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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Desai was born on 22 February 1946 in Kathodara, a town now in the [[Surat district]], to Harshadray and Indumatiben.<ref name="Ranna"/><ref name="AGSI"/> His family belonged to [[Valod]].<ref name="AGSI"/> After completing his [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]] in 1965, he worked in a diamond factory for 14 years. In 1980, he joined ''Gujarat Mitra'', a Gujarati daily, as a sub-editor.<ref name=" | Desai was born on 22 February 1946 in Kathodara, a town now in the [[Surat district]], to Harshadray and Indumatiben.<ref name="Ranna"/><ref name="AGSI"/> His family belonged to [[Valod]].<ref name="AGSI"/> After completing his [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]] in 1965, he worked in a diamond factory for 14 years. In 1980, he joined ''Gujarat Mitra'', a Gujarati daily, as a sub-editor.<ref name="Ranna"/><ref name="AGSI"/> He has retired.<ref name="AGSI">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2010|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|location=Ahmedabad|pages=124–125|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref> | ||
He married Shashi in 1990.<ref name="Ranna">{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |title=Saksharno Sakshatkar: 3 (Question based interview with biographical literary sketches) |year=1999 |publisher= Rannade Prakashan |location=Ahmedabad |pages= 175–181}}</ref> | He married Shashi in 1990.<ref name="Ranna">{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |title=Saksharno Sakshatkar: 3 (Question based interview with biographical literary sketches) |year=1999 |publisher= Rannade Prakashan |location=Ahmedabad |pages= 175–181}}</ref> | ||