Shanta Janardan Shelke was a renowned Marathi poet, writer, journalist, professor, composer, story writer, translator, and leader in literary gatherings. She wrote poetry and literature that explored the passage of time for a woman engaged in household duties, conveying that despite reaching fifty years of age, she remained a little girl at heart for whom taking care of the home was like playing a childhood game.

1. WELCOMEWELCOME

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.