KHANDEKAR WAS A LITTERATEUR WITH MASTER OVER MANY STYLES. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUS FOR HIS PROFOUND WRITING SKILLS. HE DID NOT WRITE WITH THE SHEER PURPOSE OF ENTERTAINMENT. FOR HIM, A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION WITH A CONCERN FOR THE SOCIETY WAS MORE IMPORTANT. HE STROVE FOR A MODERN SOCIETY. HIS ARTICLES BASED ON HIS OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOCIETY HELD A DEEP KNOWLEDGE WHICH STANDS TO BE TRUE TODAY AS WELL. IT WAS HIS DREAM TO BUILD A COUNTRY BASED ON GANDHISM WHICH WOULD FURTHER ALLOW ALL TO LIVE ON EQUAL GROUNDS. HE WISHED TO ACHIEVE A STRONG FOUNDATION BASED ON SCIENCE, EQUALITY, DIGNITY TO LABOUR, LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND PURITY OF HEART. HE BELIEVED THAT THE MODERN WOMAN WAS EDUCATED AND PRUDENT. HE IMAGINED THE COMMON MAN TO BE FULL OF VIRTUE AND JUSTICE. HE BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK TO THE FULLEST OF THEIR CONTENT. HE WAS INSISTENT UPON IGNITING MINDS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE NEW INDIA. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND HIS ARTICLES IN ORDER TO GRASP THE DEPTH OF HIS ASPIRATION. ELSE, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE THE NEW INDIA THAT HE SO WISHED TO ESTABLISH.
वि. स. खांडेकर हे ललित लेखक होते तसेच गंभीर समाजिंचतकही होते. त्यांच्या समग्र साहित्यास समाजिंचतनाची किनार अंगभूत असायची. केवळ रंजक लिहिणं खांडेकरांची वृत्ती नव्हतीच मुळी! विशुद्ध वैचारिक लेखन ते तन्मयतेने करायचे. त्यात नवसमाज निर्मितीचा ध्यास असायचा. त्यांचे समाज चिंतनपर वैचारिक लेख म्हणजे अपरासृष्टीच! गांधीवाद, समाजवादाधारित मानव समाज निर्मिती हे त्यांचं बिलोरी स्वप्न होतं. त्यांच्या कल्पनेतला नवा भारत विज्ञाननिष्ठ, समताधिष्ठित, श्रमप्रतिष्ठ, स्वदेशभावयुक्त, आंतरिक शुचितेने भारलेला असायचा. नवी स्त्री केवळ शिक्षित नव्हती तर सुजाण होती. सामान्यजन नैतिकता, न्याय व कृतिशीलतेस आसूसलेले ते कल्पायचे. नवा भारत घडवायचा तर निर्मितीचा वन्हि चेतायलाच हवा, असा त्यांचा आग्रह असायचा. खांडेकरांची ही अपरासृष्टी समजून घ्यायची तर ‘वन्हि तो चेतवावा’तील वैचारिक लेख वाचायलाच हवेत. त्या शिवाय आपण नवा भारत निर्मिणार तरी कसा? नि केव्हा?