She retired after long service from Dayanand College, Mumbai and settled in Pune.
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Some of her compositions became immortal either as stand-alone poetic works or as songs sung by Marathi greats like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosale and Kishori Amonkar, to name a few.
Sushma did a children’s album called Bal Geet, which had the legendary S.Khale composing the songs and Shanta Shelke penning them.