RANJIT DESAI, WHO WAS BORN IN A SARDAR FAMILY AND TOOK PEN IN HAND...A WRITER WHO RECEIVED CIVIL HONORS LIKE PADMA SHRI...RANJITJI, WHO MISSED THE HAPPINESS OF HIS MOTHER AT AN EARLY AGE, GAVE HIS TWO DAUGHTERS THE LOVE OF A MOTHER AND FULFILLED HIS DUTIES TOWARDS BOTH DAUGHTERS WHOLEHEARTEDLY. FATHER, KIND HEARTED FRIEND, VILLAGE HEADMAN WHO DOTES ON THE PEOPLE OF KOWAD, WRITER WITH STRONG TIES WITH MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE, ART LOVER WHO IS CLOSE TO ARTISTS LIKE KUMAR GANDHARVA, VASANTRAO DESHPANDE, A MAN WHO MAINTAINS A CALM MIND DESPITE GAINING IMMENSE POPULARITY AND RESPECT... WHILE RANJIT DESAI`S THESE ARE THE ASPECTS OF PERSONALITY THAT HIS DAUGHTER MADHUMATI SHINDE PASSIONATELY EXPLORES.
सरदार घराण्यात जन्मूनही लेखणी हातात घेतलेले रणजित देसाई...पद्मश्रीसारखा नागरी सन्मान मिळालेला साहित्यिक...लहानपणीच मातृसुखाला मुकलेल्या रणजितजींनी आपल्या दोन्ही मुलींना आईचंही प्रेम दिलं, दोन्ही मुलींबाबतची कर्तव्यं मन:पूर्वक निभावली. कनवाळू पिता, दिलदार मित्र, कोवाडच्या लोकांवर मायेची पाखर घालणारा गावप्रमुख, मेहता पब्लिशिंग हाऊसशी घट्ट ऋणानुबंध असलेला लेखक, कुमार गंधर्व, वसंतराव देशपांडे यांच्यासारख्या कलावांतांशी स्नेहबंध जोडणारा कलासक्त रसिक, प्रचंड लोकप्रियता लाभून, मानसन्मान मिळवूनही मनाचं नितळपण जपणारा माणूस... तर रणजित देसाई यांच्या व्यक्तिमत्त्वाचे त्यांच्या कन्या मधुमती शिंदे यांनी हृद्यतेने उलगडलेले हे पैलू आहेत.