ma sha ja was a colourful and witty writer of modern age who wrote what he experience in a very sybtle and taunting manner. Who can forget his novels Kuru Kuru swaha nad Kasap and serials like Kaakji khen, ham log , buniad, hamrahi and mungeri lal ke hasin sapne. He was one writer on TV who kept the viewers spellbound by his earthy humour and reallife stories of the Great indian lower middle class. as the editor of Hindustan he experimented with its staid format and brought about welcome change in its readability.
His passing away is a personal loss for the evrdwindling section of lovers of hindi literature and TV.
It is a great shock to hear about the death of Manohar Shyam Joshi.....The serials Hum Log & Buniyaad among a lot of others will be long remembered by atleast two generations....Joshi's story telling ability was just too good....The characters that he created of Master HaveliRam, Lajoji, Raliya Puttar, Dadaji etc....are still etched in our minds....In comparison to today's world of glamour soaps, which hardly has any realy story in it, joshi's creations were masterpieces....A tribute to him....
As a viewer of the serial Buniyaad, which my whole family had enjoyed, I regret to note that the great writer has passed away. It has surely created a vaccuum in the world of the soulful writing. May God Bless his soul and may he rest in Peace.
Irrepairable void created by the sad demise of the stalwart, Sutradhaar & pioneer of potraying the subtle nuances of Hindu joint family, in its true glory & conspicuous shortcomings. The narrative of Shri Joshi saheb was devoid of undertones of bias, The writer became rather a spectator & narrator of the events. The unfolding of the story was like a flow in his writings, the true astute craftmanship of this legend was in depicting the simplicity with innocent complexity that follows behind it.Shri Joshi saheb was the indispensible catalyst for the indian television in its present form. If the roots of indian soap opera,will flourish then firmnness with which it was planted by the auspicious creative zeal of this iconic powerhouse of core indian traditional transformation phase. Indeed every veiwer of indian television will mourn the loss of such a lighthouse whose contribution has brought about what we see in the spree of soap opera churning tv.I ernestly salute the legend whose indelible imprint on indian television will remain an etrenal solace for the future generations to come, who will indeed miss the crisp spice of Humlog's Haryanvi Tau's master creator.
I distinctly remember meeting Sri Manohar Shyam Joshi in a marriage function in Delhi in 1996. He enquired about my grand father Dr Murali Dhar Joshi, first D.Litt. from Kumaon.
Sri Manohar Shyam Joshi's elder brother, Sri Hem Chandra Joshi was also a great writer.
