Ram Shewalkar

Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar (Devanagari: राम बाळकृष्ण शेवाळकर) (2 March 1931 – 3 May 2009) was a Marathi orator, writer, and literary critic from Maharashtra, India.

He was born on 2 March 1931 in Achalpur in Amravati district of Maharashtra.

Shewalkar obtained post graduate college degrees in Marathi and Sanskrit literature. He taught Sanskrit in a college for some years, and served for more than 25 years as the principal of a college at Wani in Yavatmal district.

In the 1980s, musician and singer Hridaynath Mangeshkar presented to the public in Maharashtra a popular musical program Amrutacha Ghanu which was based on the poetic compositions of Dnyaneshwar. Just before his musical presentations, Shewalkar would present a scholarly commentary on Dnyaneshwar’s works. The commentary received much acclaim in the Marathi-speaking public in Maharashtra.

Shewalkar's first literary work was an anthology titled Asoshi (असोशी) (1956). He wrote 59 books, literary reviews, and anthologies. His scholarship pertained to Ramayana and Mahabharata; the works of poet saints of Maharashtra, including Dnyaneshwar, Tukaram, and Ramdas; and modern personalities like Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Vinoba Bhave. "निवडक मराठी आत्मकथा" and "अंगारा" are the titles of two of his books.

Website: www.ramshewalkar.com

Shewalkar was a member of the Maharashtra State Film Censor Board for eleven years.

Nagpur University awarded him an honorary D. Litt. degree.

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