Surinder Sharma

Surinder Sharma is a popular Hindi poet usually writing comic sketches of himself and his wife. He originally belongs to the state of Haryana and has made a very good contribution to Haryanvi comic poetry. He sometimes uses the Marwari language for his humour as well. His famous starting line for many of his poems is "chaar lainaa suna raha hoon" which means "I am going to say four lines" when translated.

In the Hindi speaking states of India, the face of Surender Sharma - the straight faced, glum looking poet - is so famous that it will spring to your mind if you think of jokes or comic poetry. Surender Sharma is also very well-known in the literary circles in India. He is known to have caused many a laugh riots and an amazing fact about him is that he himself seldom laughs and maintains a straight face even when telling the most hilarious jokes. This demeanour is particularly liked by a lot of people, who find it very amusing.

References

* "Aao Surender Sharma ko Hansaye", by Jagmohan Jindal, Language Hindi, Publisher Pustak Mahal, ISBN 8122309399