In many award-winning Marathi short stories (like those of V. S. Khandekar or modern collections like "Loksatta" weekend reads), the Bhauji and Vahini share a gaze, a letter, or a lavani sung across the courtyard. This is romance as Rasa —aesthetic longing. The Vahini sees in the Bhauji the youth she lost; the Bhauji sees in the Vahini the wisdom she fears she will never gain.
He practices tabla in the devghar (prayer room). She organizes her katta (low stool) in the verandah, cataloging library books. Their conversations begin over chaha : Bhauji Ani Vahini Marathi Sex