I may be wrong as my maths is not very strong; maths needs intelligence, which is what I lack in. That much portion of my brain was vacant, naturally; so that place I offered to my heart as an extra F.S.I. For me, poetry always is exclusive and important than maths, that is why I could meet many people. All of these people were the various forms of happiness and vibrancy, so I never counted the stanzas of my poetry. After all, counting involves maths and I prefer to be miles away from it. If we do not measure poetry then we come across a "Shrikant`, moving in the whirlpool, turning it upside down. Shrikant changed the direction of the iceberg. He turned it upside down. He wrapped the 9/10th of the iceberg in happiness which was otherwise full of calamities and mental tensions. His wife wrapped the cold ice into the warmth of her affection. What are his whereabouts? Shrikant Joshi, Chawdar Tale, Mahad; I dedicate this book `Maanase` to the human in him.

    Ego, hubris, greed, lust, temptation influence the emotional balance and shall continue to do so no matter the changes that are likely to occur in his lifestyle on account of scientific advances. That said the overt manifestation of these influences do take some as yet unseen and unexperienced forms. That constitutes the main theme of short stories in this collection. Man is of course at Centre stage of these stories though his behavior is dictated by inroads that various scientific advances. माणसाचं भावविश्व ही मोठी अजब चीज आहे. काळाच्या ओघात माणसाचं बाह्यरूप कितीही बदललं असलं, तरी त्याच्या भावविश्वावरचा काम, क्रोध, लोभ, मोह, मद आणि मत्सर या षड्रिपूंचा पगडा तसाच कायम आहे. त्यामुळं कोणत्याही परिस्थितीतील त्याच्या प्रतिक्रियेचा उगमाचा शोध घेतल्यास तो या षड्रिपूंपाशीच येऊन थबकतो. आज प्रस्थापित झालेल्या, तसेच भविष्यात येऊ घातलेल्या विज्ञानाच्या नवनूतन आविष्कारांच्या प्रभावाखाली माणसाच्या भावविश्वात आजवर कधीही न अनुभवलेल्या आगळ्यावेगळ्या वादळांचा संचार होऊ शकतो. पण त्यांना तोंड देताना होणारी माणसाची वागणूक मात्र फारशी अनोखी असणार नाही.