“In this world, "who is saying", is more important than "what is being said"!”
Alternate translation: In this world, who you are is more important than what you are saying.
From his various literature
Fuente: Asa mi Asami
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“Effort is the oxygen for talent.”
From his various literature
Fuente: These words are uttered by the lead character of his work with the same name - Sakharam Gatne.
Alternate translation: Ultimately, it may be our name on the envelope, but someone else (God) is the one who wrote the message.
Pu La had a penchant for ending his humourous works with thought-provoking punchlines. In this quote from his work Post Office, he sums up on how life is a lot like the the letters that pass through the post office.
From his various literature
“Circumstance is a factory of tears.”
From his various literature
Fuente: These words are uttered by the lead character of his work with the same name - Sakharam Gatne.
In his travelogue Apoorvai (अपूर्वाइ), Pu La describes the non-stop flow of advice before traveling to London. This quote is one advice given to him on learning on how many pounds porters charge for carrying baggage on train stations in London.
From his various literature
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From his various literature
“Before marriage, she looked so.. (Pu La completes) Thin!”
In his hilarious work 'Mi ani majha shatrupaksha' (Me and my enemy party), Pu La criticizes people who bore others by telling them accounts of their travels, showing them pictures of holidays or discussing their housing construction plans. This particular quote is from a situation when the author is forced to sit through a painfully slow and boring display of old photographs by a husband and wife.
It is a play on the English word "looked" and the Marathi word "thin", which is pronounced "lukdi". The character who speaks the first part of the quote is intermingling English and Marathi in the lines.
From his various literature
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