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असा मी असामी [Asa Mi Asami]
116 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1964
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P.L. Deshpande
91 books1,061 followersपुरुषोत्तम लक्ष्मण [पु. ल.] देशपांडे हे लोकप्रिय मराठी लेखक, नाटककार, नट, कथाकार व पटकथाकार, दिग्दर्शक आणि संगीत दिग्दर्शक होते. त्यांना महाराष्ट्राचे लाडके व्यक्तिमत्त्व असे म्हटले जायचे. त्यांच्या आद्याक्षरांवरून महाराष्ट्रात ते प्रेमाने पु. ल. म्हणून ओळखले जातात. लेखक आणि कवी वामन मंगेश दुभाषी ऊर्फ ऋग्वेदी हे पु.ल.देशपांड्यांचे आजोबा होते तर आणि सतीश दुभाषी हे मामेभाऊ आहेत.
P. L. Deshpande was one of the legends in marathi literature. Probably the most read, most quoted and most loved author of maharashtra
The writings though mostly known for its sublime comic nature,include a vast range of plays,caricatures,essays, travelogues and much more
Lovingly called 'Pula' by all the fans.
P. L. Deshpande was one of the legends in marathi literature. Probably the most read, most quoted and most loved author of maharashtra
The writings though mostly known for its sublime comic nature,include a vast range of plays,caricatures,essays, travelogues and much more
Lovingly called 'Pula' by all the fans.
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March 12, 2021
I don't recall literally laughing out loud while reading any other book until this one. Pu la is an absolute genius in observational humour.
Pro tip: Don't read this in a library.
Pro tip: Don't read this in a library.
February 27, 2023
One of my many cousins, he has this ability of making everyone laugh. If he is present, no one will be sad or angry. His presence itself freshens everyone's mood.
Pula is like him but much more. Making people around you laugh isn't easy but making your readers laugh is definitely a huge task and Pula pulled it off with every book. I'm a form believer that it is easy to make one cry through words but the same isn't true when it comes to humour. And that is why I respect all those authors who write Humour more than rest. And that if why I have huge respect for Pula.
Asa mi asami is about Dhondopant who works as a clerk. His life, ways everything is of middle class. The company he works for is taken over by another boss and it causes upheavals in his routine life. His wife and kids gets acquainted with the change and so does Dhondopant tries as well but it is not as easy as it appears as his new life is culturally far removed from the life he was used to leading.
Pula was a gem, is a gem. He is still alive through his works. His writings still make his readers laugh and not just readers from older generations but of present one and I'm sure will do for future ones as well. I'm definitely going to recommend my daughter to read his works when she grows up.
तुळशीवृंदावनापासून ते कॅक्टसच्या कुंडीपर्यंत कळत न कळत काळाबरोबर वाहत वाहत गेलेल्या एका कारकूनाचे हे आत्मचरित्र आहे. निरनिराळ्या मासिकांतून त्यातला बराचसा भाग यापूर्वीच आला आहे. मुख्यत: ‘दीपावली’च्या दिवाळी अंकांतून ‘असा मी असामी’ व त्यानंतर ‘पुन्हा मी पुन्हा मी’ असे दोन भाग प्रसिद्ध झाले होते. ह्या काल्पनिक आत्मचित्राचा नायक माझ्या मनात अनेक वर्षे घर करून बसला आहे. निरनिराळ्या लेखांतून तो डोकावतो. त्याला मी इथे ह्या पुस्तकात पकडून ठेवला तरी माझ्या मनातले घर सोडायला तो तयार नाही. ह्या अफाट मुंबई शहरातल्या ज्या मध्यमवर्गीय समाजात मी वाढलो त्यातलाच हा एक! कुठल्यातरी हपिसासाठी जगायचे आणि पेन्शनीसाठी किंवा प्राविडंट फंडाकडे डोळे लावून दिवसादिवसाने म्हातारे.
Pula is like him but much more. Making people around you laugh isn't easy but making your readers laugh is definitely a huge task and Pula pulled it off with every book. I'm a form believer that it is easy to make one cry through words but the same isn't true when it comes to humour. And that is why I respect all those authors who write Humour more than rest. And that if why I have huge respect for Pula.
Asa mi asami is about Dhondopant who works as a clerk. His life, ways everything is of middle class. The company he works for is taken over by another boss and it causes upheavals in his routine life. His wife and kids gets acquainted with the change and so does Dhondopant tries as well but it is not as easy as it appears as his new life is culturally far removed from the life he was used to leading.
