


Vyas didn’t limit his writings to children he also wrote for the masses. The character became famous and immortal, and his stories still remain popular today.
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In all, 26 volumes of Bakor Patel were published. These anecdotes were published in a children’s magazine, the Gandiv. Each tale described the encounters of Bakor Patel and provided a moral or life lesson, in a humorous way and stories were often pulled from his own personal experiences. Bakor Patel’s family and friends included his wife Shakri Patlani, Kushal Doshi (a servant squirrel) and Vaghajibhai Vakil (a lawyer tiger friend) among others. By 1932, he had created a character Bakor Patel that was a goat in human form. Shortly after starting working at Zenith, he started writing short stories and articles for children and adults. He passed Matric (S.S.C.) in 1921 and soon after started working for Zenith Life Insurance Company in 1925. Born in the small village of Bodka, Gujarat on May 26, 1904, Hariprasad Vyas was a humorist, poet, and playwright, most well known for his children’s stories depicting “Bakor Patel” and his escapades in daily life.
