Gauri Deshpande

Gauri Deshpande (11 February 1942 – 1 March 2003) was a novelist, short story writer, and poet from Maharashtra, India. She wrote in Marathi and English.

Works

The following are the titles of some of Deshpande's books:

Ekek Pan Galawaya (1980)

Teruo Te Ani Kahi Door Paryant (1985)

Ahe He Ase Ahe (1986)

Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga (1987)

Dustar Ha Ghat Ani Thang (1989)

Mukkam (1992)

Vinchurniche Dhade (1996)

Goph (1999)

Utkhanan (2002)

The Lackadaisical Sweeper (1997) (in English)

--and Pine for What Is Not (English translation of Sunita Desapande's Ahe Manohar Tari...)

Diary of a decade of agony (English translation of Avinash Dharmadhikari's Aswastha dashakachi diary)

She also translated the ten volumes of "Arabian Nights" written by Sir Richard Burton from English to Marathi. The volumes were published in 1976-77.

Collections of poems (in English)

"Between Births" (1968)

Lost love (1970)

Beyond the Slaughterhouse (1972)

Family

Deshpande had two daughters, Urmilla Deshpande and Meithilli Mitchell, with her first husband, Avinash Deshpande; and one daughter, Sava Saheli Singh, with naval architect Surindar Singh. Urmilla is also a novelist currently living in Tallahassee, FL. Meithilli lives in St. Catharines, Ontario and has published papers on sustainability. Sava lives in Brooklyn, NY working on her PhD at NYU.

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Deshpande

Deshpande (Marathi: देशपांडे)(Kannada: ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ)(Hindi: देशपांडे) is one of the most famous Brahmin surnames in the state of Maharashtra, North Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Deshpande was the revenue post created by the King Krishnadevraya of Devgiri (Daulatabad). One Deshpande used to be appointed superior to about 10 Pandes. More than 96% of Deshpandes belong to the Deshastha Brahmin community. Some Goud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB), Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP), Smarth Brahmin families also have this surname.

Meaning

Deshpande derives from the Marathi title dešpande,.Dešpande was formerly a hereditary office, and is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit terms deśa ("country", or "district") and pandita ("learned man"). Deshpande is also said to mean "tax collector" from the historic caste system.