RANJIT DESAI WAS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL WRITER. "VAISHAKH` INCLUDES THE STORIES DURING THE PERIOD OF HIS APPRENTICESHIP. YET EACH STORY HAS THE STRENGTH TO TOUCH THE INNERMOST CORD OF A SENSITIVE HEART. IT IS BASED ON RURAL LIFE. VAISHAKH LITERALLY MEANS SUMMER. THE HEAT IS IMMENSE THEN. IT BURNS YOU. THE STORIES ALSO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BURN YOUR MIND. THESE ARE ALL FORMS OF CREATIVE LITERATURE, EACH GIVING LOT OF THOUGHTS. ONE CANNOT FAIL TO NOTICE THE AUTHORS CALLIBRE FROM THESE STORIES.
रणजित देसाई हे एक बहुआयामी साहित्यिक आहेत. त्यांच्या सुरुवातीच्या काळातील हा संग्रह. ग्रामीण जीवनाचा वेध घेणाया कथांमध्ये माणसांतला कोरडेपणा वैशाखाच्या उन्हाप्रमाणेच मनाला चटका देऊन जातो. लालित्यपूर्ण शैलीतल्या या कथा वाचून आणि अनुभवून रणजित देसाई हे आपल्या काळातील एक थोर साहित्यिक आहेत याचा उत्कट प्रत्यय वाचकांना येईल.