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{{Infobox writer
| name = Dipak Bardolikar
| image =
| caption =
| pseudonym = Dipak Bardolikar
| birth_name = Musaji Isapji Hafesji
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1925|11|23}}
| birth_place = [[Bardoli]], [[British India]] (now in [[Gujarat]], India)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|12|12|1925|11|23}}
| death_place = [[London]], UK
| resting_place =
| occupation = Poet, writer, journalist
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| education = [[Matriculation]]
| alma_mater =
| period =
| genre =
| notableworks =
| spouse = {{marriage|Fatima|1961}}
| children = 4 sons, 1 daughter
| awards = Fakir Suvarna Chandrak (1990)
| signature = Dipak Bardolikar.jpg
| years_active =
}}

'''Musaji Isapji Hafesji''' (23 November 1925 – 12 December 2019), popularly known by his pen name '''Dipak Bardolikar''', was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet, writer and journalist. Born and educated in Bardoli, he was involved in the Indian independence movement. He moved to [[Karachi]] in [[Pakistan]] after the [[partition of India]]. After returning to India in 1960s, he was deported by the Government of India to Pakistan. After working for a brief period in [[East Pakistan]], he moved to Karachi. He worked with several Gujarati dailies published from Karachi including Gujarati edition of ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''. He is widely recognised for his contribution to the [[Diaspora|diasporic]] Gujarati literature. He had published several works of poetry and history research. He also published his two-volume autobiography.

==Biography==
Dipak Bardolikar was born on 23 November 1925 at [[Bardoli]] (now in [[Surat district]] of [[Gujarat]], India) to Isapji (Yusuf).<ref name="01A"/><ref name="Desai2015" /><ref name="NavG" /> He was youngest among six siblings. His father died when he was six. He studied first two grades in Urdu, then three grades in Gujarati followed by in English medium school. After completing his primary education, he joined and [[matriculated]] from Bardoli Brahman Sarvajanik High School in Bardoli.<ref name="01A"/><ref name="Desai2015">{{cite book |last=Kalyani |first=Vipul |editor1-last=Desai |editor1-first=Parul Kandarpa |title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઇતિહાસ (સ્વાતંત્ર્યોત્તર યુગ -1) |trans-title=History of Gujarati Literature (Post-Independence Era - 1) |date=September 2015 |volume=7 |publisher=K. L. Study Center, [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |location=Ahmedabad |pages=228–229 |isbn=978-81-930884-5-6}}</ref><ref name="NavG" /> He was interested in painting and boxing. He founded a gym with his friends. Later he joined the [[Indian National Congress]] and later [[Congress Seva Dal|Congress Sewa Dal]] in 1945 and participated in the [[Indian Independence movement|Indian independence movement]]. After his opposition to leadership of Congress in Bardoli, he joined the [[All-India Muslim League]]. Following [[assassination of Mahatma Gandhi]], he was arrested with other leaders of All-India Muslim League affiliated [[Muslim National Guard|Muslim National Guards]] in [[Surat district]] and jailed for a month in [[Surat]]. He married Khadija from [[Wankaner]] in his early life.<ref name="01A"/>

After release from jail and [[partition of India]], he moved to [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]] with his elder brother Ibrahim for their tobacco business.<ref name="NavG" /> He worked as a school teacher from 1949 to 1953.<ref name="NavG" /><ref name="Desai2015"/> He returned to India when the health of his wife Khadija deteriorated following death of their daughter. The Government of India declared him a foreigner and brought a case against him for overstay in 1955 but he won the case in court a year later. In 1958, his son Nazir Ahmad died and he separated from his wife. He also had two sons from this marriage who are in the UK. Later he was given the deportation order to leave India in 1961. He was not allowed to enter Pakistan because he was recognised as an Indian. He was later allowed to live in Pakistan after facing some difficulties. He moved to [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) and worked as an accountant in a firm M. E. Dadabhai and Sons for one and half years.<ref name="NavG" /><ref name="01A"/> He later married Fatima in 1961 and had two sons, Jamil Ahmad and Nadim Ahmad; and a daughter Nusratbanu.<ref name="01A" />