Pula was a gem, is a gem. He is still alive through his works. His writings still make his readers laugh and not just readers from older generations but of present one and I'm sure will do for future ones as well. I'm definitely going to recommend my daughter to read his works when she grows up.
तुळशीवृंदावनापासून ते कॅक्टसच्या कुंडीपर्यंत कळत न कळत काळाबरोबर वाहत वाहत गेलेल्या एका कारकूनाचे हे आत्मचरित्र आहे. निरनिराळ्या मासिकांतून त्यातला बराचसा भाग यापूर्वीच आला आहे. मुख्यत: ‘दीपावली’च्या दिवाळी अंकांतून ‘असा मी असामी’ व त्यानंतर ‘पुन्हा मी पुन्हा मी’ असे दोन भाग प्रसिद्ध झाले होते. ह्या काल्पनिक आत्मचित्राचा नायक माझ्या मनात अनेक वर्षे घर करून बसला आहे. निरनिराळ्या लेखांतून तो डोकावतो. त्याला मी इथे ह्या पुस्तकात पकडून ठेवला तरी माझ्या मनातले घर सोडायला तो तयार नाही. ह्या अफाट मुंबई शहरातल्या ज्या मध्यमवर्गीय समाजात मी वाढलो त्यातलाच हा एक! कुठल्यातरी हपिसासाठी जगायचे आणि पेन्शनीसाठी किंवा प्राविडंट फंडाकडे डोळे लावून दिवसादिवसाने म्हातारे.
March 3, 2019
Given the overwhelming love for PL Deshpande among the masses as well as the classes, there was certainly a sort of pressure on me to appreciate the humour of the great litterateur even before i picked the book from the shelf of the library. And very frankly, the book didn't match up to those sky high expectations.
Just the fact that a book written in 1964 managed to, for the most part, bring out loud laughs out of me in 2019 is probably enough to call it a true classic. But the portion after the protagonist shifts out of a chawl into an apartment complex and the attempt to bring out the humour in this newfound prosperity of a quintessential lower-middle class Maharashtrian hasn't aged too well. I, for one, found it just a little dull.
Again, only if i had read the book with little to no expectations, like i watch most movies, i would have probably enjoyed it just a bit more.
Just the fact that a book written in 1964 managed to, for the most part, bring out loud laughs out of me in 2019 is probably enough to call it a true classic. But the portion after the protagonist shifts out of a chawl into an apartment complex and the attempt to bring out the humour in this newfound prosperity of a quintessential lower-middle class Maharashtrian hasn't aged too well. I, for one, found it just a little dull.
Again, only if i had read the book with little to no expectations, like i watch most movies, i would have probably enjoyed it just a bit more.
October 11, 2015
One of the best books in Marathi Literature. Aah, the pleasure of reading books by P. L. Deshpande !!!
February 2, 2025
Typical P L Deshpande. One of the few authors who even after 60 years of writing this book, has the ability to male you laugh. Although, must say that as the book progresses, it starts paling ( as opposed to Batatyachi chaal ). But as always P L ends this book with a masterstroke observation and a poignant closing remark.
Sorry for writing the review in English, but writing a review in Marathi on the phone would have taken ages.
Sorry for writing the review in English, but writing a review in Marathi on the phone would have taken ages.
April 19, 2014
This is one of 'the' best book i have ever read in Marathi.
The language and humor make you fall in love with Marathi all over again. And the ending sentence was the best part. It is meaningful if you read it directly as a sentence but it has this totally deep meaning if you read it after book is finished.
The language and humor make you fall in love with Marathi all over again. And the ending sentence was the best part. It is meaningful if you read it directly as a sentence but it has this totally deep meaning if you read it after book is finished.
December 15, 2014
The first ever book I read of genre 'P.L. Deshpande'. His style of writing was a genre in itself. The finest ever humor author of Marathi language and I am thankful for having his books in my life.
May 20, 2021
सामान्य माणसाचे एक सामान्य (काल्पनिक) आत्मचरित्र ! पु. ल. च्या विनोदी वर्णनात्मक शैली मुळे धोंडोपंत जे या पुस्तकातील मुख्य नायक आहेत त्यांचं आपल्या जीवनातल्या अनुभवांबद्दल वाचताना हसायला ही येते आणि काही ठिकाणी विचार करायला भाग पाडते. तर असे हे धोंडोपंत जे आपल्या भोवती सापडतील. अगदी जवळचे!
