ARUN KOLATKAR'S "JEJURI":

Jejuri is a poem of thirty one sections. It is the poet's quest for spiritual truth and an examination and investigation of past legends and myths. In fact, the collection is a serious attempt by Arun Kolatkar that deals with various themes like- tradition and customs, hypocrisy at various institutions, spiritual hollowness in India, zeal for information, poverty and superstitions among Indians, corruption and commercialization at religious places, cultural decadence and journey as a mode of knowledge. It also depicts the struggle between gods and demons, superstitions and science, tradition and modernity, the past and the present, belief and disbelief and the study of human being and their relationships. Jejuri, the poem starts its journey from The Bus and ends with The Railway Station.

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He has been working in the Department of English from last 24 years in S.P.D.M. Arts, S.B B. & S.H.D Commerce & S.M.A. Science College, Shirpur, Dist-Dhule (MS) INDIA. Presently, he is the Member onBoS in Kavayatri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University Jalgaon (INDIA) . He is guide of M. Phil. and Ph. D. degree.

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Jejuri is a poem of thirty one sections. It is the poet's quest for spiritual truth and an examination and investigation of past legends and myths. In fact, the collection is a serious attempt by Arun Kolatkar that deals with various themes like- tradition and customs, hypocrisy at various institutions, spiritual hollowness in India, zeal for information, poverty and superstitions among Indians, corruption and commercialization at religious places, cultural decadence and journey as a mode of knowledge. It also depicts the struggle between gods and demons, superstitions and science, tradition and modernity, the past and the present, belief and disbelief and the study of human being and their relationships. Jejuri, the poem starts its journey from The Bus and ends with The Railway Station.