Noted story writer Shekhar Joshi passes away

Ghaziabad. Eminent veteran story writer Shekhar Joshi, who considered story writing as a responsible act, died on Tuesday at the age of 90. He was admitted to the hospital in Vaishali for nine days due to intestinal infection. The senior litterateur, who narrated the life struggles of the workers, the struggle of the workers and the pain of the mountain in his stories, breathed his last at 3.20 pm. According to his wish, his body will be donated on Wednesday.
He lived with his younger son and cultural activist/filmmaker Sanjay Joshi, daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law at Jansatta Apartments in Vasundhara Sector 7. Sanjay Joshi told that his body will be given to Sharda University on Wednesday.
During his stay in the hospital, he also saw the dummy of his last collection and gave some suggestions to improve it to son Sanjay. Son Pratul told that his entire collection of stories will be published soon. After this there will be a book titled City of Mystics. Till the last time he was engaged in creationism.
His stories have been translated into English, Czech, Polish, Russian and Japanese. His story Daju was produced by the Children's Film Society. His major works include Koshi Ke Ghatwar (1958), Saath Ke Log (1978), Halwaha (1981), Naurangi Bimar Hai (1990), Mera Pahar (1989), Dagri Wala (1994), Child's Dream (2004) and Aadmi. of fear (2011).
The word Amar Ujala was chosen for the honor
Shekhar Joshi was selected this year for Amar Ujala's highest word award 'Akashdeep' for his outstanding contribution in the field of Hindi fiction writing. At the announcement of the award on July 9, 2022, he had said, "A writer should know what he is writing, because writing is an act bound by social responsibility." He was awarded Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi Award of Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan in 1987, Sahitya Bhushan in 1995 and Pahal Samman in 1997.