Safari is a monthly science and general knowledge magazine published in Gujarati and English language, by Harshal Publications, Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. Its editor and publisher is Nagendra Vijay.
Kumarpal Balabhai Desai is an author, critic, editor, journalist, columnist and translator from Gujarat, India. He studied and later taught at the Gujarat University. He is associated with several social and Gujarati literary organisations such as Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He has written and edited more than hundred books including biographies and several works on Jainism. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004.
Nagendra Vijay is an Indian science writer in Gujarati language. He is a son of pioneering journalist and science writer Vijaygupta Maurya. He founded the first science magazine in the Gujarati language called Scope and wrote several books. The Nagendra Vijay Science Foundation also launched the English-language science magazine Safari, on March 2008, of which he is the Editor-in-Chief. He had previously published newsweekly Flash and a science magazine Scope. He has two sons: Vishal Vasu, an IT consultant and Harshal Pushkarna, a science author.
Vijaygupta Maurya was a pioneer science writer in Gujarati. He wrote thousands of articles popularising science as well as several books.
Vibhut Shah was a contemporary Gujarati novelist, playwright and short story writer from India.
Abhishek Jain is an Indian film director and producer known for his Gujarati films Kevi Rite Jaish, Bey Yaar, and Wrong Side Raju. In 2021, he made his debut in the Hindi film Hum Do Hamare Do.
Dhiru Ishwarlal Parikh was an Indian Gujarati poet, short story writer and critic. He was an editor of Kavilok and Kumar, Gujarati literary magazines.
Anil Chavda is a Gujarati language poet, writer and columnist from Gujarat, India.
Bhavesh Bhatt is a Gujarati language ghazal poet from Gujarat, India. His works include Chhe To Chhe (2009) and Bhitarno Shankhanaad (2014). He won the Shayda Award of 2014 for his contribution in Gujarati ghazal poetry.
Raam Mori is a Gujarati language short story writer, Screenwriter and columnist from Gujarat, India, primarily known for his short stories depicting the rural life of Saurashtra. Mahotu is an anthology of his short stories, which received Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar (2017).
Siddhantasara is a 1889 Gujarati book on the history of philosophy by Indian writer and philosopher Manilal Dwivedi. It is a historical critique of the world's religious philosophies. The book deals with the evolution of religious sentiment and attempts to establish the superiority of the Advaita philosophy over other religious philosophies.
Ravindra Parekh is a Gujarati short story writer, novelist, playwright, poet, critic and translator from Gujarat, India.
Joravarsinh Danubhai Jadav is an Indian folklorist and proponent of the folk arts from Gujarat. Exposed to folk culture as a child, he studied history and culture in Ahmedabad. He has written and edited more than 90 works on folk culture, folk literature, and folk arts. He established the Gujarat Lok Kala Foundation for the promotion of folk arts. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2019. He is also the current Vice-chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Arvind Barot is an Indian playback singer, songwriter, music director, composer, and poet from Ahmedabad, India. He also specializes in Bhajan, religious and Garba songs and other folk genres. He has sung more than 8,000 Gujarati songs and is best known for his works in the Gujarati cinema for rendering his voice in Gujarati movies of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Vasant was a Gujarati-language magazine founded and edited by Anandshankar Dhruv, which ran from 1902 to 1939. The magazine played a key role in the development of Gujarati prose writing, and is considered to hold a significant place in the tradition of Gujarati literary magazines.
The Gujarat Literature Festival, also known as Gujarati Sahitya Mahotsav, is a literary festival which takes place annually in the Indian city Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The festival is held generally in December–January.
Grihapravesh is a 1957 collection of short stories by Indian writer Suresh Joshi, written in Gujarati. The collection gave rise to a new form of short story writing in Gujarati literature, favouring language over plot.
Dadudan Pratapdan Gadhvi, also known as Kavi Dad, was a Gujarati poet and folk singer from Gujarat, India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021.
Pranav Vinodbhai Pandya is a Gujarati-language writer, poet and columnist from Gujarat, India. In 2013, he received Kavi Ravji Patel Yuva Sahitya Pratibha Award, instituted by Gujarat Samachar. In 2019, the Indian National Theatre awarded him the Shayda Award for his contribution to Gujarati poetry.
Achyut Yagnik was an Indian journalist, academic, political analyst and activist based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
