Gujarati language
Gujarati (; gu, ગુજરાતી, Gujarātī, translit-std=ISO, label= Gujarati script, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old ...
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Gujarat
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India
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. His significant work includes ''Manas Urfe Reti Urfe Dariyo'' (1979), ''Mukam Post Manas'' (1983), and ''Dhoop Ka Saya'' ( ghazals in
Desai was born on 22 February 1946 in Kathodara, a town now in the Surat district, to Harshadray and Indumatiben. His family belonged to Valod. After completing his SSC in 1965, he worked in a diamond factory for 14 years. In 1980, he joined ''Gujarat Mitra'', a Gujarati daily, as a sub-editor. He has retired.
He married Shashi in 1990.
Works
His first poetry collection ''Manas Urfe Reti Urfe Dariyo'' (1979) has 58 poems which are mostly ghazals and some are songs. His second collection ''Mukam Post Manas'' (1982) has 56 poems. These two collections are experimental and include variety. These poems depict loneliness and separation of modern humans. A person affected and tormented by pain is a central theme of his poetry. He later published ''Angali Vadhine Mokalu'' (1984), ''Anushthan'' and ''Samandar Baj Manas''. All these collections were collected and published as ''Nayan na Moti'' (2005). ''Dhoop Ka Saya'' has ghazals in
His ''Mukam Post Manas'' (1982) was awarded by the
Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
Gujarati Sahitya Parishad () is a literary organisation for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with the aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of society an ...
List of Gujarati-language writers
Well known laureates of Gujarati literature are Hemchandracharya, Narsinh Mehta, Mirabai, Akho, Premanand Bhatt, Shamal Bhatt, Dayaram, Dalpatram, Narmad, Govardhanram Tripathi, Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 Octob ...