Chandrakant Bakshi

Chandrakant Bakshi
Chandrakant Bakshi
Born	20 August 1932(1932-08-20) Palanpur, Gujarat
Died	25 March 2006(2006-03-25) (aged 73) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Nationality	Indian

Chandrakant Keshavlal Bakshi (Gujarati: ચંદ્રકાંત કેશવલાલ બક્ષી) (August 20, 1932 – March 25, 2006) was a Gujarati author. He was a son of Keshavlal and Chanchalbahen. He completed his primary education at Palanpur. Fans also address him as "Bakshi" or "Bakshibaabu".

He completed his M.A. in History and Bachelor of Laws from Calcutta. He was the Sheriff of Mumbai in the 1990s. He is author of 178 books, including 17 books on history and culture, 26 novels, 15 collections of short stories, six books on politics, eight travelogues, two plays and 25 books on varied subjects, besides his autobiography Bakshinama

He has also written in extensively in newspapers and 15 of his books have been translated into Hindi, Marathi, English and other languages.

Writing Style

Unlike most authors, Bakshi used to write only once. He never prepared more than one draft for his writings. His language was attractive mix-up of Gujarati and Urdu words. This style of him has set a new trend in Gujarati writing. He often criticized several Gujarati writers for restricting remarks for such style. He was regarded as Real Man in Gujarati media for his fearless writing. He still has a huge fan following in Gujarati Public. His to the point and true writing style made a generation of Gujarati Speaking People fan of him.

Controversies

The government of Gujarat alleged him for his short story Kutti and filed a case against him for writing bold and offensive literature. He had to fight long battle with government in court. Ultimately the Gujarat government withdrew all the charges.

After his death, his fan club in Rajkot recently released a DVD about him which is the first time for any Gujarati author. There is a very active fan group dedicated to him is on a famous community portal Orkut. Orkut Community

Literature

Short stories collection by Chandrakant Bakshi^[1]

Name	Year	English meaning
Pyar	1958	Love
Ek sanjh ni mulaquat	1961	Meeting at one evening
Mira	1965
Mashal	1968	Lamp
Kramashaha	1971	To be continued
Ketlic American vartao	1972	Some American stories
Bakshini ketlic vartao	1972	Some stories by Bakshi
Pashchim	1976	West
Aajni soviet vartao	1977	Soviet stories of today
Chandrakant bakshi ni shreshth vartao	1977	Greatest stories by Chandrakant Bakshi
139 vartao-1	1987	139 stories-First part
139 vartao-2	1987	139 stories-Second part
Chandrakant bakshi : Sadabahar vartao	2002	Chandrakant Bakshi : Evergreen stories
Bakshi ni vartao(Akademi)	has not been published	Stories of Bakshi(Academy)

Novels by Chandrakant Bakshi^[1]

Name	Year	English meaning
Padgha dubi gaya	1957	Echoes sank
Roma	1959
Ekaltana kinara	1959	Coast of loneliness
Aakar	1963	Shape
Ek ane Ek	1965	One and only
Paralysis	1967	Paralysis
Jatakkatha	1969	Self story
Honeymoon	1971	Honeymoon
Ayanvrutt	1972	The Equator
Atitavan	1973	Forest of the Past
Lagnani aagli rate	1973	The night before the marriage
Zindani	1974	The prison
Surkhab	1974	Pelican
Aakashe kahyu	1975	Sky told
Reef Marina	1976
Yatrano ant(translated)	1976	End of the tour
Dishatarang	1979	Wave of the direction
Baki raat	1979	Remaining night
Hatheli par Badbaki	1981	Subscription on palm
Hu, Konaarak Shah	1983	I, Konaarak Shah
Lili nasoma Pankhar	1984	Autumn in the Green Veins
Vansh	1986	Family
Priy Nikki	1987	Dear Nikki
Chorus	1991
Maru naam taru naam	1995	My name Your name
Samkal	1998	Contemporance

Columns

After Gujarat Government's case on his short story he more focused on writing columns in various Gujarati Newspapers and Magezines. like

• Divya Bhaskar
• [[Gujarat Sama* Sandesh
• Mid Day
• Chitralekha

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Introduction of Samkal(Novel)

Persondata
Name	Bakshi, Chandrakant
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 20, 1932
Place of birth	Palanpur, Gujarat
Date of death	March 25, 2006
Place of death	Ahmedabad, Gujarat