WVinod Bhatt was a Gujarati humour essayist and biographer from Gujarat, India.
WRatilal Mohanlal Borisagar is a Gujarati humourist, essayist and editor from Gujarat, India. Born and educated in Savarkundla, he received a PhD in 1989. After working for some years as a teacher, he joined the state school textbook board until his retirement in 1998. He started his writing career as a story writer, but eventually gained acclaim as a humourist. He published several humour collections and humour novels, including the acclaimed book Enjoygraphy. He edited several works of children's literature and humour literature. In 2019, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his essay collection, Mojma Revu Re.
WAshok Chakradhar is an Indian author, poet and former head of the department of Hindi at Jamia Millia Islamia. After serving for 29 years, he took voluntary retirement to focus on working towards the propagation and development of the Hindi (Hindustani) language. In 2007 he became the Hindi coordinator at the Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL) at the University of Delhi and in 2009 was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of Hindi Academy, Government of Delhi and as the Vice-Chairman of the Kendriya Hindi Shikshan Mandal, Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
WAshok Dave is a Gujarati language humorist and columnist from India. Apart from his weekly humor columns, he writes columns on old Hindi films and music.
WJyotindra Hariharshankar Dave was a Gujarati humourist writer from India. Born and educated at Surat, he is regarded as a great humourist writer in Gujarati literature.
WNabaneeta Dev Sen was an Indian writer and academic. After studying arts and comparative literature, she moved to US where she studied further. She returned to India and taught at several universities and institutes as well as served on various positions in literary institutes. She published more than 80 books in Bengali: poetry, novels, short stories, plays, literary criticism, personal essays, travelogues, humour writing, translations and children's literature. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2000 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999.
WRāmachandra Mishra, better known by his pen name Faturananda, was an Indian humorist and satirical writer in Odia. He was the founder of the Sarasa Sāhitya Samiti, a literary organisation. Mishra established "Kāntakabi Award" in the name of Laxmikanta Mohapatra. His early life was spent in struggling which is the core part of his autobiography Mo phutā dangāra kāhāni. Mishra preferred "Faturānanda" as a pen name in all his writings. Some of his popular writings include Nākatā Chitrakar (1953), Sāhi Mahābharat. His satirical writings in Odia were based on political reality and prevailing cynicism.
WTripuraneni Gopichand was a Telugu short story writer, novelist, editor, essayist, playwright, film director, and a radical humanist. Gopichand was the son of renowned social reformer and play writer Tripuraneni Ramaswamy. Gopichand, inspired by M.N.Roy's Radical Humanism, became the first state secretary of the Radical Democratic Party (India) Andhra Pradesh. His second novel Asamardhuni Jivayatra, was the first psychological novel in Telugu literature. Gopichand was posthumously awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunama in 1963, the first Telugu novel to win this award. His novels typically features gloomy, incomplete, unsatisfied and unsatisfying protagonist tortured by a sense of guilt.
WGoruru Ramaswamy Iyengar (1904–1991), popularly known as Goruru, was an Indian writer who wrote in Kannada. He was well known for his humour and satire.
WChirag Jain is an Indian poet, satirist, humourist and author, who writes and performs in Hindi. His performance has appeared in various TV shows including Sab TV's Wah Wah Kya Baat Hai, Sahara One's Laugh India Laugh, Aaj Tak's KV Sammelan, News 18's Netaji Lapete Mein and News Nation's Chunavi Chakallas.
WChintaman Vinayak Joshi was a Marathi humorist and a researcher in Pali literature. He hailed from Maharashtra, India, and was popularly known as Chin. Vi. Joshi. Joshi was known for his humorous writing. He also was a scholar of Pali and Buddhism.
WKhyrunnisa A. is an Indian author of children's fiction, speaker, academic and a columnist, who created the comic book character 'Butterfingers'. The character first appeared in the Indian children's magazine Tinkle. Thirteen-year-old Amar Kishen, aka Butterfingers, now features in the eponymous Butterfingers series of novels and short story collections published by Puffin, the children's imprint of Penguin Random House India.
WShailesh Lodha is an Indian poet, actor, comedian and writer. He is known for playing the role of Taarak Mehta in India's longest running sitcom serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, since July 2008.
WKanchanlal Vasudev Mehta, better known by his pen name Malayanil, was a Gujarati short story writer from British India known for his humourous pieces. He was a pioneer of modern short story writing in Gujarati.
WDhansukhlal Krishnalal Mehta was a Gujarati writer from Gujarat, India. He is considered a pioneer of Gujarati short stories. His humorous novel Ame Badha, co-written with Jyotindra Dave, is widely regarded as one of the best humorous novels in Gujarati literature. He received the Gujarati literary awards Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1940 and the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1957.
WTarak Janubhai Mehta was an Indian columnist, humourist, writer and playwright who is best known for the column Duniya Ne Undha Chasma. He translated and adapted several comedies into Gujarati, and was a well-known figure in the Gujarati theatre.
WHullad Moradabadi was an Indian poet, humorist and satirist of Hindi language. He had authored several Hindi books including Itni uchi mat chodo, kya karegi chandni, Ye ander ki bat hai, Triveni and Hullad ka Hullad. He was a poet of Hindi Kavi sammelan.
WPrem Kishore Patakha is a Hindi author of comedic poetry. He was born into a Brahmin family at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. He appeared as a guest on the television programme of Bollywood actor Bharat Bhushan.
WDhiruben Gordhanbhai Patel is an Indian novelist, playwright and translator.
WAwaz Bin Sayeed Bin Awaz Bin Jabir Bin Abdullah, was a modern short-story writer, poet, playwright, Khaka-naveez and humorist from Hyderabad, India.
WSurender Sharma is an Indian poet, writer and humorist from India. He often writes and performs comic sketches of himself and his wife and known for his refrain chaar lainaa suna raha hoon in Haryanavi dialect. Sharma is known for his contribution to Haryanvi and Hindi comic poetry. He was honoured by the Government of India in 2013, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the field of literature.
WSudha Baragur is an Indian humorist and stand-up comedian based in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
WTumkur Sunandamma was an Indian writer and humorist in the Kannada language. She was a recipient of the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award.
WBakul Tripathi (1928-2006) was a Gujarati humour essayist from Gujarat, 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.