by Jyotsna Prakashan | Nov 8, 2025 | Author-English
S. D. Phadnis Cartoonist Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis was born on July 29, 1925 at Bhoj, Dist. Belgaum, India. He took his formal art education at Sir J. J. School of Arts, Mumbai. Extremely interested in cartooning, he moved to Pune with the strong active support of...
by Jyotsna Prakashan | Nov 8, 2025 | Author-English
Rijuta Ghate Rijuta Ghate completed her BFA (Applied Arts) from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai. She worked in the animation industry for some time. She has been working as a freelance illustrator for children’s books for the past 22 to 25 years. She has...
by Jyotsna Prakashan | Nov 8, 2025 | Author-English
Ravi Paranjape Ravi Paranjape (8 Oct 1935 – 11 june 2022) Over the last forty years, Ravi Paranjape has built a wide reputation as a magical realist. Ravi’s creative pursuit has been a journey of achieving break throughs. Thus the magic of his realism emanates...
by Jyotsna Prakashan | Nov 8, 2025 | Author-English
Ratnakar Mahajan Ratnakar Mahajan worked in Air India for 38 years as Assistant General Manager. After retirement, he has written three books on Aviation in Marathi. In his first book, he has penned history Of Air India. He aslo has written short biograghies of Great...
by Jyotsna Prakashan | Nov 8, 2025 | Author-English
Raja Mangalvedhekar Raja Mangalvedhekar is a noted writer, poet and social worker. While involved in the freedom struggle and working with Sane Guruji, he was inspired to write for children. Mangalvedhekar’s works have been published till date, over 200 of which...
by Jyotsna Prakashan | Nov 8, 2025 | Author-English
Rahul Deshpande Rahul thinks that painting is first and foremost a visual invitation; thereafter it should reveal the artist’s view and emotional response to the world. He tries to share with the viewer the beauty which he discovers in the world around him with the...
