THIS IS A COMPILATION OF SHORT ESSAYS, IN FACT, ARTICLES BY THE AUTHOR DR. VINITA PARANJAPE. SHE HAS PENNED DOWN HER VIEWS ON VARIOUS 30 TOPICS, ALL WITH A TOUCH OF INTEGRITY. SHE HAS SKILLFULLY HANDLED THESE VIEWS WITH EQUAL WEIGHTAGE TO ALL THE NINE ASPECTS OF FEELINGS; RIGHT FROM LOVE TO TRAGEDY. HER VERY FIRST THOUGHT PROCESS REVEALS AROUND 'TOUCH'. SHE UNFOLDS THE DIMENSIONS OF IT WITH VARIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS. SHE THROWS LIGHT ON EGO, THINKING PROCESS, DESIRE, ETC. EACH AND EVERY TOPIC HAS A STRONG PHILOSOPHICAL BASE, YET SHE PRESENTS THEM WRAPPED PROPERLY IN SOFT BUNDLES OF WORDS. THEY ARE SHORT BUT THEY TOUCH OUR MINDS, NONETHELESS. ALL THESE ARTICLES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER FROM TIME TO TIME, THESE WERE WELCOMED BY ALL. EACH ARTICLE CONSISTS OF THOUGHTS WHICH OCCUR IN OUR MINDS ALSO, BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS THE CAPACITY OF PENNING THEM DOWN SO STRONGLY. VINITA SEEMS TO DO IT WITH CERTAIN EASE. A GLIMPSE AT THE TITLES PRESENTS A PERFECT PICTURE OF THE VIVID TOPICS SHE HAS TOUCHED. THE BEAUTY OF THE ARTICLES LIES IN THE SHORTNESS ITSELF. THE ARTICLE GETS OVER WITHIN A VERY SHORT SPAN OF TIME. AS WE FINISH ONE ARTICLE, WE DO NOT START AT THE NEXT; INSTEAD WE STOP FOR A MOMENT TO RETROSPECT OUR VIEWS IN RELATION TO IT. AND BELIEVE ME, YOU WILL DISCOVER SOMETHING ANEW WITHIN YOURSELF WITH EACH ARTICLE....अगदी छोट्यात छोट्या विषयांवरून तात्विक विचार सहजतेने मांडण्याची डॉ. विनीता पराजंपे यांची हातोटी चांगली आहे. लघुकथांच्या जवळ जाणारे हे छोटे, छोटे लेख त्यामुळेच वाचकाला आवडतात, वाचनाची असोशी असता असताच संपूनही जातात आणि त्यामुळेच मनात रेंगाळत राहतात. पहिल्या लेखात त्यांनी स्पर्श किती प्रकारचे असतात, याविषयी सांगितले आहे. यात शारीरिक स्पर्शाबरोबरच मनावर मोरपिसासारख्या अलगद उमटत असणा-या स्पर्शांचेही वर्णन केले आहे. परीक्षेसाठी बाहेर पडताना आजी-आजोबांनी सुरकुतलेल्या हातांनी दिलेल्या आशीर्वादाच्या स्पर्शाच्या बळाविषयी लेखिका सांगते; त्याप्रमाणेच पावलांना होणा-या गवताच्या पात्यांचा मुलायम स्पर्शही सुखावून जातो. प्रत्येक स्पर्श दुस-याहून कसा वेगळा तेही लेखिका सांगते. त्या स्पर्शांचे अर्थ सांगते. बाळाच्या गालांचा स्पर्श सृजनाचा; तर रात्रीच्या अंधारात होणारा थंडगार &#
