Porvay is the Marathi translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s
Chhelebela. It is a chronicle of his own childhood. His birth into an
affluent Brahmin family in Calcutta in 1861. The youngest of thirteen
children, he was raised mostly by servants as his mother had died during
his early years and travel kept his father busy. Porvay lets
the readers know that Tagore’s inspiration to arts and literature was
largely due to the fact that his home hosted a publication house and
many of his family members were musicians and writers. He spent the rest
of his time in taking a swim in the Ganges, practising wrestling and
gymnastics, or trekking the hills. Porvay beautifully captures and describes these wonderful moments of Rabindranath Tagore’s childhood.
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was born in Mumbai in
1919. He completed his college education, obtaining an M.A and LL.B from
Fergusson College, Pune, and Willingdon College, Sangli. After having
worked as a college professor and school teacher, he finally embarked on
a career of writing, directing, acting, singing, and composing. Few of
his other works are plays like Tuka Mhane Ata, Tujhe Ahe Tujapashi, Eka Jhunja Waryashi, along with children’s plays, travelogues, novels, collection of life sketches, comedy books like Nasti Uthathewa, and humorous essays like Eka Rawiwarchi Kahani, Mumbaikar, Punekar Ka Nagpurkar?, Majhe Poshtik Jeewan.
He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1965, the Padma Shri in
1966, and the Padma Bhushan in 1990 before he passed away in 2000.
Product details
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Mouj Prakashan
- Language: Marathi
- ISBN-10: 8174860134
- ISBN-13: 9788174860132
- Author: Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
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