title: Shri GuruCharitra (Marathi Edition)
author: Sri Saraswati Gangadhar
description: Saraswati Gangadhar (16th century?) wrote Shri GuruCharitra, a book on the life of Narasimha Saraswati who is considered to be the second avatar of Dattatreya. Nothing much is known Gangadhar's life other than through the Shri GuruCharitra. Guru-Charitra means "Guru's Life Story" or "Guru's Biography".
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  MUMBAI’S DABBAWALA
  
  Shobha Bondre is a celebrated and much-published Marathi writer. She has been
  writing for the last 25 years and has published 15 books, many of them
  bestsellers that have gone into over 75 editions.
  
  The non-Marathi reading world is now keen to read her works and her books are
  being translated into English, Hindi and Gujarati. She has written articles,
  short stories and columns for prestigious publications like _Maharashtra
  Times, Loksatta, Lokprabha, Maher_ and _Kirloskar_. She has also written
  dialogues for many popular Marathi TV serials like _Abhalmaya, Manasi, Oon
  Paaus_ and _Ardhangini_.
  
  In the last few years, profiling people from various walks of life has become
  Shobha’s forte. For this, she interacts closely with her subjects,
  understanding them in their social, familial, emotional and economic settings.
  
  She has won many literary awards for her work, including the Maharashtra State
  Award for Best Novel in 1997, for _Saata Samudrapar_.
  
   