POETRY: Ghanshyam Thakkar [ઘનશ્યામ ઠક્કર]is an accomplished Gujarati poet, and has also written some poems in Hindi and English. Shri Umashankar Joshi [શ્રી ઉમાશંકર જોશી] and Shri Labhshankar Thaker [શ્રી લાભશંકર ઠાકર] have written forewords for Ghanshyam Thakkar [ઘનશ્યામ ઠક્કર]'s poetry books 'Bhuri Shahi-na Kuva Kanthe[ભૂરી શાહીના કૂવા કાંઠે]', and Jambudi Kshana-na Prashna Padare [જાંબૂડી ક્ષણના પ્રશ્ન પાદરે], praising him for his new and unique poetic excellence. He has been recognized by great poets like Shri Anil Joshi in his newspaper column. Ghanshyam became serious about writing poetry after he received encouragement and inspiration from Poet Shri Priyakant Maniyar in 1969. His poems have been published in top periodicals of literature, such as Kumar, Kavita, Kavilok, Navnit, Samarpan, Navnit-Samarpan, Parab, Kruti, Milap, Vishvamanav, Vaishakhi [કુમાર, કવિતા, કવિલોક, નવનીત, સમર્પણ, નવનીત_સમર્પણ, પરબ, ક્રુતિ, મિલાપ, વિશ્વમાનવ, વૈશાખી] etc. since 1970.

He has shared stage with writers like Shree Umashankar Joshi, Niranjan Bhagat, Bholabhai Patel, Manoj Khanderia, Chinu Modi. He has been recognized in newspapers many times. Ghanshyam was overjoyed when Shri Rajandra Shah attended his poetry- reading event [organized by Shri Madhav Ramanuj, Ahmedabad 1993] at the age of 80. Rajendrabhai, as and editor of Kavilok, wrote a personal letter of encouragement to Ghanshyam in 1970, when he published his two poems in Kavilok. Ghanshyam has been honored by DoorDarshan TV (Mumbai and Ahmedabad) multiple times.

MUSIC COMPOSER: Ghanshyam is exiraordinarily talented music composer. His compositions vary from pop, semi-classical, folk, his own style of NewMusic, Sugam Sangeet, Dandia Raas, Bhangra, and Indo-Western fusion. The songs in his albums 'Aasopalav-ni Daale[આસોપાલવની ડાળે] and O Raaj-re[ઓ રાજ રે] will melt in your hearts. Some of them will compel you to dance. His songs have been sung by accomplished film playback singers,..[NEXT]