Famous People with Name Joshi

Joshi Helgesson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Joshi Helgesson: is a Swedish figure skater. She is coached by her mother. Her older sister Viktoria is also a competitive skater.

Manohar Shyam Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Manohar Shyam Joshi: was a Hindi writer, journalist and scriptwriter, most well known as the writer of Indian television's first soap opera [1], Hum Log (1982) and its early hits Buniyaad (1987), Kakaji Kahin, a political satire [2] and Kyap, novel which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award.He is often called "the Father of Indian Soap Operas" being the writer of India's first Television soap opera, Hum Log. Made in 1982, when television was still a luxury item for majority of Indians, the serial dealt with the everyday struggles of the middle-class India,, making it an instant hit, especial because every Indian could identify with it [4][5]. His another popular creation was Buniyaad (1987-1988), directed by Ramesh Sippy, a serial based around the life a family displaced by the Partition of India in 1947; both went on to deeply influence an entire generation of Indians as well as the Indian television industry [6].

Prabhash Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prabhash Joshi: a noted figure in Indian print media. He is a well known writer and political analyst. Prabhash Joshi is the founder editor of Hindi daily Jansatta a publication of the Indian Express Group [1]. He is still serving as the consulting editor of Jansatta and regularly writes articles for this and other newspapers. He is also famous for his writings on cricket. Prabhash Joshi is a popular television commentator and mainly invited for his views and comments on national politics during the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) or Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly of an Indian state) elections.

Puran Chand Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Puran Chand Joshi: a Brahmin family of Almora, in Uttarakhand. In 1929, at the age of 22, the British Government arrested him as one of the suspects of the Meerut Conspiracy Case. The other early communist leaders who were arrested along with him included Shaukat Usmani, Muzaffar Ahmed, S.A. Dange and G.V. Ghate.

Isha Basant Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Isha Basant Joshi: was born Isha Basant Mukand and published books under the name of Esha Joshi. She was the first woman to be accepted as an officer in the Indian Administrative Service. She was also the first "Indian" to be accepted into the "Bastion of the British"[1] school of La Martiniere Girls High School in Lucknow, India.

Damayanti Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Damayanti Joshi: She danced and toured the world in Menaka's troupe from the time she was five and by 15 she had already performed at all the major cities of Europe, and was also receiving a full education. The Sokheys had employed Damayanti's biological mother and she was a rock that always stood by her daughter.After the mid-1950s, Damayanti established herself as a successful solo Kathak dancer, taking training from Pandits Achhan Maharaj, Lachhu Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj of the Lucknow gharana and Guru Hiralal of the Jaipur gharana. She also taught Kathak at Indira Kala Vishvaidyalaya, Khairagarh, and Kathak Kendra in Lucknow. She has been honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1968) and the Padma Shri (1970). She was also the guru to Bireshwar Gautam.