WE ALL HAVE A GIFT OF THINKING AND EXPRESSING, FEW OF US HAVE THE CAPACITY OF PUTTING THOUGHTS INTO WORDS, BUT THE CAPABILITY TO EXPRESS CORRECTLY AND EFFECTIVELY IS POSSESSED RARELY; VA PU IS ONE OF SUCH RARE PEOPLE. HE IS THE MOST FAMOUS, LOVED AND SOUGHTAFTER WRITER IN THE HISTORY OF MARATHI LITERATURE. A WRITER ALWAYS HAS A STORE OF EXPERIENCES WITHIN HIM, EAGER TO COME OUT; AWAITING A VENT. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE PUT INTO WORDS. YET, MANY OF THESE EXPERIENCES MEET US AS STORIES OR DRAMAS OR POETRY OR NOVEL; SOME OR THE OTHER FORM OF LITERATURE. SOMETIMES, SOME EXPERIENCES REFUSE TO APPEAR IN THE RECOGNIZED FORMS; BUT THE URGE TO APPEAR COMPELS THEM TO COME OUT IN SOME AESTHETIC FORM, INNOVATIVE IN PRESENTATION, UNIQUE IN STYLE, EXCLUSIVE IN NATURE. THE WORK INCLUDED UNDER THIS TITLE "NIMITTA` WHICH MEANS STIMULUS COMES UNDER THE ABOVE MENTIONED CRITERIA. THEY ALL BEAR THE SALIENT FEATURES OF VA PU`S WRITINGS. THEY HAVE CERTAINLY ADDED TO THE TREASURE OF MARATHI LITERATURE HIGHLIGHTING HIM AS A PROMINENT AUTHOR.
आजचे सर्वाधिक लोकप्रिय मराठी लेखक वपु. काळे यांच्या लेखनाचा हा एक आगळावेगळा संग्रह. लेखकाच्या मनोविश्वात अनंत अनुभव खदखदत असतात. स्वतःला शब्दरूप घेण्यासाठी आसुसलेले असतात. त्यांतील काही कथारूप घेतात, काहींच्या कादंबया होतात, काहींच्या कविता, तर काही नाट्यरूपानं सामोरे ठाकतात. काही अनुभव मात्र असे असतात, की त्यांना असलं काही रूप घेता येत नाही. मग काही ‘निमित्ता’नं त्यांना वाचा फुटते आणि ते स्वतःचाच एक स्वतंत्र; परंतु ललित आकार घेतात. अशा अनुभवांचा हा एक गुच्छ आहे : ‘निमित्त.’ रूढार्थानं असो, नसो; वपु. काळ्यांची स्वतःची ठसठशीत नाममुद्रा उमटलेले हे ललितबंधच आहेत.