Vijay Tendulkar

Vijay Tendulkar was born in Kolhapu, Maharashtra, a city in southwest India roughly two hundred miles south of Mumbai. Tendulkar dropped out of school at age 14 to participate in the movement for Indian independence. Although no longer in school, Tendulkar still enjoyed reading and writing. He began working for newspapers, often taking the role of social critic who wrote in defense of the oppressed and marginalized. He also wrote plays, and although his first two were subject to little public attention, his third play, Srimant, proved more popular if also more controversial. He continued to write dozens of plays, one-acts, and screenplays throughout his life, as well as translations, journalism, short stories, literary essays, and novels.