Prakash Bal Joshi

Prakash Bal Joshi, a patient, soft-spoken person is multifaceted with four decades in journalism, creative writing, and international recognition as an artist. He began his foray into journalism with Marathi newspaper Kesari in Pune and settled down in the Times of India,Mumbai, for 25 years.

His creative writing has rich background of his vast field experience as a correspondent and used racy telegraphic style in narrating his creative writings.

He has three Marathi books to his credit.

Maitrinichi Goshta (Story of a Friend), a collection of short stories;

Gateway , which explores complexities and contradictions of urban living in Mumbai, accompanied by his sketches;

and the award-winning Prakash Bal Joshi Yanchya Katha. The English translation of this Katha has been published recently as The Mirror in the Hall , published by Ratna Books , New Delhi , will be also published in Hindi, Guajarati, Malayalam, and French.

Along with writing he has been displaying his abstract work on canvas across many continents receiving good response.His work is spontaneous, the brush strokes are full of energy bringing the picture alive.