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Jan 01, 0001 Almora, Uttarakhand, India 2023 years old
Indian writer
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About Shekhar Joshi
- Shekhar Joshi (born September, 1932) is a Hindi author, who is also known for his insight into the culture, traditions and lifestyles of people of Uttarakhand.
- With Shailesh Matiyani, he created a composite image of ethos of Kumaon.
- His best-known works are Dajyu (Big Brother) and Kosi Ka Ghatwar (The Miller of Kosi).
- Along with Sumitranandan Pant, he is considered to be the most influential writer of Uttarakhand.
- His story Dajyu (The Big Brother) is considered to be in league with the work of Tolstoy, O.
- Henry, Chekhov, Premchand and other great literary figures.
- He writing has the particular innocence associated with the hill people of Nepal and Uttarakhand and critics have praised him continuously for being the most authentic author to portray the culture of Kumaon and the Himalayan mountains.
- In a poll conducted by BBC at the start of 20th century, his seminal work Dajyu (The Big Brother) beat works of Gorky, Premchand, O.
- Henry, Saki, Murakami, Tolstoy, Roald Dahl, Garcia Marquez and hundred of other literary giants to be voted as the greatest story on family and relationships.
