VISION. HE CONTINUED TO WRITE, THE ESSAYS INCLUDED IN MUKHAWATE WERE WRITTEN DURING THIS PHASE OF HIS LIFE. THEY WERE INITIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE WEEKLY "SAPTAHIK SWARAJ ; THEY ARE AN ATTEMPT OF A VERY SENSITIVE MIND TO REVIEW THE HUMAN LIFE. HE PRESENTS A BALANCE SHEET OF THE PAST LIFE. THESE ARE A HARMONIOUS BLENDING OF THE FACE AND MASK. THESE SHORT ESSAYS ARE MIRRORS REVEALING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HUMAN MIND, HIS TRUE AND IMITATING IMAGES. ARE YOU INTERESTED TO FIND YOUR FACE AND THE MASK IT WEARS? THEN GET READY AND READ.