Born in 1956 in a far-flung village in the Lower Himalayas, Navin Joshi took to writing fired by his sheer concern for the downtrodden. His pain for the victimised has invariably manifested in all his writings including innumerable features and columns over the last 37 years.
Navin was mentored by the illustrious Editors Ashok ji and Rajendra Mathur as a journalist. Graduating in Science from Lucknow University in 1975, he joined Swatantra Bharat, the then leading daily of Lucknow as an apprentice in 1977. Later he worked for Nav Bharat Times, Dainik Jagran and Hindustan in various capacities. Presently he is associated as an Executive Editor with Hindustan.
During all these years he has regularly pursued his interest in literature. An awarded storyteller, Navin’s short stories have been published by various literary magazines. He has two collections of short stories published to his credit and a novel ‘Dawanal’ on the famous Chipko movement.
