Yogini Joglekar


Yogini Joglekar was a famous Marathi writer, poet and also a renowned classical singer.

Career

Yogini was born in Pune in 1925 and completed her school education in B.A. She was working as teacher between 1948 and 1953. She did a lot of social work through "Rashtrasevika Samiti". There are 116 books to her credit which includes 50 novels, 39 Short stories collection and many others like collection of poems, poems for children etc. Her novel "Ya sam Ha" on Bhaskarbuva Bakhale and "Ram Prahar" on Ram Marathe was special and got a lot of recognition.
She was learning classical singing since the age of 8 from Shankar buva Ashtekar and then from Ram Marathe. Also, she received classical music training for some period from Sangeetkalanidhi Master Krishnarao Phulambrikar. She sang for the Marathi film "Pahili Manglagaur" as a play back singer.

Books written

  1. Niragas निरागस
  2. Shilangan शिलांगण
  3. Kunasathi Konitari कुणासाठी कुणीतरी
  4. Jag जाग
  5. Chaitannya चैतन्या
  6. Sakshatkar साक्षात्कार
  7. Umala उमाळा
  8. Chimakhade चिमखडे अर्थात बडबड गीते
  9. Upahar उपहार
  10. Swaha स्वाहा
  11. Nadbrhma नादब्रह्म
  12. Paygun पायगुण
  13. Aaswad आस्वाद
  14. Dahihandi दहीहंडी
  15. Sharyat शर्यत
  16. Shri Ganesha श्रीगणेशा
  17. Navi Vaat नवी वाट
  18. Baplek बापलेक
  19. Ashwath अश्वत्थ
  20. Charuchi Aai चारूची आई

    Articles

  21. Shravan

    Songs written

  22. मधुर स्वरलहरी या Madhur Swar Lahari Ya
  23. सखे बाई सांगते मी Sakhe Bai Sangate Mi
  24. हरीची ऐकताच मुरली Harichi Aikatach Murali
  25. हे सागरा नीलांबरा He Sagara Nilambara

    Personal life

In her memory, her family has released a Devnagari Unicode font "Aksharyogini". She died on 1 November 2005 at the age of 80 due to prolonged disease.

Awards