THIS BOOK WAS COMPILED AND EDITED ON THE OCCASION OF THE DIAMOND JUBILEE BIRTHDAY OF AUTHOR LAXMAN MANE. IT CONTAINS ARTICLES WRITTEN BY HIS COLLEAGUES WHO SUPPORTED MANE IN THE MOVEMENT FROM HIS YOUTH TILL TODAY. EVEN IF YOU GLANCE AT THESE ARTICLES, YOU WILL NOTICE HOW LAXMAN MANE HAD A WIDE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. IT CAN ALSO BE SEEN THAT HIS WRITING DID NOT STOP EVEN AFTER ENDURING SOCIAL HARDSHIPS. HIS DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES SUCH AS DR. BABA ADHAV, DR. JANARDHAN WAGHMARE, ARUN KHORE, PROF. RAMNATH CHAVAN, NARAYAN JAVALIKAR, DR. EKNATH AWHAD, DR. JAISINGRAO PAWAR, ALONG WITH WIFE SHASHI MANE, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS BOOK. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE CRUSADES, MARCHES AND STRUGGLES MADE TO UNITE THE NOMADIC TRIBES AND SINCERE EFFORTS TO BRING THEM INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF SOCIETY ARE SHARED IN THESE WRITE-UPS. ALSO, IT IS EVIDENT THAT MANE WISHES TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE BY INVOKING THE HUMANITY IN THEM.