Deshpande's critical essays on Marathi literature were published in two volumes as
Marathi Kadambariche Pahile Shatak (मराठी कादंबरीचे पहिले शतक) in 1954 by the
Sahitya Akademi. Four collections of her short essays and short stories have been published: •
Deepakali (दीपकळी) (1934) •
Deepadan (दीपदान) (1940) •
Moli (मोळी) (1945) •
Pasang (पासंग) (1954) A collection of letters between Deshpande and her husband have been published under the title
Kusumanil (कुसुमानिल). Deshpande presided over
Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in
Gwalior in 1961. (Her husband had presided over the event in 1958.) She was the first female president of the annual Sammelan since its inception in 1878. (Following her, there have been four more female presidents until now.) ==References==