Sunita Deshpande (née Thakur; 3 July 1926 – 7 November 2009) was an Indian writer.

She published her memoir Aahe Manohar Tari (आहे मनोहर तरी)[2] in 1990.

The book has been translated into Gujarati ("Manohar chhe pan" by Suresh Dalal, SNDT, Mumbai 1992), Hindi ("Hai Sabse madhur phir bhi" by Rekha Deshpande, Orient Longman 1996), Kannada ("Balu Sogasadaru", by Uma Kulkarni, Mahila Sahitya, Hubli) and English ("..And Pine For What Is Not", by Gauri Deshpande, Orient Longman, 1995).

[1] She acted in Marathi movie, "Vande Maataram" based on India's freedom struggle in which she had participated herself,[3] and plays such as "Sunder mee honaar", "Raajemaster", and "Rajamaataa Jijaabai" (a solo show)[1] In 1945, she met Pu La Deshpande and they were married the next year on 12 June 1946.

[4] Her death occurred a day before her husband's 90th birth anniversary.