Summary:
Thackeray withdrew his remark after widespread public ire, drove down to Pune to offer his regrets to Maharashtra’s cultural ambassador, and his school teacher. Kale thinks Marathis turn nostalgic today about the Deshpande era as they find no one to keep alive his legacy. Readers strike an instant rapport with them and Deshpande as well and the writer-reader distinction is thus blurred.”“Deshpande was steeped in Maharashtra’s rich cultural practices and traditions. Mumbai: The values that Purushottam Lakshman Deshpande, who strode the post-1960 cultural scene like a colossus, stood for seem to be on the decline. Deshpande remained firmly rooted in Maharashtra and his readers adored him for this,” Kale pointed out..