V. P. Kale

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Vasant Purushottam Kale popularly known as 'Va Pu' was a renowned Marathi writer. He penned short stories, novels, biographical sketches and wrote over 60 books. Some of his well-known books include Partner, Vapurza, Hi Waat Ektichi and Thikri. More than an author, he was a katha kathan kar (a story teller).according to his philosophy an human being is more important than this materialistic word. life is a game of situations every individual has to enjoy it by some or the other way. feelings are more important, you can win a situation but you will lose a person so give importance to feeling than situations.In his book partner he wrote '''AS you Write more and more personal it becomes more and universal''' V.P. Kale was also an architect. He was also a follower of Osho and his writing reflects the philosophy of Acharya Rajanish. He died of heart failure in Mumbai on Jun 27, 2001.

Kale wrote short stories which threw light upon lives of common people; their thoughts, wishes and realities. A few of his katha-sangrahas (Marathi short story) books are:-