nagpur nondi chandrachhayetlya a book written by asha pande was released on her 80th birthday at a programme organized by sahitya vihar sanstha svs at sugandha sabhagruh dharampeth on thursday the book was released by former vicechancellor of kavikulguru kalidas sanskrit university pankaj chande and noted critic pradnya apte writers vs jog and madan kulkarni were present talking about the book chande said even though pande might not remember everybodys name from her childhood her words describing the person impress the readers he said this was her first venture into writing prose instead of poetrycommenting on the book jog appreciated pande for her multilingual journey over a period of timethe book speaks about the people whom pande met in her life and who have left a positive impact on her apte lauded the details given in the book and the descriptions written splendidly members of sahitya vihar presented a skit on the life of pandereplying to the felicitation pande expressed her gratitude to readers and wellwishers she reminisced about her childhood in madhya pradesh she however said that todays generation is less inclined towards literature than before people should aim to live a meaningful life she added the december issue of svs monthly magazine sahitya shrikant was also unveiled on the occasion those present at the function included high court judges arun chaudhari nitin sambre writers asha bage and supriya aiyer ashutosh shewalkar dr sanjay ugemuge anil wadpalliwar namrata tiwari ashok mote leena rastogi prabha deoskar suruchi dabir veena ganu and jyoti pujari besides others