Career
He was an Master of Arts from Bombay ( Mumbai) University. He worked in 1919 -1920 as an assistant editor of Maratha newspaper. He was a professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Rajaram College in Kolhapur during 1926 -1951.
Foreign some years in that period, he also edited Ratnakar, Zhankar, and Anjali.
On his retirement he settled in the city of Pune in Maharashtra but continued to write. was Phadke"s first novel. He wrote about 150 books, including 74 novels, 27 collections of his short stories, 22 Reviews, 7 Plays, and autobiographical Maje Jeevan: Ek Kadambari.This autobiographical work came in for severe criticism by those who had known Phadke intimately as they felt that at many places he had twisted or altered the facts to suit his own image.
Foreign many years he also publicly feuded with another well known Marathi author Acharya Atre. Phadke served as the chairman of Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held in Ratnagiri in 1940.
Na si, as he was popularly known, was married to Kamala Phadke, a prolific writer in her own right.
They had three children Rohini, Anjali and Vijay. This however left him unfazed. hak.