Narayan Joshi 'Karayal' is aGujarati andKutchi language author and story writer.[1]
Joshi foundedKachchhi Sahitya Kala Sangh in 1999 which teaches the basics of Kutchi to people who are not acquainted with it.[2] He has writtenKachchhi Pathavali in two parts which has been standardised by Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training to learn Kutchi.[2]
Joshi was awarded thePadma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, for his services in the field of literature and education in 2020.[3][4][5][6]