Question

Who was पु.ल.देशपांडे?? and his stories.

Answer 1

पुरुषोत्तम लक्षमण देशपांडे (८ नवम्बर १९१९ – १२ जून २०००) लोकप्रिय मराठी लेखक, नाटककार, हास्यकार, अभिनेता, कथाकार व पटकथाकार, फिल्म निर्देशक और संगीतकार एवं गायक थे। उन्हें "महाराष्ट्राचे लाडके व्यक्तिमत्त्व" (महाराष्ट्र का लाड़ला व्यक्तित्व) कहा जाता है। महाराष्ट्र में उन्हें प्रेम से पु. ल. कहा जाता है। उन्हें भारत सरकार द्वारा सन १९९० में कला के क्षेत्र में पद्म भूषण से सम्मानित किया गया था।

Answer 2

Purushottam Lakshman Deshpande (8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000[1]), popularly known by his initials ("Pu. La.") or as P. L. Deshpande was a Marathiwriter and humorist from Maharashtra, India. He was also an accomplished film and stage actor, script writer, author, composer, musician (he played the harmonium), singer and orator. He was often referred to as "Maharashtra's beloved personality".

Purushottam was born in Gaodevi area (Krupa Hemraj Chawl) in Mumbai in a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin[4] family to Laxman Trimbak Deshpande and Laxmibai Laxman Deshpande.[citation needed] His maternal grandfather, Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi, was a poet and connoisseur of literature. He had translated Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali into Marathi under the title "Abhang Gitanjali".[5]

The family used to stay at Kenway house (opposite Robert Money School), Proctor road, Grant Road. His family then moved to Jogeshwari within Mumbai where he stayed at the newly formed Saraswati Baug Colony until the age of 8 years. His first 8 years and Saraswati Baug is described in the story titled "Balpanicha Kaal Sukhacha" (translation: the happy days of childhood) in his book Purchundi. The family then moved to Vile Parle.

Deshpande studied at Parle Tilak Vidyalaya.He attended Ismail Yusuf Collegeafter high school and then Government law college for LLB. Later he attended Fergusson College in Pune and obtained his Masters in Arts, (MA) in 1950.[5] He also took lessons in playing harmonium from Dattopant Rajopadhye of Bhaskar Sangitalaya

Both Deshpande and his wife served as teachers in Orient High School, Mumbai. He also worked for some years as a college professor in Rani Parvati Devi College Belgaum, Karnataka and Kirti College, Mumbai. He also worked for newly founded Doordarshan, the state owned Indian TV. He was the first person to interview the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Indian television. He was seconded to the BBC for a year-long training. After which he spent some time in France and in West Germany. It was this specific period and stays in these countries that his later travelogue "Apoorvai" was to be based upon. His other travelogue include Poorvarang" and Jave Tyanchya Desha