"Wanavla", the word in marathi meaning; "Offering a part of the produce from farm or home made delicacies to our friends, neighbours or relatives." Author Dr. Arati. has spent her childhood in a small town, "Kalwan", District Nasik, Maharashtra, I...

"Wanavla", the word in marathi meaning; "Offering a part of the produce from farm or home made delicacies to our friends, neighbours or relatives." Author Dr. Arati. has spent her childhood in a small town, "Kalwan", District Nasik, Maharashtra, India. Where it was a very common custom to offer a Wanavla to neighbours and mostly people who used to go with 'Wanavla' never came back empty-handed. They also were offered something from their neighbours farms or homemade delicacies as well. And in this process neighbours/relatives/friends were offered a cup of tea/coffee/fresh lemon juice and chit chatting over that used to be a common phenomena of the town like Kalwan. Surely many readers too, must be knowing what Wanavla is? In that Chit Chatting every important matter has been discussed, from children's education to their marriages, produce from their farms to prices in the market, politics, farming, human life every possible topic has been discussed. Ladies from the homes, if they go to offer Wanavla to their neighbours then, it has been a very important, relaxing time to be spent for them. "Gappa'' is a word taken here metaphorically. All the incidents happened in the town where Wanavla is to be offered and offered back, so author Dr. Arati wants to call it "Wanavlyachya Gappa".In this book, you will find beautiful incidents/anecdotes from her childhood and also from the places where she travelled with her family. Wherever her father transferred in Maharashtra, She has selected beautiful Anecdotes to share with you. All of them are beautiful and literally take you there while reading those stories. Also how her family used to receive Wanavla from various families from the town Kalwan. Every Anecdote has a different Title to it.Surely you will enjoy this book by Dr. Arati and will definitely give your feedback on it.