- Shekhar Joshi
Shekhar Joshi (शेखरजोशी) (Born. September, 1939) is a renowned
Hindi author, who is equally famous for being his hallmark insight into the culture, traditions and lifestyles of people ofUttarakhand , as lateShailesh Matiyani , together they created a composite image of ethos ofKumaon for the rest of nation. His most known works are "Dajyu" (Big Brother) and "Kosi Ka Ghatwar" (The Miller of Kosi).Biography
Shekhar Joshi was born in September, 1939, in village Ojiyagaon, in
Almora district ofUttarakhand in a farmers family and received his early education atDehradun andAjmer , and thereafter while studying in Intermediate he got selected for Defense Institute of E.M.I. and went to work within the Defense establishment from 1955 to 1986, when he resigned to take up full-time writing.His acclaimed story, "Dajyu" (Big Brother) has also been made into a Children’s film by Children Film Society of India. "Kosi Ka Ghatwar" (The Miller of Kosi) and many other stories have been translated into English, Russian, Czech, Polish and Japanese [ [http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/lekhak/s/shekhar_joshi.htm Profile] www.abhivyakti-hindi.org.]
Bibliography
* "10 Pratinidhi Kahaniyan" by Shekhar Joshi (Hindi), ISBN 04217-5286.
* "Naurangi Bimar Hai" by Shekhar Joshi, Rajkamal Publications.
* The Miller of Kosi by Shekhar Joshi. Modern Hindi Short Stories; translated by Jai Ratan. New Delhi, Srishti, 2003, Chapter 5. ISBN 81-88575-18-6. [ [https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no35762.htm Chapter 5] ]
* "Bachche Ka Sapna" by Shekhar Joshi, 2004 (Hindi). ISBN 8186209441.
* "Dangri Vale" by Shekhar Joshi, 1998.
* "Mera Pahar" by Shekhar Joshi. [ [http://www.hindibook.com/cgi-bin/igindex.pl?ProcessType=File&ProcessCode=itemdetail.htm&itemcode=HB-16512&Grouptheme=hindi&Shipcntry=&Sessionid=#sessionid# Shekhar Joshi Books] Hindi Book Centre.]
* "Big Brother" by Shekhar Joshi (Dajyu), Andersen 1994. [ [http://home.online.no/~helhoel/liste.htm List of writers from the Indian subcontinent] ]References
External links
* [http://aeiohyou.blogspot.com/2008/02/dajyu-by-shekhar-joshi.html "Dajyu" ( Big Brother), a story by Shekhar Joshi]
* [http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/gauravgatha/2004/kosi_ka_ghatvar/kosi_ka_ghatwar.htm "Kosi ka Ghatwar", a story by Shekhar Joshi]
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