The Colossus That Was Bapurao Naik

(Arun Naik, Bapurao Naik's elder son speaks at the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh kickstarting Bapurao Naik's centenary year celebrations).

My father was suddenly transferred to Yerawada Prison Press again. The current man there was stabbed by a life-term prisoner. No one would go there to replace him. But my father did not care. In fact, the same prisoner became a loyal orderly to him and would carry me in his arms every time I would accompany my father to the press. The press was in need of good management. My father provided that. We were in Pune for three years.

It was in 1955 that Dr Bhalerao passed away. He was only 53 years old.

Va Da Gokhale was a teacher in Vengurla when my father was studying in school there. Gokhale then came back to Pune when my father took private lessons from him in Marathi for his B.A. exams which he passed externally in Pune. Gokhale was also associated with the Sahitya Sangh and would come to Mumbai often with my father and Potdar. It seems that Gokhale was a devout person and he made a special idol of Ganapati in five metals. This he presented to my father. We still have it, along with many more Ganapati idols, including a huge one made by M. R. Achrekar.

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The Colossus That Was Bapurao Naik

(Arun Naik, Bapurao Naik's elder son speaks at the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh kickstarting Bapurao Naik's centenary year celebrations).