Jyotindra Dave-Gujarati Writer and Humorist

Humor King Gujarati Writer Jyotindra Dave.(1901-1980).

At public functions Jyotindra Dave’s funny smiling frame provoked a sense of humor and amusement. Humor is that quality of the imagination which gives to the idea an incongruous  fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth in his narration of events in his speech or found in his expressions in his books.

Humor is a quality that makes something laughable or amusing, funny  to see the humor of the situation, which intends to induce laughter or amusement by Jyotindra Dave who was skilled at crafting humor, depending upon our ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd.  

Jyotindra narrated humor as hāsya as one of the fine attributes of literature,emotional response which is inspired in the mind of the reader by specific description, the emotions could generate fun and laughter, while reading the description of a singular event.

Jyotindra Dave’s name is synonymous with humor wit satire and laughter found in his books.

Not that there was paucity of humor, wit and laughter-provoking writers in Gujarati literature,but Jyotindra Dave’s works were of unique healthy innocent fun that readers used to enjoy from his prose.  His ‘Rang Tarang” in six parts is one of his master-piece works that has sent entire Gujarati lovers of literature in India and abroad in peel of laughter for many decades and his wit and humor has survived him.

He was the recipient of Ranjeet-Ram Gold medal for his humor wit and fun.

There have been many other writers on this field but Jyotindra Dave has been a class by himself unparallel for the present.  Some of his other works are:

Vad ane Teta.

Ame Badhan.

Jyotindra Taranga.

Nazar-Lambi ane Tunki.

Triju Sukh.

Jibh.