Late Mr. Umashankar Joshi is a historical personality in India's literature, education, and public life. As a poet, he received India's highest literary award. He was one of the greatest writers in every field of literature. He was also one of the greatest scholars and the chancellor of my Gujarat University when I was in engineering college. He was one of the leaders in Gandhi's movement, and went to jail during India's freedom fight. He was member of Indian parliament. He hosted many international literary events. I was lucky to have him as my houseguest in 1986. He wrote the foreword for my first poetry collection 'Bhuri ShahiNa Kuva Kanthe' I consider it the greatest honor of my life.