Today on Baton Baton Mein, I have a well-known personality from Hindi literature. He is famous for his sharp satire and thoughts on current issues and has many feathers on his hat. He has done a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and worked as a professor for many years. During this time, he continued his passion for writing. He is a recipient of several awards such as “Vyangya Shree Samman”, “Vageeshwari Samman”, “Madhya Pradesh Lekhak Sangh Samman” and “Sahitya Maneeshi Samman”.
He has published around 33 books in Hindi, out of which three collections of poems, thirteen novels, and twelve collections are in satire and humor. His latest novel – Americi Laloo “अमेरिकी लालू” will be published on September 4th. Please welcome Dr. Hari Joshi- A Hindi writer, satirist, novelist, and poet.
Listen to the interview:
During our conversation, he shared a few other snippets from his life:
Born in a remote village, Khudia, Hari Joshi grew up with ten siblings in a place lacking basic amenities such as a post office, police station, medical clinic etc. He spent the later part of his life at Harda and Bhopal. He has done a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering.
His publications:
His works were later published in leading Hindi national magazines such as “Dharmyug”, “Saptahik Hindustan”, “Kadambini”, “Navneet” and many other reputed magazines. He also contributed to many leading Indian national dailies such as “Navbharat Times”, “Dainik Bhaskar”, “Nai Dunia”. In addition, he has authored about 20 books.
He faced many challenges in his writing career:
He wrote for several leading newspapers and magazines in Hindi. Unfortunately, he has been victimized by politicians several times for writing humor and satire. As a result, he has been transferred to many places and was suspended by Government employment to write a satirical article. But these challenges never stopped him from fulfilling his passion.
Highlights of the interview with Dr. Hari Joshi
- How did he maintain a balance between teaching and writing.
- Why did he choose satire as his genre for writing.
- He talked about the challenges he faced during his writing career due to his strict satire.
- Writing, social media, youtube channel – how does he maintain a balance?
- Dr. Hari Joshi also shared his experience at book clubs outside India.
- He also shared his thoughts about the importance of language
- From his experience, he shared some suggestions for budding writers.
My takeaway from our conversation:
As a writer, I felt very inspired by my conversation with Dr. Hari Joshi. After retirement, he continued his writing and added a few more projects to his to-do list. He is a wonderful example that age is just a number. I hope you will like this interview.
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Writing humor and poetry and penning so many books and articles, surely we have many takeaways from the renowned personality. Writing satire is an art and not easy to have it, shall read few of his books as this year we are keen on hindi reading.
He has so much to teach us.
Wow dr. Joshi is indeed an inspiring personality. 33 books in Hindi and other published work is an amazing achievement. indeed, it was another great addition to your podcast series. keep rocking!
Thank you Surbhi.
Such an inspiring writer. So many books and such great achievements.
All your guests are always full of enthusiasm.
Thank you Ujjwal.
Its an outstanding interview and I would like to congratulate you for this interview which you conducted so beautifully and I loved it.
Thank you!
Oh my God growing up with 10 siblings. It is unbelievable. His story can be adapted into a book or movie. Losing a govt job for being honest and expressive is too much. He is a fighter. What an inspiration.
Yes, still he never stopped.
Nice one. All writers are inspirational to me. It takes strength to write though people think it’s a piece of cake… hats off to people like Dr Hari who do it despite their situations.
ohh yes, he turned all the odds in his favor.
Great interview. It’s really inspiring to hear from accomplished people. It motivates you to do better in life as well.
Thank you
First of all Thank you..He is so inspiring and I am a big fan of him… It was so great to listen him and yes he is a perfect example of ‘age just a number’.
I am glad you liked the conversation.
This episode is full so amazing. I really loved this episode buddy, it was a pleasure to hear Hari ji. I am glad you shared that Mr. Hari Joshi. I will learn something for him.
Thank you Diya.
From your blogs and podcasts I always get to learn something or the other. You have that magic in your craft. Loved how you have given a concise account of the interview. I have to hear the whole interview. What a personality he is !
Thanks Rakhi. As writers, we have so much to learn from him.
It was so good to read about him. There is so much to learn from him. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful post.
Yes. a lot.
Alpana I’m so happy to hear this interview as he is so inspiring and thanks for always bringing interviews of such great personalities who inspire us!!
I am glad Ruchi.