He returned to Karachi and joined Dawn Group of Newspapers as a translator in advertisement department. He also managed its page on religious matters published on every Friday. He also worked with ''Watan'' in which he managed a page on films and later he was appointed to editorial department. He had also worked with ''[[Millat]]''.<ref name="01A" /> In 1966-67, he joined as a sub-editor of Gujarati edition of Pakistan's major daily ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''. He later served as its Editor-in-Charge.<ref name="01A" /> In 1968, his mother died but he could not visit India due to political situation prevailing in Pakistan. In 1980, he was elected the President of Pakistan Herald Workers' Union, a union of press workers.<ref name="01A" /> In 1980s, during martial law in Pakistan, he was imprisoned for three months.<ref name="NavG" /><ref name="01A" /><ref name="Vyas2012" /> He worked for a survival of Gujarati language in Pakistan and served as the President of Gujarati Kavi Sangat, a group of Gujarati poets.<ref name="01A" />

After death of his wife in 1990 and retirement, he moved to [[Manchester]], UK with his son in 2000.<ref name="Vyas2012">{{cite book|last=Vyas|first=Rajani|title=Gujaratni Asmita|publisher=Akshara Prakashan|year=2012|edition=5th|location=Ahmedabad|page=263}}</ref><ref name="Sharma2011" /><ref name="NavG" /><ref name="01A"/> He died on 12 December 2019 in [[London]], UK following cancer.<ref name="NavG">{{Cite web|date=2019-12-12|title=બારડોલી: ગુર્જરીનો કવિ છું હું 'દીપક', હું નથી એક દેશનો માણસ|url=https://www.navgujaratsamay.com/gurjarino-kavi-chu-hu-dipak-hu-nathi-ek-deshno-manas/164145.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-24|website=NavGujarat Samay|language=gu}}</ref>

==Works==
Bardolikar primarily contributed to [[ghazal]] poetry.<ref name="Desai2015" /> His poetry collections are ''Parivesh'', ''Mosam'', ''Amantran'', ''Vishwas'', ''Talab'', ''Eni Sherima'', ''Gulmahorna Ghunt'', ''Champo Ane Chameli'', ''Hawana Pagala'', ''Kulliyate Dipak'', ''Tadko Taro'' ''Pyar'', ''Relo Ashadno''.<ref name="Sharma2011">{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Radheshyam|title=Saksharno Sakshatkar: 18|trans-title=સાક્ષરનો સાક્ષાત્કાર: ૧૮|publisher=Rannade Prakashan|year=2011|isbn=9789381486603|edition=1st|location=Ahmedababd|page=131-140|language=gu}}</ref> His novels are ''Dhuliyu Akash'' and ''Bakhtavar''.<ref name="NavG" /> His works of history and research include ''Sunni Vahora'', ''Vahora Vibhutio'', ''Quran Parichay'', ''Nyayno Divas'', ''Vatna Diva''. ''Meghdhanushya'' was his collection of essays.<ref name="Sharma2011" />

He published his autobiography in two volumes. ''Uchhala Khay Chhe Pani'' (2004) records from his birth to 1978 while ''Sankalono Sitam'' (1999) includes his experiences in jail in 1978 followed by his life events till 1990. ''Gazalni Duniyama'' is his memoir.<ref name="Sharma2011" />

He edited ''Videshi Gazalo'', a collection of Gujarati ghazals from Pakistani poets.<ref name="Sharma2011"/>

==Recognition==
Rangkala Gujarati Cultural Society of Karachi awarded him the Fakir Suvarna Chandrak in 1990 for his contribution to Gujarati Ghazals.<ref name="01A">{{cite thesis|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/278916/1/10%20chapter%204.pdf|title=પસંદ કરેલ સર્જકોના સાહિત્યમાં ડાયસ્પોરિક વલણોનો સાહિત્યિક અને સાંસ્કૃતિક અભ્યાસ: બળવંત નાયક, ભાનુશંકર વ્યાસ, દીપક બારડોલીકર અને પન્ના નાયકના વિશેષ સંદર્ભે|trans-title=A Literary and Cultural Study of Diasporic Trends in the Selected Writers with Special Reference to Balvant Nayak, Bhanushankar Vyas, Dipak Bardolikar and Panna Nayak|last=Dhoriya|first=Dilipkumar Ramjibhai|year=2018|language=gu|publisher=Department of Gujarati, [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]|pages=170-230|hdl=10603/278916|chapter=4}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
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