THIS IS THE SECOND BOOK THAT I HAVE WRITTEN UNTIL NOW, THE FIRST BEING ‘NATH HA MAZA’, A MEMOIR OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND, THE LATE DR. KASHINATH GHANEKAR. THIS BOOK GAVE ME A DIFFERENT IDENTITY. TODAY, I AM ONCE AGAIN PRESENTING MY WRITTEN WORK, THIS TIME IT IS A COLLECTION OF SIXTEEN ARTICLES. EACH ARTICLE PORTRAYS A ‘SUBJECT’ INCLUDING JAYPRABHA STUDIO.MY SUBJECT FOR ONE OF THE ARTICLES IS MY ‘MOTHER’. IT IS BECAUSE OF HER THAT I AM WHAT I AM. THE SECOND PROMINENT PLACE IN MY LIFE GOES TO MY DEAR HUSBAND DR. KASHINATH GHANEKAR. THE REMAINING MEMBERS PORTRAYED HERE HAVE ENTERED MY LIFE AND HAVE LEFT A PERMANENT MARK ON MY MIND. THEY ALL ARE VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. I EXPERIENCE BEING TIED TO THEM ALL WITH A STRONG YET DELICATE BOND. IT IS A BOND FROM WHICH I HAVE NO INTENTION OF FREEING MYSELF, TODAY OR TOMORROW. ALL THESE PERSONALITIES HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS FOR QUITE A LONG PERIOD. MY ARTICLES ARE NOT IN ANY WAY TO MEASURE THEIR SUCCESS OR VICTORIES. RATHER, MY WRITING JUST EXPRESSES MY INNERMOST FEELINGS FOR THEM AND THE IMPRESSION THEY ALL HAVE MADE UPON ME. EACH ARTICLE IS AN IMPULSIVE AND GENUINE EXPRESSION OF MY THOUGHTS AND SPIRIT TOWARDS EACH ONE OF THEM. ALL THESE EMINENT PERSONALITIES HAVE BEEN A BOON TO MY LIVING. THEY HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY SHOWERED UPON ME-THEIR LOVE, THEIR GOODNESS, THEIR CONCERN… I HAVE NO WORDS TO PAY GRATITUDE. RATHER, I PREFER TO REMAIN INDEBTED TO ALL OF THEM. WHAT I AM TODAY IS THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THEIR PRESENCE IN MY LIFE. THEY HAVE ENHANCED THE QUALITIES OF MY LIFE.
’नाथ हा माझा’ या चरित्रग्रंथामुळे कांचन घाणेकर यांची ओळख अवघ्या महाराष्ट्राला झाली. सुलोचनादीदींमुळे मराठी चित्रपटसृष्टीतील अनेक दिग्गजांचा सहवास त्यांना लहानपणापासून लाभला. त्यामध्ये भालजी पेंढारकर, राजा परांजपे, चंद्रकांत, माई मंगेशकर, लता मंगेशकर अशा दिग्गज व्यक्तींचा समावेश होता. अशा सतरा दिग्गजांची भावचित्रं घाणेकर यांनी ’रेशीमगाठी’ या व्यक्तिचित्र संग्रहातून रेखाटली आहेत. त्या व्यक्तींशी कांचनजींचे जुळलेले भावबंध या संग्रहातून अधोरेखित होतात. सुलोचनाजी आणि काशिनाथ घाणेकर या त्यांच्या अत्यंत निकटच्या व्यक्तींंचं भावचित्रही त्यांनी रेखाटलं आहे. या संग्रहातून कांचनजींच्या व्यक्तिमत्त्वाचे पैलूही उलगडत जातात. शिवाय या व्यक्तींशी त्यांच्या आणि सुलोचनाजींच्या असलेल्या भावबंधाचं हृद्य दर्शन घडतं. या दिग्गजांच्या कार्यकर्तृत्वाबद्दल न बोलता त्यांच्या सहवासातील भावक्षणांचं स्मरण कांचनजींनी या संग्रहातून केलेलं आहे. ते स्मरण त्यांच्या ओघवत्या भाषेत वाचणं हा एक अविस्मरणीय अनुभव ठरावा. तेव्हा या अविस्मरणीय अनुभवासाठी ’रेशीमगाठी’ अवश्य वाचलं पाहिजे.