Used primarily in the last ten or so years of his life, his friends wrote in these books so that he could know what they were saying, and he then responded either orally or in the book
सात वर्षे अशी भाषणे केल्यानंतर वयाच्या बाराव्या वर्षापासून देशपांडे स्वतःची भाषणे स्वतःच लिहायला लागले आणि इतरांनाही भाषणे आणि संवाद लिहून देऊ लागले.