Veteran humorist, author, columnist Vinod Bhatt passes away
May 23, 2018
Ahmedabad: Veteran humor writer, author, orator, columnist Vinod Bhatt passed away today He was ailing for some time and under the treatment. He took last breath at 11.05 am today. His body will be donated to medical college at 5.00 pm today. One of most popular persons in Gujarati literature world, Vinodbhai was 80-year old. He has given over 20 books. Born on 14 January 1938 at Nandol near Dahegam in Audichya Brahmin family, Vinodbhai graduated from HL Commerce college in Ahmedabad in 1961 and did LLB after that. He was tax consultant by profession. He had been president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. His popular columns in Gujarati dailies were Idam Trutiyam and Magnu Nam Mari. He was awarded Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, Ramanbhai Nilkanth Puraskar, Jyotindra Dave Puraskar etc. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani condoled the demise of veteran Gujarati author and humorist Shri Vinod Bhatt and observed that the death of the author with a distinctive style of humor is an irreparable loss to the Gujarati literary world.
Shri Vinod Bhatt was a master of words. Humour and satire came naturally to him. His works will continue to bring smiles on many faces. His demise is saddening. My thoughts are with all his admirers in this sad hour.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2018
ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યના રત્ન એવા વિનોદ ભટ્ટની વિદાયથી ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય જગતને ખુબ મોટી ખોટ પડી છે. ચાર દશકથીય વધારે સમયથી વિનોદભાઈ પોતાના સાહિત્યિક લેખન, હાસ્ય લેખ, કોલમ દ્વારા વાચકોને સતત હસાવતા રહ્યા. એવી વિરલ પ્રતિભાને હૃદય ,પૂર્વકની શ્રદ્ધાંજલિ.
— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) May 23, 2018
Very sad to learn about passing away of renowned name in Gujarati humour writings #Vinodbhatt. #gujarati #literature is orphaned indeed with his demise. I pray for eternal peace of the departed soul. pic.twitter.com/8M0VNSwYwZ
— Parimal Nathwani (@mpparimal) May 23, 2018
Grieved by death of Veteran Gujarati humour essayist,biographer columnist Vinod Bhatt.He was a star of Gujarati humour column & literary events. My deepest condolences to the grieving family & friends. He will be remembered by generations to come by his literary works. RIP pic.twitter.com/MmLjzGJswN
— Arjun Modhwadia (@arjunmodhwadia) May 23, 2018
ગુજરાતી હાસ્ય લેખક શ્રી વિનોદભાઈ ભટ્ટે આપણાં સૌની વચ્ચેથી ચિરવિદાય લીધી છે. ત્યારે તેમના નશ્વરદેહને હ્યદયપૂર્વકની શ્રદ્ધાંજલિ અર્પું છું.ગુજરાતી હાસ્યલેખોમાં જેમનું ખૂબ મોટું યોગદાન રહ્યું છે. આમ તો, જેમના નામમાં જ વિનોદ હોય પછી હાસ્ય વિષે કંઈ કહેવાનું હોય જ નહિં.“ pic.twitter.com/sl43vjVD2m
— Bharat Pandya (@bharatpandyabjp) May 23, 2018
ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય જગતના હાસ્ય અને કટાર લેખક શ્રી વિનોદભાઈ ભટ્ટના નિધનથી આઘાત સહ દુઃખ અનુભવું છું.પરમકૃપાળુ ચીર શાંતિ અર્પે એજ પ્રાર્થના.શ્રી વિનોદભાઈ ભટ્ટના અવસાનથી સાહિત્ય જગત અને ભાવકોને ખુબ મોટી ખોટ પડશે.પ્રખર સાહિત્યકાર તરીકે તેઓ સમાજના હિતચિંતક અને જીવનધર્મી હાસ્ય કલાકાર હતા.
— Jitu Vaghani (@jitu_vaghani) May 23, 2018
જાણીતા હાસ્ય અને કટાર લેખક શ્રી વિનોદભાઈ ભટ્ટના નિધનથી દુઃખની લાગણી અનુભવું છું . સદગતના પરિવારજનોને વિરહ સહન કરવાની શક્તિ મળે અને એમના આત્માને શાંતિ મળે એવી પરમકૃપાળુ પરમાત્માને પ્રાર્થના.
— Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) May 23, 2018
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