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April 12, 2021अजूनही तेच घड्याळ वापरतो. खिशातून काढलं की वाटतं , जुन्या काय नि नव्या काय, घड्याळ्यांच्या तबकड्या नि पट्टे बदलतात - सुखानं टळलेली दुपार पाहायला तबकडी न् पट्टे करायचे आहेत काय? घड्याळाच काय आणि माणसाचं काय, आतल तोल सांभाळणारं चाक नीट राहिलं की फार पुढंही जाण्याची भीती नाही नि फार मागंही पडण्याची नाही!
August 31, 2021
Khup khup chhan pustak...!
November 26, 2023
पु ल ह्यांचे अप्रतिम पुस्तक !!
पुस्तकाचा संदर्भ सोपा आहे - एक साधा मुंबईकर कसा जगतो (१९६० मध्ये) हे ह्यांनी खूपच विनोदी प्रकाराने वर्णन केले आहे.
पु ल ह्यांची विनोदी शैली एकदूमच अप्रतिम आहे . पुस्तक वाचणे सोडता येत नाही . आणी इतकी साधी गोष्ट एवढ्या रोचक प्रमाणे लिहणे अवघड आहे आणि हे पु ल ह्यांनी साधले आहे. पुस्तक छोटे आहे पण मस्त आहे. मुंबई १९६० मध्ये कशी होती हे पाहता येते. मध्यमवर्गीय कुटुंब त्याकाळी कसे होते हे खूप छान प्रकारे दर्शविले आहे . आजच्या काळात सुद्धा बऱ्याच गोष्टी तश्याच आहेत. उदाहरण म्हणजे - बायकांसोबत खरेदी करणे , घरात कसे सगळे जमवले जाते हे बायका ठरवतात, पोरांच्या शाळेतून नोटीस येणे, हापिसात बाकी लोकांसोबत चे व्यवहार आणि अश्या गोष्टी अजूनही बरोबर आहेत (आणि हे पु ल ह्यांनी हे सगळे विनोदी प्रकारे लिहले आहे).
Amazing book by P L Deshpande.
The story of the book is simple - how does a simple person lives in Mumbai (in 1960s) - this is described in a funny way. The humour of P L Deshpande is amazing. You cannot stop reading the book. Moreover, to describe such a simple story in such exciting way is difficult but he manages it. It is a small but entertaining book. You can see how the life was in Mumbai in 1960s. It shows the life of middle class family very well. Some of the things are still applicable - the experiences of shopping with the women, how everything in the house is decided by women, getting notice from school of children and how the colleagues treat each other and so.
पुस्तकाचा संदर्भ सोपा आहे - एक साधा मुंबईकर कसा जगतो (१९६० मध्ये) हे ह्यांनी खूपच विनोदी प्रकाराने वर्णन केले आहे.
पु ल ह्यांची विनोदी शैली एकदूमच अप्रतिम आहे . पुस्तक वाचणे सोडता येत नाही . आणी इतकी साधी गोष्ट एवढ्या रोचक प्रमाणे लिहणे अवघड आहे आणि हे पु ल ह्यांनी साधले आहे. पुस्तक छोटे आहे पण मस्त आहे. मुंबई १९६० मध्ये कशी होती हे पाहता येते. मध्यमवर्गीय कुटुंब त्याकाळी कसे होते हे खूप छान प्रकारे दर्शविले आहे . आजच्या काळात सुद्धा बऱ्याच गोष्टी तश्याच आहेत. उदाहरण म्हणजे - बायकांसोबत खरेदी करणे , घरात कसे सगळे जमवले जाते हे बायका ठरवतात, पोरांच्या शाळेतून नोटीस येणे, हापिसात बाकी लोकांसोबत चे व्यवहार आणि अश्या गोष्टी अजूनही बरोबर आहेत (आणि हे पु ल ह्यांनी हे सगळे विनोदी प्रकारे लिहले आहे).
Amazing book by P L Deshpande.
The story of the book is simple - how does a simple person lives in Mumbai (in 1960s) - this is described in a funny way. The humour of P L Deshpande is amazing. You cannot stop reading the book. Moreover, to describe such a simple story in such exciting way is difficult but he manages it. It is a small but entertaining book. You can see how the life was in Mumbai in 1960s. It shows the life of middle class family very well. Some of the things are still applicable - the experiences of shopping with the women, how everything in the house is decided by women, getting notice from school of children and how the colleagues treat each other and so.
