His other travelogues are "Poorvaranga" and "Jave Tyanchya Desha". It was this specific period and stays in these countries that his later travelogue "Apoorvai" was to be based upon. After this, he spent some time in France and West Germany. He was seconded to the BBC for a year-long training. He was the first person to interview the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on Indian television.
He also worked for Doordarshan, the state-owned TV channel. He also worked for some years as a college professor in Rani Parvati Devi College, Belgaum in Karnataka and Kirti College in Mumbai.
Professional life Educator īoth Deshpande and his wife served as teachers in Orient High School, Mumbai. Pu La wrote on Dinesh in his book Gangot. They raised Sunitabai's nephew, Dinesh Thakur as their own son. The couple did not have any children of their own. She (Sunita Deshpande) was to go on to become an accomplished writer in her own right. On 12 June 1946, Deshpande married his colleague, Sunita Thakur. His first wife, Sundar Divadkar, died soon after their wedding. He also took lessons in playing the harmonium from Dattopant Rajopadhye of Bhaskar Sangitalaya. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1950 and then a Master of Arts (MA) degree from Willingdon College, Sangli. Later, he attended Fergusson College in Pune. He attended Ismail Yusuf College after high school and then Government Law College, Mumbai for LLB. Education ĭeshpande studied at Parle Tilak Vidyalaya. His first 8 years at the newly formed Saraswati Baug Colony are described in the story titled 'Balpanicha Kaal Sukhacha' or Bālpaṇicā Kāḷ Sukhācā (translation: the happy days of childhood) in his book Purchundi. The family used to stay at Kenway House, Procter Road in the Grant Road locality in Mumbai. He had translated Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali into Marathi, with the title, " Abhang Gitanjali". His maternal grandfather, Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi, was a Marathi poet and writer. Our mind is disturbed every time we think of them.Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was born in Gamdevi Street, Chowpati, Mumbai in a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) family to Laxman Trimbak Deshpande and Laxmibai Laxman Deshpande. This renders his characters unforgettable. This essential tragic fact is told by Madgulkar with the detachment of an artist. The mind is filled with the thought that while men seek some happiness, their lives were never scripted to find it. With innocence, Vyankatesh Madgulkar tells us about the poverty-stricken lives of the people of Mandesh and their saga of never-ending sorrows.
The characters are genuinely Marathi in nature, and they have been drawn with the ease with which dawn turns into day or a bud blossoms into a flower. The character sketches in this collection are not only tales in the old mould, but also have the magical quality that touches upon the very essence of Life.
The characters are genuinely Marathi in nature, and they have been drawn with the ease with which dawn turns into day or a bud blossoms ‘Manadeshi Manase’is an inseparable part of post-Independence Marathi literature. ‘Manadeshi Manase’is an inseparable part of post-Independence Marathi literature.