Bakul Tripathi (1928-2006) was a

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humour essayist from

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, India. Educated in commerce and law, he taught commerce in Ahmedabad. He wrote thousands of humour essays in columns in his 40 years long career.

Life

Bakul Padmamanishankar Tripathi was born on 27 November 1928 at

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(now in

, India). He

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in 1944. He completed his B. Com. in 1948 and M. Com. in 1953. He completed LL.B. in 1953. He served as a professor of commerce in H L College of Commerce in Ahmedabad from 1953 to his retirement. He wrote humour columns in Gujarati daily, ''

Gujarat Samachar ''Gujarat Samachar'' is a Gujarati-language daily newspaper published in India. Its headquarters are in Ahmedabad with a branch in Surat. It is distributed from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Mumbai, Mehsana, Bhuj and New Y ...

'' titled ''Thoth Nishaliyo'' and ''Kakko ne Barakhadi'' which was the longest run regular column in any daily across India. He also edited international edition of ''Gujarat Samachar'' from 1983. He died on 31 August 2006 at Ahmedabad. He was the president of

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when he died.

Works

Tripathi was chiefly humour essayist. He had written thousands of essays in his 40 years long career of column writing but just small number of them are published as collections. ''Sacharacharma'' (1955) was his first collection of essays which had novelty in subjects. ''Somvarni Savare'' (1966) is his take on affairs of his time and society. ''Dranacharyanu Sinhasan'' (1985) has humorous essays about corruption and issues in education system which included various forms of

humour Humour ( Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in ...

. His other essay collections include ''Vaikunth Nathi Javu'' (1983), ''Govinde Mandi Gothdi'' (1987), ''Hindolo Zakamzol'', ''Hasya Etle Prabhu Sathe Maitri'', ''Bakul Tripathinu Teramu'', ''India America Hasta Hasta'', ''Haiyu Kholine Hasie'', ''Bapujini Bakrini Bakrini Bakrano Bakro'', ''Batrees Lakshana Bakul Tripathi'', ''Ashadhni Sanje Priya Sakhi Ane Bhajiya'', ''Man Sathe Maitri'', ''Mitrona Chitro'', ''Shakespeare nu Shraddh''. ''Leela'' (1974) was his three-act play which had more than fifty shows. ''Paranu To Ene Ja Paranu'' is his other play. He had edited one-act plays of Jayanti Dalal and humour essays of Jyotindra Dave. ''Fantasia'' was his work of

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. He had written few critical essays.

Recognition

He received

Kumar Chandrak Kumar Suvarana Chandrak or the Kumar Gold Medal is a literary award given by Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad, India since 1944. The medal is annually conferred to a Gujarati author for his contribution in '' Kumar'' magazine published by Kumar Trust. In 1 ...

in 1951. He had also received

Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, also known as the Ranjitram Gold Medal, was founded by Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and is considered the highest literary award in Gujarati literature. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer Ranjitram Mehta. It is ...

in 1988.

Personal life

He was married and had a daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tripathi, Bakul 1928 births 2006 deaths Writers from Gujarat Indian humorists 20th-century Indian essayists Gujarati-language writers People from Ahmedabad district People from Kheda district Indian columnists Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak

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