Ramesh Mantri

Ramesh Mantri (Devanagari: रमेश मंत्री) (1927–1997) was a Marathi writer primarily of humor from Maharashtra, India.

He attended Rajaram College in Kolhapur from where he graduated. He also spent some time in the UK in connection with higher education on a Commonwealth programme.

He was employed with the United States Information Service (USIS) in Mumbai India in 1960s.

Mantri presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Kolhapur in 1992.

He was married and had 3 children.

He created a fictional character Janu Bande which was a caricature of James Bond and a few short stories involving that character.

Literary works

The following is a partial list of Mantri's books:

• (उत्तरकाळ)
• (हुलकावणी)
• (हास्यधारा)
• (थंडीचे दिवस)
• (सुखाच्या रात्री)
• (सुखाचे दिवस)
• (मावशी हरवली)
• (बोल बोल म्हणता)
• (कोल्हापुरी चिवडा)
• (पळसाला पाने पाच)
• (हसण्याचा तास) (तीन खंड)
• (अति झाले नि हसू आले)
• (एलीझबेथ टेलर आणि मी)
• (सूर्यपुत्रांचा देश जपान)
• (बारा लाखांच्या जगाची सफर)
• (जपान मध्ये 0005 जनू बांडे)
• (आधुनिक महाभारत)
• (005 जनू बांडे)