67. The Quiet Joy Of Creativity

Thousand Moon: Shri. A. S. Palsule (81+)

Contributed By: Dr. R. Boradkar

 

Shri A.S. Palsule recently completed 81 years of his life. Though not a full fledged Sahastra Chandra Darshan ceremony, a small family get together was arranged to celebrate the occasion. The celebration offered me an opportunity to delve in to his mind.

The Palsules originally belong to Dhootpapeshwar in Kokan.But Shri A.S.Palsule was born and brought up in Bhandara , a small town near Nagpur. His father Shri Shankarrao Palsule was a leading legal practitioner in Bhandara. They lived in a Wada and there used to be frequent family get-togethers with much fun and frolic.

Shri A.S. Palsule spent a major part of his life in Jamshedpur. He retired from TISCO and spent some time in Nagpur before finally settling down in Pune. Both his son and daughter are settled in Pune.

Shri A.S.Palsule is not given to talking about himself and appears to be introspective by nature. Though he did not or rather could not specifically

Point out an event that gave him the utmost joy, I could easily gather from his talk that, what he enjoyed most was creative work. It seems that patchwork charms him and so his choice fell on discarded pieces of coloured cloth. He cuts these pieces in to small squares [size of the squares depends upon the size of the work in his mind] and then stitches them together to create different  patterns.

His creations include wall hangings, small and large and quilts. Once he presented two quilts three feet by six feet. I was surprised by the patience and efforts he must have put in and also the joy he must have derived in making them.

Age may have decreased his enthusiasm but the pleasure that he derives from his creative activity is still the same.