Poet Meenpiyasi is a very renowned poet from Gujarat. His actual name was DinkarRai Keshavlaal Vaidya. And Meenpiyasi was his Takkhalus (Pen name) so He wrote all his works specially poetries under the name Meenpiyasi.
He belongs to a very small village called Chuda, it is in Surendranagar district and located near Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Besides Meenpiyasi's mastery in poetry, he was an ardent ornithologist, theosophist, and astronomer (He used to study sky, stars, and universe very keenly.) And He has written many books on all the subjects of his interest. He was very much attached to the nature and it reflects in his poetry and all his works. That’s why many people call him a lover of nature. He breathed his last at age of 90.

In this episode of Kaavya, Meepiyasi's grandson pays him a tribute by reciting some of his timeless works.

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Meena Chheda has lived an extraordinary life in ordinary circumstances.
She grabbed whatever opportunities came her way, always ready for novel experiences to enrich her personality.
After graduation and marriage, she associated with a publishing house. When computers came to India, she educated herself on the keyboard, and slowly emerged a master of the art!

Today, she holds a key position in a software-digital company, dedicated to digitizing Gujarati language. In her free time, Chedda does what she is good at, which is writing poetry!

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Anvar Ali is a renowned poet, lyricist, translator, and documentary filmmaker.
He has been contributing to poems and poetic studies in Kerala since 1984.

Mazhakkalam (The Rainy Season), 1999, his first collection of poems established him as one of the prominent voices in contemporary Malayalam poetry. His poems have been translated into various Indian and foreign languages and are included in several anthologies of Malayalam as well as Indian poetry of the post-modern phase.

In this episode of Kaavya, Anvar Ali Saab is sharing his thoughts behind his creations & and also recites some of his amazing poems in Malayalam.

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Palak Shukla is a known name in the theatre and fashion world. Having made her identity as the leading actress in English theatre and international cinema, Palak has endorsed some of the top brands like Kelvinator, surf, Raheja, swatch, and many more as a successful model.
Be it the prestigious international film festivals like Cannes, Clermont, or the New York film festival where she got recognition as an actor, or Kala Ghoda Festival in India for theatre aficionados, Palak shined by proving her versatility with equal ease in Regional, Bollywood, and international cinema as a leading actor.

Her penchant for writing came into the limelight with her poetic web-series PALAKNAMA that garnered amazing response to her poems and style of rendition, paving the way to her first poetry book "Palaknama - Aawazein Dil" which released worldwide in Feb 2020 fetching her Panache image Award 2020 for "Writer Par Excellence in Poetry and fiction", "Litfest Author of the year 2020" and "NE8x" Voice of Hindi literature ". An Amazon Bestseller "Palaknama - Aawazein Dil ki" is being praised and covered by media worldwide.

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Deepti Naval is an artiste in the true sense of the word. Behind her silence lies a strength that has made Deepti Naval the persona she is today.

Born in northern India, Deepti Naval is an acclaimed actor. After her schooling, she migrated to the United States, where she was educated at the City University of New York and received her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts at Hunter College in Manhattan.

She made her debut with the movie Ek Baar Phir in the year 1979 and has acted in more than 60 films since then. Among these are Chashmebaddoor, Kamla, Mirch Masala, Ankahi, Main Zinda Hoon, Panchvati, and more recently, Leela and Freaky Chakra. She also wrote and directed Thodasa Aasmaan, a TV serial about women, and produced a travel show called The Path Less Traveled. A selection of poems in Hindi, Lamha-Lamha was published in 1983 and more recently, MapinLit brought out a new collection called BLACK WIND and Other Poems. She is also a painter and photographer with several exhibitions to her credit and enjoys trekking in the remote mountains of Himachal and Ladakh. She also runs the Vinod Pandit Charitable Trust, set up in memory of her late companion, for the education of the girl child.

Listen to Deepti Naval recite some of her amazing works on this special episode of Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya.

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Dr. Shailesh Shrivastava is an IBPS officer, she has been Director - Doordarshan, where she contributed as a writer, researcher, musician and singer.
She has lent her words, and her voice to many films, serials, in many languages and many forms.
A Sangeet Natya awardee, Shailesh Shrivastava shares her poems, ghazals & songs on this episode of Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya

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Sarina D’Silva Menezes is passionate about the power of words and has been writing since the age of 10.
Having lived in England’s countryside her love for poems stems from the works of British Poets which is why her poems are inspired by nature and a love for living.

Her poems have been published in The Stride Of My Step - an Anthology published by the US Consulate in Mumbai, Love is My Religion – an Anthology by Impish Lass Publications where she was awarded a Certificate of Honour as a Versatile Writer 2020.
Her blog - wishupon9000miles.wordpress.com takes you to her personal discoveries and explorations of the untrodden. She also writes for the international E Magazine Desh Aur Diaspora and was an International Correspondent with The International Indian.

Besides writing from her heart, Sarina is a Marketing & Communication professional and has over 28 years of experience in Hospitality & International Property Consultancy.

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Dinesh Raheja is an Indian author, columnist, TV scriptwriter, film historian. Raheja has worked as the Editor of Movie magazine ), Channel Editor of India Today’s online film section, and Editor of Bollywood News Service.

Recently, he has also released his first book of poems, '101 Haiku by Dinesh Raheja.'

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