īreaking the vow, in 1956 he wrote Śrīmant (श्रीमंत Rich), which established him as a good writer. The latter did not receive much recognition from the audience, and he vowed never to write again. He had already written a play, Āmcyāvar Koṇ Preṃ Karṇār? (आमच्यावर कोण प्रेम करणार? Who is going to love me?), and he wrote the play, Gṛhastha (गृहस्थ The Householder), in his early 20s. Tendulkar began his career writing for newspapers. He said that he liked sense of sacrifice and discipline of the communists. During this period, he participated in the activities of Nabajiban Sanghatana, a splinter communist group. Writing then became his outlet, though most of his early writings were of a personal nature, and not intended for publication. The latter alienated him from his family and friends. Īt age 14, he participated in the 1942 Indian freedom movement, leaving his studies. At age eleven, he wrote, directed, and acted in his first play. He grew up watching western plays and felt inspired to write plays himself.
The literary environment at home prompted young Vijay to take up writing. Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was born in a Gaud Saraswat Brahmins family on 6 January 1928 in Girgaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, where his father held a clerical job and ran a small publishing business. 11.5.1 Tendulkar's works available in English.7 Comment on Post-Godhra communal carnage.
