Dr. Kelkar
had acquired great faith in Shri Nathji after he had read his book Atma Vijay
part II, and then come into contact with Shri Nathji. In 1972 when Shri Nathji got
engrossed in publishing of His books, He listened to rate quotations of
printing and binding charges, taking acute interest in the minutes of details
of the trade, examining the stitching and sewing of books, and the face of
various kinds of type, driving out to crowded areas like Chawri Bazaar in Delhi to purchase
paper and, indeed, doing everything else a man of the world would be called
upon to do. Few could understand him then.
"Leave him alone in his godliness," said Dr. Kelkar, a member
of the Sahitya Akademi at Delhi, to Priya Nath, "why must he be
dragged down to the haggling level of worldly men!"
Little did he know that it was to come down to the "haggling
level!" with men that Shri Nathji had taken an avatar upon the earth.
Dr. Kelkar would always advise Priya Nath to not to get entangled with
the hardened world of business in the printing industry. At the same time he
would add: “You are a Harvard scholar. Why should you allow anyone to cheat
you?”
Oncewhen Dr.Kelkar was travelling in a train in the
middle of June, he had a heatstroke and collapsed. He was taken to a hospital
and medical tests performed on him. His blood urea had shot up to an abnormal
level of 300.
When he was being carried on the hospital stretcher, his daughter was by
his side and was asking him: “Will Shri Nathji come to visit you here? Everyone
else has.”
"Beti!" said the man, "can’t you see him? He is walking
here by my side!" The man had a vision. Shri Nathji appeared before him,
bare-footed, and the man held on to his feet and wept for a long time. Shri
Nathji gave him a tablet to eat. Just then the vision was over. And he found
himself in the hospital, his crisis over.
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In this administrative role as overseer of India's National Academy of Letters, he oversaw the publication and printing of the journal (specifically volumes around the late 1970s and early 1980s) through Bharti Printers, located at K-16 Naveen Shahdara, Delhi-32. . Bharti Printers is now permanently closed.
Also Dr. R.S. Kelkar addressed the parliamentary committee in his capacity as secretary of Sahitya Akademi, along with President and Vice President Suniti Kumar Chatterjee an Srinivasa Iyengar
Dr. R.S. Kelkar had the legal/administrative responsibilities for the content and production of the publication at that specific time. Dr. Kelkar is also the author of other books, such as Bharatiya Kahaniyan, which is available on Amazon.in
Dr. R. S. Kelkar, then Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi, undertook a tour sponsored by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations The purpose of this visit was to visit universities and cultural organizations, and establish contacts with Ramayana scholars in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The tour was in furtherance of a project by the Union Académique International and the Sahitya Akademi to compile a critical inventory of Ramayana studies worldwide. He visited Hindu and Buddhist temples and museums in cities like Bangkok, Jakarta, Bali, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. During his trip, Dr. Kelkar engaged in various activities. He held discussions with local Ramayana scholars and gathered information for the regional inventories of Ramayana material. He witnessed performances with a mythological slant and studied local history, as well as the interaction of Indian with Thai, Malaysian, and Indonesian cultures. This tour also served as preparation for the Second International Ramayana Seminar, which was held in New Delhi in January 1981.
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