2. SHANTHA SHELKESHANTHA SHELKE
PoetPoet
Shanta Janardan Shelke wasShanta Janardan Shelke was
a Marathi poet and writer.a Marathi poet and writer.
Apart from this, she was aApart from this, she was a
journalist, a professor, ajournalist, a professor, a
composer, a story writer, acomposer, a story writer, a
translator, a writer of childtranslator, a writer of child
literature, someone wholiterature, someone who
presided over literarypresided over literary
gatherings,gatherings,
3. Even Past Fifty :Even Past Fifty :
A woman engaged in household chores never knows theA woman engaged in household chores never knows the
passage of time. One day she realises... passage of time. One day she realises...
She’s past fifty; She’s past fifty;
yet she’s stillyet she’s still
a little girl at heart, a little girl at heart,
for whom the house is a doll’s house, for whom the house is a doll’s house,
and running the householdand running the household
a childhood game. a childhood game.