August 14, 2020
'पु.ल' म्हणजे मराठी साहित्य क्षेत्रातील अष्टपैलू व्यक्तिमत्व होय. सुनिताईप्रमाणेच, त्यांच्या विनोदबुद्धीने त्यांची साथ शेवट पर्यंत सोडली नाही. दवाखान्यात वारंवार गोळ्या (Tablets) खावं लागण्याचं उल्लेख 'गोळीबार' अस करणारा हा माणूस महाराष्ट्रात जन्मला हे आमचं नशीबच म्हणावं लागेल. डोळ्यात अश्रू असण्याऱ्या माणसाच्या गालावर हास्य फुलवण्याचं सामर्थ्य त्यांच्या लेखनात आहे. १९६४ साली प्रकाशीत झालेलं हे पुस्तक एका सामान्य माणसाच्या बदलत्या जीवनाची कहानी आहे. पुस्तकातील विविध पात्रे पु.ल नी उत्तमरीत्या रेखाटली आहेत, त्यातला "नानु सरांजमे" हा माझा आवडता. चाळीत राहण्याऱ्या माणसाच्या आयुष्यातील अनुभव आणि बदल यांचं विश्लेषण विनो��ात्मक आहे. पुस्तकाच्या शेवटी पु.ल म्हणतात, "वेळ आणि माणूस दोन्ही गोष्टी बदलत असतात. शेवटी, आयुष्यात हसत राहणं आणि मजेत जगणं सगळ्यात महत्त्वाच." ☺️
October 20, 2019
Dear Fellow Readers,
This is an another classical Gem in the Writing of prominent social comic writer P L Deshpande, it describes a story an imaginary life of a person living in Mumbai City and it describes the crispy moments which sometimes make you life and sometimes it make you sorrow and the magicl thing in this book is that the reader every time feels that he is the character and his life is matching with the book.
No more words for this magical writer and how work
Thanks,
Prashant Vyawhare
https://storytellerpv.blogspot.com/
This is an another classical Gem in the Writing of prominent social comic writer P L Deshpande, it describes a story an imaginary life of a person living in Mumbai City and it describes the crispy moments which sometimes make you life and sometimes it make you sorrow and the magicl thing in this book is that the reader every time feels that he is the character and his life is matching with the book.
No more words for this magical writer and how work
Thanks,
Prashant Vyawhare
https://storytellerpv.blogspot.com/
September 26, 2019
All the characters in the book are very hillarious and we'll developed. I have read it like ten times and still read some passages to relieve myself from stress. Not only it makes you laugh, but also makes you feel how hard it is to cope up with the ever-changing world. It really sucks when you don't wanna change but you have to just for the sake of others.
February 12, 2021
पु.लं.च्या लिखाणावर मी टीका करण्याच्या लायक नाही. त्यांचं हे पुस्तक मला वाचायला मिळालं हे मी माझं भाग्य समजतो. त्यांच्या लिखाण कौशल्याचे प्रदर्शन त्यांनी पुस्तकाच्या शेवटच्या ओळीत केले आहे:
"घड्याळाचं काय आणि माणसाचं काय, आतलं तोल संभाळणारं चाक नीट राहिलं की फार पुढंही जाण्याची भीती नाही नि फार मागंही पडण्याची नाही!"
"घड्याळाचं काय आणि माणसाचं काय, आतलं तोल संभाळणारं चाक नीट राहिलं की फार पुढंही जाण्याची भीती नाही नि फार मागंही पडण्याची नाही!"
December 7, 2020
First time I read this book is about 17 years ago. I finished this book in one sitting. From that day I read it repeatedly for so many times that I don't remember, but I do remember that the joy and a bright smile on my face this book put on....
September 23, 2024
Pu La writes so well that I was able to see it right in front of me. The humour he has is out of the world and I laughed at every other page. I recommend this to those who never explored Pu la and want to read him. This should be a good start.
September 23, 2017
Every book of Pu La is a Gem. Real laughter one gets out of his every book. I have never ever came across such a humorous books, there is no competition to Pu La till date.
November 16, 2017
awesome book
December 3, 2017
This one I liked when I read it. Pu La is the first Author I literally worshiped.
February 19, 2018
Was a very good book. Though with Deshpande's comedy style of writing, he makes impact of morality of revolutionary transformations we have seen.
April 28, 2018
Read it ever time I need a good laugh.
September 10, 2018
Simply Awesome !
December 16, 2019
Always so good to read PuLa!
March 27, 2020
Khupch chaan book
Want to read
April 20, 2020please anyone can tell me how can i read this book please
June 1, 2020
हे पुस्तक ... खरतर पुलंचे कुठलेही पुस्तक मी कधीही वाचू शकते.
♥️ you PL... and thank you forever for all this treasure
♥️ you PL... and thank you forever for all this treasure
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