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{{Infobox writer 
| name=Bakul Tripathi
| image=BakulTripathiPic.jpg
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| birth_date={{birth date|1928|11|27|df=y}}
| birth_place=[[Nadiad]], Gujarat, India
| death_date={{death date and age|2006|8|31|1928|11|27|df=y}}
| death_place=[[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat
| occupation= Humour essayist
| period=
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality=Indian
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| awards=[[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (1988)
}}
'''Bakul Tripathi''' (1928-2006) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] humour essayist from [[Gujarat]], India. Educated in commerce and law, he taught commerce in [[Ahmedabad]]. He wrote thousands of humour essays in columns in his 40 years long career.

==Life==
Bakul Padmamanishankar Tripathi was born on 27 November 1928 at [[Nadiad]] (now in [[Gujarat]], India). He [[matriculation|matriculated]] in 1944. He completed his B. Com. in 1948 and M. Com. in 1953. He completed LL.B. in 1953.<ref name=AGSI/><ref name=DG/><ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=બકુલ ત્રિપાઠી (Bakul Tripathi) | website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Bakul-Tripathi.html | language=gu | accessdate=2016-11-18}}</ref>

He served as a professor of commerce in H L College of Commerce in [[Ahmedabad]] from 1953 to his retirement. He wrote humour columns in Gujarati daily, ''[[Gujarat Samachar]]'' titled ''Thoth Nishaliyo'' and ''Kakko ne Barakhadi'' which was the longest run regular column in any daily across India. He also edited international edition of ''Gujarat Samachar'' from 1983. He died on 31 August 2006 at [[Ahmedabad]]. He was the president of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] when he died.<ref name=AGSI>{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|page=301-304|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref><ref name=DG>{{cite news|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2006/12/30/gujarat-lost-range-of-giants-in-2006text-article/|title=Gujarat lost range of giants in 2006|work=DeshGujarat|date=2006-12-30|accessdate =2014-03-30}}</ref><ref name="GSP"/><ref name=one>{{cite news|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/08/31/noted-humourist-bakul-tripathi-dead-at-78-1157044119.html|work=One India News|title=Noted humourist Bakul Tripathi dead at 78|date=2006-08-31|accessdate =2014-03-30}}</ref>

==Works==
Tripathi was chiefly humour essayist. He had written thousand of essays in his 40 years long career of column writing but just small number of them are published as collections. ''Sacharacharma'' (1955) was his first collection of essays which had novelty in subjects. ''Somvarni Savare'' (1966) is his take on affairs of his time and society. ''Dranacharyanu Sinhasan'' (1985) has humorous essays about corruption and issues in education system which included various forms of [[humour]]. His other essay collections include ''Vaikunth Nathi Javu'' (1983), ''Govinde Mandi Gothdi'' (1987), ''Hindolo Zakamzol'', ''Hasya Etle Prabhu Sathe Maitri'', ''Bakul Tripathinu Teramu'', ''India America Hasta Hasta'', ''Haiyu Kholine Hasie'', ''Bapujini Bakrini Bakrini Bakrano Bakro'', ''Batrees Lakshana Bakul Tripathi'', ''Ashadhni Sanje Priya Sakhi Ane Bhajiya'', ''Man Sathe Maitri'', ''Mitrona Chitro'', ''Shakespeare nu Shraddh''.<ref name=AGSI/><ref name="GSP"/>

''Leela'' (1974) was his three-act play which had more than fifty shows. ''Paranu To Ene Ja Paranu'' is his another play. He had edited one-act plays of [[Jayanti Dalal]] and humour essays of [[Jyotindra Dave]]. ''Fantasia'' was his work of [[Children's literature in Gujarati language|children's literature]]. He had written few critical essays.<ref name=AGSI/>

==Recognition==
He received [[Kumar Chandrak]] in 1951. He had also received [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1988.<ref name=AGSI/><ref name="GSP"/>

==Personal life==
He was married and had a daughter.<ref name=DG/><ref name=one/>
==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

== References ==
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[[Category:People from Kheda district]]
[[Category:Indian columnists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]

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>Johnpacklambert at 21:08, 5 November 2020